Rather than talking endlessly about lost and marginal opportunities, India's climate envoys need to start thinking bigger, says Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: A climate activist holds a placard during a......
Lok Sabha Lok Sabha on Thursday passed two bills before the proceedings were adjourned for the day amid continuous protests by opposition members over the Pegasus spying row and farmers' issue.......
From 1952 to 1967, each of the three Lok Sabhas sat for an average of 600 days and more than 3,700 hours. In comparison, the 15th Lok Sabha -- from 2009 till 2013 -- has met for just 345 days and......
Memorandum of Action Taken on the Report of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry SR. No. RECOMMENDATIONS ACTION TAKEN 1. General 1.1 The constitutional scheme to separate religion......
Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......
It is time for the three finance ministers of the 1990s to reveal the real hero, says T C A Srinavasa-Raghavan. IMAGE: Dr Chakravarthi Rangarajan, the 19th governor of the RBI, announced what has......
While players in the financial ecosystem are opening up to the idea of receivables funding for the sector, this market needs a regulator, which a Parliament panel feels only RBI can provide.......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget speech in the Lok Sabha from a tablet on Monday instead of a conventional paper document. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
What will be its impact on the banks's balance sheets? Since banks need to provide for 10 per cent of the loans restructured, they would need Rs 50,000 crores to Rs 80,000 crore for this purpose,......
The origin of the challenge is the so-called 'fresh start' process.Many in the MFI industry apprehend that such a law in India will encourage small unsecured borrowers to default and destroy the......