Why govt must NOT focus on slum-free India

In his recent Budget speech, the finance minister reiterated the government's plans to make India "slum-free" within five years. This mantra is now being chanted in many urban-related conferences.......

'India's problem is implementation'

The entire country will have a Naxal problem if the government does not back the Millennium Development Goals with sufficient funds, Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Development......

We're thinking of directly paying teachers: Sibal

Improving the quality of education is the greatest challenge before the government, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal tells Sreelatha Menon. The Right to Education Act raises the......

Destination Kanpur for India Inc

It's Destination Kanpur for India's top industrialists. Investments may take a while in coming, but at least 50 CEOs of India's largest companies have agreed to take part in a two-day brainstorming......