Bureaucrats heading disinvestment and financial services usually don't get appointed as finance secretary.
The NITI Aayog will now assimilate the views of states and then present a report to the PM.
The outgo for major subsides, is the highest in the first quarter.
The rains have so far been four per cent below normal.
The government notified the compliance window under the Act.
In 2014-15, capital expenditure in the April-September period was Rs 99,100 crore.
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
Clever wordplay does not change the fact that the government is going pretty easy on some tax offenders, says Arup Roychoudhury.
Status to enable Arvind Panagariya to attend Cabinet meetings.
Notification, FAQs likely after FM Jaitley returns from the US
'We have done what we needed to do on behalf of the consumers'.
However, it's too soon to see any trend; July rain is key.
Rain for the central and northwestern parts a concern.
Studies have shown that milk is the most common form of adulteration in India
The world's largest cash transfer programme has eliminated around 40 million ghost connections
We had prepared a contingency plan for 580 districts, the minister said.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has few feathers in his cap for taking serious eff
The official India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the private Skymet Weather Services have made widely divergent monsoon forecasts.
Public purpose is not defined in any treaty that India has signed.
Total area impacted across India pegged at 18.9 mn hectares.
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