Leaks of documents are neither new nor limited to particular ministries.
The railways have been able to project improvement in finances.
We have only rationalised the freight rates, says the minister.
Expectations from this Budget are sky-high.
The macroeconomic environment has changed dramatically for the better.
The bank has been at the centre of the black money and tax evasion scandal.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
If crude prices have increased, retail petro product prices should go up.
Public resources are scarce and need to be used well.
Competition promotes innovation in the business model, creating sustainable value.
India must be seen to be continuing on the path of reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers, if it is to fulfil its ambitions to export to the rest of the world.
The challenge will be to force the officials of his government to own this vision.
Trade enhancement is not about lowering tariff barriers, but dismantling such regulatory barriers.
TCS has done better than Infosys in sequential and yearly revenue growth so far this financial year.
If providing a stimulus to growth is the objective now, that would be best served by moving rates as quickly as possible to the bottom.
If the pattern over the last three months is going to continue, the likelihood is that both indices will register inflation rates close to current levels over the next few months.
The implementation of the policy would require public health spending to rise to nearly 2.5 per cent of the gross domestic product, from the present dismal one per cent, with the Centre bearing about 40 per cent of it.
The prime minister's economic advisory council was disbanded early on, and not reconstituted.
India has an appalling record on industrial safety.