The government must end its surrender to anti-GM voices.
The government takes pragmatic steps on telecom.
The Tata Trusts disbursed more grants in the last 10 years than they did in the previous 100 years.
There are inconsistencies and doubtful provisions in Companies Bill.
Though it's debatable whether power to supersede bank boards can adequately safeguard against the problems created by banks promoted by those with interests in other industries, the finance ministry has at least shed its reluctance to bulldoze the Reserve Bank of India.
In what Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called the UPA's 'slog overs', several policy changes were announced, and proposed laws cleared.
Earlier, in August, the finance ministry had asked banks to put pressure on real estate developers to cut prices.
The scheme has long-term benefits but rushing to roll out cash transfers without addressing issues can give it a bad name early on.
Thomas Mathew T, managing director, tells Manojit Saha and M Saraswathy about the LIC's strategy and growth plans.
The ongoing dispute between the Indian company GMR Infrastructure and the Maldives government over the former's contract to build an airport for the Maldives' capital, Male, throws up some knotty questions.
India ranks 4th in the 2013 global manufacturing competitiveness index even as the country's growth rate has been pulled down in recent quarters.
Tagged as a sleepy, regional lender till a few years earlier, the bank's stock was not much talked about in the investors' community.
When cash transfers are easy, will govts spend too much?
The key now is expenditure control, but how much?
Chidambaram also asks these not to rush for bulk deposits to bloat balance sheets.
The RBI closes some, but many others still exist.
