Are short-term compulsions increasing long-term instability?
It will help to control the subsidy bill.
Though it will tackle the tangled web of permissions required for a project, a bottom-up approach would be more effective.
Since the privatisation of power distribution in Delhi about a decade ago, the overall electricity situation has improved.
Four years on, too little has changed
The government should step up its efforts to improve rural sanitation, for the sake of the children who die as a consequence of cultural apathy.
On sarkaritel.com, a private initiative that serves as a gateway to the government, the council of ministers does not include the finance portfolio at all.
The governor had just made an elaborate presentation in defence of the central bank's decision to not to succumb to industry's demand for rate cuts in the mid-quarter policy.
The governor had just made an elaborate presentation in defence of the central bank's decision to not to succumb to industry's demand for rate cuts in the mid-quarter policy.
With 1.36 million employees, the railways are one of the country's biggest employers, constituting 28 per cent of the total central government employees.
Reports that the government is considering seeking a review of that judgment are worrying.
Indian aviation has deep-rooted problems that need comprehensive and coordinated solutions, and high aviation turbine fuel pricing is certainly the most urgent.
Yes, provided the financial health of banks is not impaired; but there is a great risk of companies misusing rescue funds.
India needs to rapidly generate gainful employment for millions of young men and women expected to join the workforce in the coming decade.
There are thousands of stocks within the NSE, for example, that are rarely traded.
No one expects the US to sign up on any real deal till the next presidential elections are over.
Asia has more than one candidate who fits the bill.
If such bar-coding covers government procurement, pinpointing the culprits will become easier.
S&P's specific concern is that: "US policymakers might not reach an agreement on how to address medium- and long-term fiscal challenges."
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