For instance, the size of a central ministry's annual outlay should ideally be a key factor in determining the number of people who need to be employed by it.
Nobody should be surprised if the Congress-led alliance at the Centre now makes favourable policy overtures to Naveen Patnaik also, like it has done for Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee, in the hope of strengthening its prospects after the next general elections, says AK Bhattacharya
Reports suggest that the BJP may now be willing to support the Bill in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament provided some of its conditions are met.
For most of his first stint as finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee had Indira Gandhi as his prime minister. In his second stint, the prime minister was Manmohan Singh.
A lot has been written about the impact of the recommendations.
The Indian stock markets may turn bearish after the US Fed decides to raise interest rates.
The Ministry of Finance or Commerce would certainly need a larger hospitality budget than the Ministry of Agriculture.
The NITI Aayog is likely to continue to both formulate plans and engage with the states.
Finance Ministr Arun Jaitley will have to do a balancing act to manage fiscal prudence.
Economic growth in the last two years has stayed above seven per cent.
The finance ministry website that lists the total disinvestment revenues to be mobilised during the current year already shows that no receipts are expected from strategic sales in the current year.
Exports are slowing and economic growth in major markets for Indian goods has taken a hit.
ONGC must tackle several issues first only then it can turnaround its fortunes.
A historical context would underline the same point.
Just three years ago, at the end of March 2011, NRI deposits were only $52 billion, half of what they are today.
By 2025, most of India's large cities would require a second airport, and Mumbai may need a third airport by 2030.
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
The Budget chose to stick to an ambitious disinvestment programme for 2016-17.
The fiscal deficit for 2015-16 may eventually come down to the targeted level of 3.9 per cent of GDP.
This will, of course, go a long way in meeting the promised fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per cent of GDP in 2015-16.
The new national income numbers produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have elicited two kinds of reaction.
Give more than 100 per cent to your job, advises author Bikram Dasgupta.
The reason behind issuing new bank licences is to allow more private sector entities to set up banks
The obvious temptation for Mr Jaitley would be to achieve a better fiscal deficit figure than what he had promised in July.
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