Vice President V V Giri's resignation in 1969 triggered political upheavals that saw the ruling party defy its own presidential nominee, the expulsion of a sitting prime minister by her party......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a provision of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, which made the Centre's approval mandatory before launching a probe in corruption cases......
It is not much of an issue just now, but it could become one if the idea of a caste census captures the socio-political imagination, going beyond electoral tags and identities, predicts N Sathiya......
'All of Indira Gandhi's bad economic ideas are being strengthened, from nationalised banks to anti-poverty, handout yojanas,' says Shekhar Gupta. The most fascinating insight notebandi provides is......
Nationalisation has served its purpose.It's time to move ahead, keeping majority ownership of the government in a few banks to serve the people, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Uttam......
The government can also individually exempt the PSBs that are to be privatised from the two Bank Nationalisation Acts. This will bring such lenders under Banking Regulation Act, and make them......
State-owned banks that are hitting the capital markets are citing the government as a risk factor.If this sounds preposterous, look at the prospectuses of banks that are planning public issues:......
The incidence of corruption cases can be checked to a large extent if the suggestions already available with RBI and the government are taken seriously, says Shyamal Majumdar.Reserve Bank of......
Aiming at an umbrella act to avoid conflicts between the Companies Act, the Banking Regulation Act, SBI Act, SBI Subsidiaries Act and the Bank Nationalisation Act, the government is planning to......