The Budget decides to take the lead in revving up infrastructure.
The Budget is remarkably coherent.
The implementation of their recommendations means that an adequate apparatus to change this is at the disposal of the government.
It is time to take a few macroeconomic risks to kick start the growth.
West Bengal was the second-most industrialised state in terms of value added and first in terms of number of factories and employment even in the mid-1960s. With a severe and long process of deindustrialisation, it lost its primacy.
The government is following a path where it will not be irresponsible or profligate with public money but will intervene in the interest of the poor
Under fierce attack for his DNA jibe against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, which has been turned into a major electoral weapon against him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sought to make amends, calling Biharis the "most intelligent" people.
In January Amit Shah launched the 'Bhag Mamata Bhag' programme in West Bengal. On Monday Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the red carpet for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. What changed in two months?
While Rajnath Singh said secularism was the most misused word in politics, Sonia alleged that ideals and principles of the Constitution were under threat and being attacked deliberately
The Budget sets out a comprehensive vision.
FM should avoid proposals such as to tax financial transactions and fringe benefits
Ishan Bakshi studies the Budgets of six states, their expenditure priorities and outlays to understand the trend.
Union Budget 2015 cuold have included few smaller reforms.
The government should now focus on governance and monitoring the supply side to manage inflation, says M V Subramanian.
Creating many more half-decent jobs for the 10 million plus new entrants to the labour force each year must surely constitute the primary development challenge for India today.
The allocation in the defence budget is inadequate to meet India's long-term threats, especially from China and Pakistan, says Gurmeet Kanwal.
A tussle between the Delhi government and the Lt Governor has left bureaucrats vulnerable to sudden transfers.
Narendra Modi is squandering a mandate for change on feeble, unimaginative incrementalism.
'With increasing numbers of juveniles committing heinous crimes, we believe such juveniles must go into the adult system and be punished,' Minister Maneka Gandhi tells Rashme Sehgal.
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar speaks to Prasanna Zore/Rediff.com.
It, however, lags other states on crucial parameters such as health care and rural poverty.
While Congress-ruled states such as Kerala, Karnataka and Assam expressed fears about the sudden demise of the planning process and wondered what it would be replaced with, also worrying about the immediate implications on annual Plan outlays, Andhra Pradesh said it was considering setting up its own NITI Aayog.
Why this non-BJP MP became a Modi bhakt.
In the first part of an exclusive interview with Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com on the eve of the first year of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, BJP President Amit Shah talks about the government's achievements and the controversy over the land ordinance.
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