Maybe Modi could ask a patriarch of the stature of the late G D Birla to flesh out the details of a new company to manage government land privatisation.
It is what you may call charity with benefit.
As expected, there have been no major announcements in the Interim Budget.
The appointment, expected shortly, will come in the backdrop of tax expert Parthasarathy Shome recently resigning from the post of adviser to Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
Higher inflation might just be the necessary cost that we need to bear in making a transition to a higher growth trajectory.
The venture is applying to the Reserve Bank of India for approvals.
The problem can be met, according to Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, research director of India Development Foundation, by the government tapping into its own land holdings.
Several speakers noted that Budget carried the weight of expectations.
'There will be some issues of contention, especially on H1B visa and on trade policy.'
Within two weeks of the speech, the prime minister flagged off the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, and the day was marked by announcing its outcome on the very first day of its implementation.
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