Central Vista executive enclave's cost goes up by Rs 100 cr

The estimated project cost of the executive enclave which will house a new prime minister's office (PMO) has gone up by over Rs 100 crore to Rs 1,316 crore as the CPWD floated a fresh tender......

Gen Anil Chauhan takes charge as India's new CDS

Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday became India's new Chief of Defence Staff with a mandate to implement the ambitious theaterisation plan that aims to ensure tri-services synergy and prepare the armed......

India's National Security is being transformed

Prime Minister Modi felt there were too many silos with no arrangement to take a comprehensive view on national security.The PM has entrusted NSA Ajit Doval to evolve a comprehensive roadmap and......

Arvind Gupta named deputy NSA, days after Sandhu quit

The Narendra Modi government on Monday appointed Arvind Gupta, a former Indian Foreign Service officer, of the 1979 batch, as Deputy National Security Advisor. This appointment comes within days of......

All you want to know about capital protection plan

Notwithstanding the current rally in the stock markets, there are many who are still wary of entering the market. They watch the wild gyrations of the stock markets from afar and marvel at the guts......

Small saving schemes account for 20.9% of government borrowing in FY18

Centre took Rs 1,002 bn from here in 2017-18, sharply up from Rs 904 bn a year before and Rs 123.6 bn in FY14 There has been a sharp rise in government borrowing from small saving schemes in the......

PSU banks fail to push mutual funds

Some of the public banks showed improvement; much more still needs to be done Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India's public sector banks (PSBs) have continued to lag behind their private......

Unpredictable rate cut but the signal is clear

Both the RBI and the central government should see that the transmission of the rate reduction by the banks happens soon, otherwise the whole exercise is futile, says Subramanian MV. Reserve Bank......