Central vista project 'wasteful and unnecessary': 69 Ex-bureaucrats to PM

A group of former civil servants have written an open letter to Prime Minster Narendra Modi expressing dismay over the central vista redevelopment project, which, they alleged, has been "marked by......

Politics clouds shuffling of senior bureaucrats

As eight senior secretaries get ready to demit office in the next few months, there is speculation and a sense of anticipation in official circles about which of these officers will get lucky and......

Jewish committee expresses concern over India-Iran ties

The American Jewish Committee, in a letter to Ambassador Nirupama Rao, had said they were 'deeply troubled' by news reports of Indian efforts to intensify trade relations with Iran. Suman Guha......

India-Pak commerce secretary talks from Monday

India's seeking Most Favoured Nation status from Pakistan will be the top agenda during the two-day Commerce Secretary level talks beginning in New Delhi on Monday. Pakistan's Commerce Secretary......

How will you revive economy, Mr Modi?

'Mere fundamentals will not do the trick,' cautions former commerce secretary Rahul Khullar. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   India's economy is in trouble and the government's......

The telecom mess has just got messier

'Tinkering will not do. Merely staggering spectrum dues comes nowhere near solving the problem,' cautions Rahul Khullar. Photograph: Himangshu Sharma/Reuters   Telecom was already neck-deep......

Moving beyond a heated discussion on growth numbers

No one expects the government to publicly concede policy mistakes. But it can shed denial; and, stop the point-winning debating style to the formulation of public policy, says Rahul Khullar. Many......

Things will get worse before they become better

We should brace ourselves for more bad news in the coming quarters -- on economic output and growth, strains on fiscal deficit, export slowdown, small and micro enterprises in distress, and further......