Experts will give their inputs for Budget.
55% of cultivable land still doesn't come under irrigation.
Whenever there is an international match at the EdenGardens, its curator Prabir Mukherjee finds himself in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time the septuagenarian finds himself in the eye of the storm for denying India's star batsman Rohit Sharma a chance to have a look at the wicket.
The friction with the political class is not only about interest rates and monetary policy. While the government often spoke freely about its discomfiture, the RBI had to be careful even in its response to the government as any loose statement would affect the markets.
In fact, since 2013, China has become the largest market for robots.
The long-serving team manager Biswal was appointed chairman of the IPL in the Cricket Board's AGM in Chennai on Sunday.
Progress on several parameters creates a tipping point situation.
RJD sources said that the party would appeal against the verdict.
A number of significant linkages between rainfall and economic outcomes have policy implications.
Kaushik Basu, whose stint at the World Bank ends on July 31, was being looked at as a serious contender, the sources said
The quantum of punishment will be announced on January 3, 2018.
The post-crisis debate on capital account management focuses on matching instruments with vulnerabilities.
India's macroeconomic situation has benefited from oil prices' decline.
India has promised to reduce the emission intensity of its growth by 33-35 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030.
'Some BJP old timers have remarked that the BJP is now driven by its own high command, the way the Congress was under Mrs Gandhi, says Subir Roy.
Upcoming payment banks will lift lower income groups in distant villages.
Data used for the graph and cited elsewhere in the column were obtained from various publications of the RBI.
The assumption clearly was that project execution timelines would be adhered to and revenues would flow in as scheduled.
Ahead of his government's first full year budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought ideas from economists to attract investments, create jobs and finance infrastructure to put India back on high growth path.
First, there has been a significant softening in commodity prices - most notably oil.
The first stage of the inclusion strategy was focussed on opening bank accounts, logically seen as creating the last-mile channels for financial access.
With mobile data getting cheaper, insurers are introducing technologies that eases buying and lodging claims.
In his book, former governor Subbarao says Chidambaram, Pranab were piqued by his tight rate policy.
On Sunday, angry villagers of Leelala laid their own foundation stone - which had 'aam aadmi' inscribed as the name of the chief guest - still claiming the project was to come up in their village.
The goal of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households, a panel chaired by Nachiket Mor that submitted its report to the Reserve Bank of India last week, is truly a BHAG.
If the fight against black money seems half hearted, the same is not the case with gau raksha, says Subir Roy.
A 25-member West Indies contingent, including support staff, checked in at Kolkata on Monday to play a three-day practice match and the opening Test of the two-match series that will be the swansong for batting great Sachin Tendulkar.
How are the illiterate and aged coping with Modi's demonetisation, wonders Subir Roy.
Kolkata Gives brings together the city's philanthropists and deserving NGOs in a structured interface. Subir Roy walks away with fascinating stories from this year's do.
Why do cherished -- and affordable -- Indian whisky brands like Peter Scot, Solan Number One, and now McDowell's Single Malt keep disappearing? Subir Roy mourns the loss of flavour.
The real challenge, says Subir Roy, is to go for something affordable whose quality is just right.
While Indian IT has known what is coming and has a strategy ready to combat it, the same can't be said about the country and the government.
While the widespread feeling is that employment growth has been sluggish, some argue that, since sabka vikas slogan will most probably not deliver, Mr Modi and the BJP are going in for an unambiguous strategy of Hindu consolidation, says Subir Roy.
Assocham told Modi policy makers needed to act fast to "bullet proof" India from global jitters.
Kolkata need not feel inferior as it has its own "alive only at weekends" Lavasa, says Subir Roy.
'Perhaps the greatest curse that modern technology has inflicted on the people during the pujas is powerful public address systems that blare out songs which you have no option but to listen to,' says Subir Roy.
The railways continue to lose market share with an actual fall in the number of passengers and stagnant freight tonnage, says Subir Roy.
An A-Z of Bachchanalia, the letters expanding into unforgettable bits of his filmography.
The best way for the railways to become more professional will be to get corporatised.
He has now to show that he can take on the vested interests within the railways which are resisting change through corporatisation
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