In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more.
Adani group will demerge all ports, power assets into two 2 listed firms.
Why did such a 'socially conscientious' people adapt to cash-for-votes and the like, as fish to water? N Sathiya Moorthy offers an explanation.
The bench said the AAP contention that the LG is bound to act on the aid and advice of Council of Ministers was "without substance and cannot be accepted".
The list of exempted goods from central excise duty has shrunk from 400 items in 2011-12 to 300 now.
The larger virtue of maintaining fiscal credibility should not be unduly diluted by quibbles on the fiscal math, says Sajjid Chinoy.
The GST's significance for the BJP's politics is as important as its implications for the Indian economy, says A K Bhattacharya.
'Expectations were being built up about radical moves and the action plan did not disappoint.'
The Goa CM knows running a coalition government while pursuing a development agenda will require a fine balancing act.
Woody Allen, I salute you for taking a position against the anti-smoking messages in theatres, writes Aseem Chhabra.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the states were free to announce farm loan waivers if they had the fiscal space and that there would be no shortfall this year in divestment and non-tax revenues.
The panel will be asked to give report by March-April next year.
Even if they score administratively, state governments ruled by the party suffer from an inability to communicate positively, say observers.
A new CBDT directive actively makes India-dedicated funds comparatively unattractive for institutional investors. It makes no sense, says Akash Prakash.
About 12 other lenders with combined exposure of Rs 1,200 crore likely to follow
Amid growing demand for revoking the suspension of Indian Administrative Service officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, the Centre on Wednesday said it is awaiting a report from the Uttar Pradesh government based on which it will decide the future course of action.
Instead of condemning all businessmen, the PM may like to listen to some of them.
FIR says that the officials by virtue of influence exercised over them by Karti, not only ignored the serious illegality on the part of INX Media on both the counts but also deliberately showed undue favours to INX Group.
The PNB fiasco falls into a family line that involves non-fund limits - read contingent liabilities which are off-books. Harshad Mehta did it with bankers' receipts in 1992. Ketan Parekh exploited the ignorance of bankers who did not know the difference between a cheque and a pay-order. And the RBI blinked when it failed to insist the SWIFT platform be linked to the core banking solution. Raghu Mohan & Abhijit Lele trace the banking mess that was just waiting to happen.
This Haryana village believes it has 'found' the Saraswati river of the Vedas.
The Nobel laureate filed an application before the High Court.
One thing is certain: The part-Goan, part-Malayali group CEO of Air Asia is not your usual boardroom CEO, and he cultivates the maverick businessman image, buying race car teams and football clubs and taking off-beat bets with his mentor and now buddy Richard Branson of Virgin.
How could India@75 improve law and order, courts, social, physical and soft infrastructure, efficient cities, e-governance, ease of doing business and other essential state functions by 2022, asks Shailesh Pathak.
DFS writes to departments that haven't responded to RBI's request for information.
If it goes ahead, the combination would create the world's biggest exchange by revenue.
Even Delhi does not have a full-time registrar of chits.
Instead of only government departments and state-owned undertakings, the CAG can now audit private companies, too.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
Ajit Doval is now India's all-powerful security boss. This concentration of power disrupts our layered security system. Will it not weaken whatever remains of the power and authority of the home, defence and finance ministers? asks Shekhar Gupta.
The man who owns close to 94 per cent of the shares of Patanjali Ayurved, an unlisted company, does not, however, take a salary or receive dividends.
Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee reveal how they built the company from scratch.
After razing his ancestral bungalow, housed in an expansive 4.5-acres of prime location in the central business district of Bangalore, Mallya's attempt to unlock value in the land by building the luxury KingfisherTowers has been stalled.
Kabaddi may now be behind only cricket in the popularity stakes.
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian's interview.
Several exemptions have been given to reduce the cost of raw materials.
Not many people know that today's BPM industry gives specialists great career options.
'An expanding army, rising salaries due to the 7th pay commission, and raised pensions due to OROP are consuming money at the cost of badly needed bulletproof jackets, rifles, artillery, submarines, warships and fighter aircraft,' notes Ajai Shukla.
We remain at the mercy of the global economic climate.
Currently, foreign lenders are present in India only through branches or representative offices.
Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor? Or will Urjit Patel succeed Raghuram Rajanas RBI governor when his term ends on September 4?
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