With certain quarters demanding privatisation of public sector banks in the aftermath of the alleged fraud at Punjab National Bank (PNB), Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister chairman Bibek Debroy tells Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Ishan Bakshi and Indivjal Dhasmana that reducing government equity even to zero would not mean giving up of government control over these banks.
'There is tension between the zones all the time.'
How many 22 year olds gets the ears and eyes of Yogi Deveshwar, Kumarmangalam Birla, Shashi Ruia, T V Narendran and Naveen Patnaik?
The 59-year-old Batra is one of the few sports administrators to head a national Olympic committee while heading an important international sports federation.
Around 250 financial market players will participate in a closed door meeting with Narendra Modi on February 27.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:
'The bullet train project is a complete sham'
One way to begin would be to access the material of our own culture, meaning the literature of India, recommends Aakar Patel.
80-85 per cent of about 700 major infrastructure projects within the Centre's domain have been delayed.
There are significant differences in the scope, jurisdiction, functions and personnel requirements of RPF and GRP.
Status to enable Arvind Panagariya to attend Cabinet meetings.
'You can never bring about a change if you only bring in outsiders. Consultants will never feel what changes are necessary and where,' says Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
The Bullet train is a childish desire to join an elite club at the cost of 99.9 per cent of rail passengers, says S Pushpavanam.
Despite criticism of a lack of transparency and communication from the Modi-led government, BJP leaders point to "good beginnings" on several fronts to defend its performance. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports.
When trains and stations become desirable again, we might have a murder mystery with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train as a setting.
'Because of the government's step, the people are now going to splurge on consumption.' 'If you ask me, would growth be 8% for 2017-2018, I would say 7.5% because of the demonetisation move would not be very significant.'
While we complain about comfort in coaches, rarely do we think about the comfort of engine drivers.
'When a newspaper says that Karnataka leads in corruption, one must also know it means Karnataka leads in patronising corruption.' 'You can't be corrupt without me succumbing to your corruption.'
If we can adhere to those standards, most passengers will be happy.
A historic railway service flounders for an inflexible privatisation policy.
The maintenance of track is increasingly becoming mechanised and capital-intensive.
Even as several trains have more than 200 waitlisted passengers every day, running some trains with so many vacant seats is a criminal waste of scarce resource.
Of the thousands of railway bridges in India, 36,470 are more than 100 years old, and 6,680 are more than 140 years old! But of these, only 21 rank on the Heritage Directorate of the Indian Railways because for them heritage isn't necessarily a function of age, says Bibek Debroy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden speech from Red Fort last Independence Day outlined some grand programmes. Shehzad Poonawalla does a quick check on the progress made.
More than Guru Dronacharya, the cult of his wife, Kripi, runs stronger in Gurgaon.
'Making the railways better is a different type of a challenge.'
'I think governments -- whether this one or the ones earlier -- have not understood the strength of the Indian Railways... that it can easily add 2.5 per cent to GDP.'
A raise in the I-T exemption limit has been sought by many.
In the near term, the key driver will still be the government's fiscal spending.
'Modi as the PM of the country has to take everybody on board and deliver on good governance. That is his responsibility. In that talking alone won't help, he's working.' Commerce Minister Dr Nirmala Sitharaman tells Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com how the Modi government plans to change India.
