The failure to reform has meant that there is no buzz about job opportunities, or about urban opportunities enticing young people off the farms. And it is this failure that has contributed to the widespread disappointment that threatens to make the next general elections closer than expected, says Mihir S Sharma.
Making a strong pitch for producing good teachers in large numbers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a mission in this regard amid his assertion that the whole world is looking at India with great expectations "but we are not ready".
AAdhar cannot be successful unless there is proper coordination at the helm.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said a wind of change was blowing through football's scandal-plagued world governing body after announcing a sponsorship deal with China's Wanda Group on Friday.
'You have to go from winning elections to winning people,' sociologist Ashis Nandy tells A Ganesh Nadar.
The Constitution should not encumber these choices, specially limiting them to second-best or third-grade options.
The management was open to attracting qualified people from the US for either short-term or long-term assignments in Roorkee, reports Manu Shah.
India owes Iran around $8.8 billion primarily on account of crude oil imports.
Chelsea look capable of beginning a period of sustained domestic dominance. The average age of their squad is 26.9 -- with most of their key players in or approaching their prime years.
The culture clash isn't the only issue - most of the founders are still wary of risky bets while the new management thinks calculated aggression is necessary in the new world of business, says Shyamal Majumdar.
RIL has denied knowingly producing any gas from the ONGC block
The scheme has been extended to all categories of employees.
Ask for advice, but don't always take it.
The clean-up process begun by the Reserve Bank of India runs the risk of spiralling out of control.
'Its internal economic rot and corrupt political elite have made the resurgent supremacy of the military establishment more invincible,' says Sunil Sethi.
India's Iran imports rise to 276,800 bpd vs 195,600 bpd in 2013.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay discusses his latest book Bandhan: The Making of a Bank at Bandhan headquarters in Kolkata.
The CPEC poses a clear and imminent danger to Indian security interests, says Kulbir Krishan.
Five inspiring women who travelled thousands of miles to Hyderabad recently to grow their business and skills share their tales of global entrepreneurship. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel listened in.
Narendra Modi's success at the BRICS summit is the best Diwali gift for India's diplomacy and marks her ascendancy to global leadership, says Tarun Vijay.
'The youth associated with this movement were extremely talented.' 'But I personally believe violence cannot change anything in the world.'
BJP president Amit Shah said on Wednesday as he attacked former PM Manmohan Singh over a string of scams that took place under his watch.
In a big shot in the arm for the YSR Congress party in Andhra Pradesh, a Central Bureau of Investigation court in Hyderabad on Monday granted conditional bail to its president and Member of Lok Sabha YS Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case.
Despite finance minister's assurance, tax officials seem reluctant to take steps for tackling issues at stake
Aarushi Agarwal makes a (very, very) strong case for you to go back to the two-wheeler!
India's rising GDP may have propelled the middle class to become richer, buy new cars, travel around the world and build assets, but it further pushed the economically disadvantaged and poor into poverty and drudgery, says Devanik Saha.
Dispute resolution provisions in the production sharing contract remained unimplemented, while the regulator faltered, points out Jyoti Mukul.
In a lawsuit filed through national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP (Lieff Cabraser), Indian national Suraj Kamath on Wednesday charged that Bosch unjustly enriched itself by requiring all of its non-US citizens employees to pay to Bosch federal and state tax refunds the employees had received while working in the US.
Rallying behind the government, the BJP decided to launch a counter-offensive against the opposition "disinformation campaign" on the controversial land bill with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that his growth model was pro-poor.
Dispel all your myths about taking a course abroad.
Justice S N Dhingra Commission, which was set up to probe into grant of land licences to some companies including that of Robert Vadra's in Gurgaon during the Congress rule in Haryana, on Thursday sought six weeks more time to submit its report hours before the deadline was to end.
Each of the defendants was associated with the Micropower Career Institute, a for-profit school with five campuses in New York and New Jersey, or the Institute for Health Education, a for-profit school located in New Jersey. Suman Guha Mozumder reports.
Nitish Kumar has to eschew disastrous experiments with prohibition and reservations in the private sector. Unless he is dissuaded from pursuing these flawed measures, he will pave the way for Bihar to again become a part of the BIMARU group of sick states, says Amulya Ganguli.
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
"This election will dictate the direction the nation takes. As an Indian living abroad, I am ashamed of the negative influences in my motherland, especially the crime rate, which is increasing rapidly."
India must streamline reforms, only then it will see success.
United States President Barack Obama said goodbye to his nation in an emotional address enriched with wisdom and optimism.
Start-ups are changing the way people take vacations.
Udayan Mukherjee, who stepped down earlier this week, was the first full-fledged market commentator Indian business television knew of.
