Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services says that the government often forgets that its prime duty is to serve the people and not some sick public sector units.
The idea is to make unexceptionable broad promises so as to have the maximum freedom to devise policies if and when the opportunity arises, says Subir Roy.
'The economy will pick up in 2020 or a little later... When it picks up, will it reach 10%, 8% or still lower? It all depends on how realistic are the diagnosis and the prescriptions that follow,' says Professor K J Joseph.
Amid souring ties, the president visited Beijing for three days. On his return to India, a hope of better ties has arisen, says senior correspondent R Rajagopalan, who travelled with Pranab Mukherjee to the Asian superpower.
Trade between India and Indonesia stands at $20 billion.
China's Xiaomi to unveil its first India-made phone on Monday
Angus Deaton's Nobel Prize should spark off more research on the measurement and usefulness of poverty percentages.
Non-performing assets of banks have been on the rise for past several months due to slowdown in the economy.
Investments and expenses under section 80 C allows various tax benefits, says Harjot Singh Narula
Principal economic advisor, Ila Patnaik, is coordinating the work on Economic Survey 2013-14.
Setting aside the recent tumult in relations caused by the Khobragade episode, US Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom attended the first major event India's new Ambassador Dr S Jaishankar hosted in Washington. Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa reports from the Republic Day celebration in the US capital.
India's new policy commission has received a makeover and a dream team has been formed to head the Think Tank, NITI Aayog.
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We present Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's full speech as he addressed the country on the occasion of 66th Independence Day, from Red Fort, Delhi.
The report has identified some areas that need attention from India's policymakers.
It is time to take a few macroeconomic risks to kick start the growth.
'It's a matter of great pride that no student of Army Goodwill Schools has ever joined terrorism.'
The elements are all aligned to make India a global powerhouse, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
Even as you fight the ongoing health challenge, here are some tips to strengthen your personal finance in the time of coronavirus.
It is surprising that central bankers around the world have cautioned the US Federal Reserve against raising rates.
'When he first came to office, my belief is that the PM's reading of the landscape was that, with a vanquished Congress and fragmented Opposition, he was looking at least at two terms in office. This reading perhaps allows for a more cautious, gradual approach.' 'It was only a matter of time before the government was forced to come face-to-face with a serious corruption scandal. This is not a commentary on the BJP, but a statement about India's political economy.' 'There is growing concern about the government's commitment to freedom of expression, religious tolerance, and an independent civil society. Thus far, the positive movement on strategic and economic matters has crowded out these concerns, but they are lingering beneath the surface.'
With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across India, and that the progress made in this province in western India in improving agriculture, education, healthcare and empowerment of women and children, was not exactly creditable, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Here is what you must not think before buying life insurance, says V Viswanand, Senior Director and Chief Operations Officer, Max Life Insurance
Glimpses of I-Day celebrations across India.
Chirag Mehta, senior fund manager -- alternative investments at Quantum AMC, shares his views.
India must concentrate on manufacturing-led growth.
'Growth is predicated on the misery of large sections of people.' 'Maybe Hindutva will be used to suppress any such unrest.'
Indian economy about to take-off
Go beyond your college classroom. Take part in fests. Pursue an internship, says Abhishek Ajmera.
Chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian discusses the Budget, goods and services tax, Centre-state relationship and larger issues facing the economy
Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.
India only has 3.5 million workers undergoing skills courses a year, compared with 90 million in China
'AI will be bigger than the advent of the Internet or the harnessing of electricity.' 'India must embrace it with all its might,' says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
To begin with, these are among the cheapest in the loan market.
This was India's time; with a strong central bank governor and a new decisive government, anything was possible.
Noting that oil prices had gone down after the BJP-led government came to power in May 2014, before they went up, Prasad said it is a problem whose solution is not in its hands.
The exam will be held on May 26 and 27, 2018.
The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
The definition of affected family includes farm labourers, tenants, sharecroppers and workers in the area for three years prior to acquisition.
Liberalising regulations on satcom technology could attract billions of dollars in foreign investment.
