A programme that endeavours to graduate the poorest people could have seminal implications for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
'What matters right now is what I am able to do in these times of distress for the people of J&K.'
Only national service can save the nation, and not politics: Modi
A key UN climate change summit that will be attended by nearly 150 world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicks off on Monday under the shadow of the deadly Paris terror attack to try to craft a long-term deal to limit carbon emissions.
Over lunch, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley breaks down his Budget. Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reports.
The government kept its nerve in the face of a massive shock. It chose not to resort to a massive fiscal stimulus. It focused instead on providing liquidity support and easing restrictions on movement in stages, observes T T Ram Mohan.
'The middle class you can hurt anytime. For revenues, politics, pleasure, anything,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
'There is a consensus within the Indian security establishment -- at least among those who draw their conclusions from data instead of speaking from nationalist sentiment -- that India lacks the offensive capability to defeat Pakistan in a short war.'
We present our alphabet of 2020, pulling in everything you'll remember about this year we'd rather forget.
'A false promise of marriage cannot be called rape.' 'The police register it as rape. But you are acquitted finally.' 'In the meantime the man's name is spoilt.'
Power2SME, a one-stop shop for sourcing and buying raw materials for SMEs, is the only B2B firm in this space.
They made history for India and the world.
Investors should quiz them to understand the product, which options to invest in, and how to get the final payout
SBI might present the first result for the combined entity at the end of the first quarter of 2017-18
The IIT-Madras alumnus, who moved to Canada for an MBA programme and settled there, is not new to investing in India.
The CM announced an ex gratia relief of Rs four lakh for the deceased and Rs one lakh each to the injured and assured that the state government will bear all medical expenses.
The 40 per cent exemption benefit is applicable only for employees.
'The procurement cycle still consumes too much time; little has changed.'
Bankers say there is palpable fear among erring promoters that the banking system just cannot be taken for granted, and any delay in loan repayment could mean promoters losing business
PM extended some old schemes and finally said yes to one that was legally mandated for past 2 years.
Soon, one will be able to pay utility bills at the local supermarket, while buying groceries, with the RBI allowing the setting up of payment banks.
The industry's reactions to the Budget have been mixed.
Govt wants to up investment in Railways
Taking potshots at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the Saradha chit-fund scam and the Burdwan blast, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people here to vote for change and development in the state.
'By transferring the case to the NIA without the Maharashtra government's consent clearly indicates they want to play mischief.'
M C Mary Kom managed to surpass even herself, obliterating everyone and everything else along the way in a tumultuous year for the sport.
'Should the government be in the business of running banks?' 'Particularly when it does not have the fiscal strength to continuously infuse capital into such banks?'
'I know most of the politicians in this country and I know how fair-weather friends they can be.' 'If they get defeated in elections, they will blame it upon something that cannot respond to their allegations like the EVMs.'
Money permits patronage. Money means power. No wonder details of the crores locked up in NPAs and never repaid loans are top secret, Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
One can expect significant changes at India's banks in ensuing months.
While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others pitched for the extension of the coronavirus lockdown, but with a carefully crafted exit strategy
Manish Sabharwal tackles 5 criticisms of demonetisation.
'There is a great scope for enhancing the use of organic fertilisers'.
Nitin Desai suggests some concrete measures to revive investment and boost growth.
Modi govt must implement few policy measures which it announced in Budget 2015.
To mark the anniversary of note ban, the Congress was observing a 'black day'.
While the total disbursement of housing loans by PSBs as well as HFCs witnessed a deceleration in 2016-17, there was significant growth for the lower slabs
Devastation struck Venezuela when oil prices started collapsing in 1982, following a global oil glut. The country's economy contracted overnight.
India borrows ideas that we don't need, like the FRDI Bill, and ignores the ones we need, like rewarding whistleblowers such as the ones who want to save Bombay Mercantile Bank, says Debashis Basu.
