'Chinese real GDP growth is 7.1% and India's is 7.4%'.
During a crisis situation, effective communication both internally and externally is one of the most important measures.
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Fifteen months after taking power, Modi's credibility as an economic manager is on the line.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
While naysayers say the economy is on a downward spiral, optimists point out that India has experienced a shift of gears in the realm of policies, thanks to several initiatives of the Narendra Modi government, says Ashok K Lahiri.
Indian economy about to take-off
A strong showing will be vital to Narendra Modi's chances of a second term.
Vijay Mallya has lost control of his companies.
It would be a miracle indeed if we grow at 7/8 per cent a year over the current and next few years, says A V Rajwade
'The hour is very late, and the choice between triumph and tragedy knocks at our door,' says Ajay Shah.
Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
British India Corporation employs about 1,800 people
Moody's listed six agenda on the list of pending reforms -- land acquisition Bill, labour law reforms, significant infrastructure investment, tangible benefit from Make in India initiative, tax administration and PSU bank reforms
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.
Who were they? What led them to mass murder?
Besides advancing the presentation of the Budget to perhaps the first week of January, , there are four new initiatives that could be rolled out from the next Budget, says A K Bhattacharya.
Bharti Airtel, HDFC, ONGC, ITC and CIL emerged as the top gainers.
'You are beginning your professional life in a time of global turmoil, when economic systems and the earth's eco-systems are in deep crisis.' 'Societies across the world are struggling with the complexity of technological and social change happening at a speed that our species has never experienced before.' 'May you be more excited than frightened by the times we live in.' 'Precisely because the crises are so deep, there are also unprecedented opportunities for pioneering and brave work that can transform society, culture and economy to create a much better world for your children.'
Several factors seem to have corrected in India in the past six months, says the president of New Development Bank.
Contrary to the bragging that marked its two-year anniversary, the government's timidity on reform is simply astounding.
In an SEC filing dating back to 1997, he figures as "J Vallabh".
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
'Who would have thought that Brexit would take place or Donald Trump would become US president or Kim Jong-un's madness could bring the prospect of nuclear war over Asia?' 'It is the time of the unexpected; the French elections should perhaps be seen in this perspective,' says Claude Arpi.
Chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian discusses the Budget, goods and services tax, Centre-state relationship and larger issues facing the economy
The government has provided a long-term vision.
For the first time in our economic history a government has thought about more than 50 per cent of our economic activity instead of the five per cent represented by the Sensex companies, observes IIM-B professor R Vaidyanathan.
An industry of scamsters is operating in the guise of call centres in India.
