'Event management can distract from, but not permanently mask, execution failures,' points out Rathin Roy, director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
This Budget signals a shift from a hand-out to a hand-up economy.
The Election Commission must ensure that soldiers, paramilitary forces and railway employees who work outside their home states are given proper avenues to cast their votes, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
True, Azam Khan is being targeted rather disproportionately and also because of his Muslim identity. That must be protested and resisted. But to say that he is a big messiah, and his profit-making educational enterprise is an issue concerning all Muslims of India, is absolutely unjustified, assert Mohammad Sajjad and Md Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad.
India will see a gradual growth acceleration with its GDP expected to reach 5.9 per cent this year.
'China need not worry about a truly 'resurgent India'.' 'It's not going to happen.'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
Here's the full text of address to the nation by President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of the Republic Day 2022.
Xi Jinping has accumulated great power, but he faces trials that are just as great, says Claude Smadja.
The prime minister sees himself as the "vikas purush". But realising his government's agenda for development requires not just a more efficient administration but also a credible implementation plan, says Nitin Desai.
'Whatever good he did, all his achievements were overshadowed by the perception of corruption and other things.'
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022.
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
To plug claims mismanagement, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) is bringing reforms in the mediclaim segment.
Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who served as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee during his tenure, salutes the statesman and political legend, who passed into the ages on Monday.
Structural changes to government finances could be focus of the Union Budget, says Mihir S Sharma.
'We have set out a timetable to reduce income tax rates for all incomes below Rs 50 lakh, and to progressively eliminate the surcharges on income above Rs 50 lakh, by 2024.' The Budget speech past CII president Naushad Forbes wants to hear.
A reformed Planning Commission should reflect the diversity of Indian debate.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
England, who have won both the one-day and Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka, play a two-day practice match in Colombo before heading to Galle which hosts the first of the three Test matches from November 6.
'Four years into his tenure and Modi still has no idea what is wrong with the agriculture sector!'
'Whatever the result on December 18, Rahul has succeeded.' 'He has taken the battle to the rival's territory, and forced him to take him more seriously than he has done so far, or would have wished to.' 'A party, dominating and powerful as the BJP today, is spending all its time attacking the leader of one with just 46 seats in the Lok Sabha, and in the woods in Gujarat for 22 years.' 'This isn't the script the BJP had written,' says Shekhar Gupta.
There is a link between objectives and commitments.
The shift from 'one country, one tax' to four tax rates could dilute possible gains on GDP, warns T N Ninan.
There are a couple of proposals, however, whose goals are not easily achievable.
The second-longest serving chairman introduced quite a few measures for the primary market and implemented a new corporate governance framework.
If oil prices rise, the government would face an uncomfortable political decision.
The new numbers did not apparently pass consistency checks with production, inputs, or movements in the National Stock Exchange.
Overall, the Survey warned that unless shifts in the vision of development were articulated and embraced, the Indian economy would lose the chance to move to a high-growth trajectory.
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
It is time to take a few macroeconomic risks to kick start the growth.
'Making the railways better is a different type of a challenge.'
'Today you have 30 to 40 per cent of bureaucrats who are not parrots of the government, but what happens if you change the system?' 'If implemented, this can disrupt the system, which will have more adverse consequences than demonetisation.'
Both the Greek and Iranian deals are extremely imperfect and fraught with uncertainty, says Claude Smadja.
Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization, predisposing cities to disaster risks
Indian officialdom enjoys well over a week of Sundays every month
'The path to a resolution of the ethnic conflict is likely to be complicated and controversial with the majority Sinhalese community, and will become less likely if delayed.' 'It will certainly give Rajapaksa fresh political oxygen with which to revive himself and rally the opposition.'
'The main reason for having neutral venues for the Ranji Trophy is to make it more competitive and less affected by doctoring of wickets.' 'There is no reason why people shouldn't be able to see Virat Kohli playing a Ranji Trophy match at any location.'
Indian economy about to take-off
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