In a note to his students titled 'In a Background of Elections - The Development Debate', Dr Frazer Mascarenhas, principal of Mumbai's St Xavier's College, slams Narendra Modi's Gujarat and is in all praise of United Progressive Alliance's Rojgar Yojana and the Food Security Act
The principal challenge for Rajan's successor is to work with the Bank Board Bureau and the finance ministry to complete these processes of banking reform.
Headed by Urjit Patel, MPC for the fourth straight time kept the repo rate unchanged, at which it lends to the banks, at 6.25 per cent. The reverse repo, at which RBI borrows, will be 6 per cent.
The commission asks for notification to be deferred; RIL's KG-D6 pricing issue may return to Cabinet
Supporters of the bull taming sport Jalikattu on Tuesday staged protests in Tamil Nadu after SC stayed the Centre's notification lifting the ban on it.
'The autonomy of essential institutions is clearly under question as the Modi government seeks to influence them politically.' 'The credibility of institutions such as the EC, the CBI, the CVC, the UPSC, the RBI, media, and universities, has been compromised,' notes Zoya Hasan, the distinguished political thinker.
UDF, LDF raise voice against cow slaughter ban backed by BJP leadership.
Full list of the rejigged Union Council of Ministers
Managing Brexit, inflation and banking reforms, along with the political environment, will be tough.
Here are other controversial 'babas' who were given the Z-category security, though later, it was withdrawn from some.
Whilst substantive public allocations have been made in the infrastructure sector, this strategy is plateauing due to the fiscal deficit constraint, capacity limitation of statal implementing agencies, the declining ability of PSUs, and the precarious situation of the Railways' operating ratio. It is, thus, high time to get the policy compass to point at rejuvenating private sector investments in infrastructure, says Vinayak Chatterjee.
Central Administrative Tribunal says orders unjustified and against principles of natural justice. Nitin Sethi reports
Budget should be a platform for govt to take bold steps.
Pressure on the government increased with the Reserve Bank of India's surprise move on Thursday to cut interest rates
'The CM seems to have forgotten that she is dealing with the Gorkhas, people known for their valour and loyalty to India.' 'It is shameful that Mamata Banerjee and her administration treated them like insurgents, choosing to use live bullets instead of other ways and means to control crowds.'
RBI Governor has been under pressure from Finance Ministry.
'Why should the people of Odisha divert water from the Mahanadhi when 13 out of 32 districts are chronically drought prone?' 'Water is a state subject. Can you really nationalise rivers for which you need drastic amendments in the Constitution?'
FinCom prescribes scrapping of effective revenue deficit.
Expectations were probably too high from Narendra Modi.
Kerala's iconic Marxist and former Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan turned 90 on Sunday.
Modi has the ideas for a new, hopeful India, and an idiom in which to sell optimism to voters. But he doesn't yet have the team for it, and soon enough, questions will begin to be asked by an impatient, non-ideological, I-don't-owe-anybody-anything generation of Indian voters, says Shekar Gupta.
Budget should raise revenues & reduce spending to increase capital expenditure.
Obviously, the not-so warm vibes between the two during the recent election season is a thing of the past, with Jaya scheduled to offer the Tamil angavastram as a mark of respect to Modi in his South Block office.
In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.
Smart cities can provide more safety, better management of traffic congestion, a low-carbon environment and better services.
The Delhi CM said a fine of Rs 2,000 will be imposed for those violating the rules during those 15 days.
'A President who is a living embodiment of high principles can tone up the entire national fabric,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
With the Supreme Court reinforcing its stay on jallikattu, the state BJP hopes it can persuade its party leadership to bring in an ordinance. But this is a path filled with risk, reports R Ramasubramanian.
The majestic Rajpath saw a scintillating display of India's military might as the country celebrated its 69th Republic Day on Friday, with the leaders of all the 10 countries of the ASEAN attending the parade. Take a look here.
'A lot will depend on the first Aayog and the power it derives.'
The Prithviraj Chavan government wants to retain its strongholds and ensure there is negligible anti-incumbency. That many of its decisions can run into legal problems is not an immediate worry, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
Jindal Steel and Power and JSW Steel, are in competing talks to buy parts of insolvent Italian steelmaker Lucchini.
A look into the state of Dalit entrepreneurship in the country.
'I can assure you the Ganga will be more polluted in 2030 than it is now.' 'What they are trying to do now is clean the Ganga without understanding how to do so.'
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
For the CBI, crimes are likely to become more innovative, complex, driven increasingly by technology and transcending geographical boundaries, says Anil Kumar Sinha.
The hype surrounding the Budget gives it undue importance.
Modi government is pushing GM food crops without adequate safety assessment and transparency, claim activists.
Instead of announcing new schemes, focus will be on those already announced and key sectors.
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