NITI Aayog vice chairperson Rajiv Kumar tells Indivjal Dhasmana that additional funds could be generated through divestment, and that the fiscal deficit should be widened while focusing on the revenue deficit.
It is far from clear that this GST will have the silver bullet effect that the "pure" GST would have provided, says Mihir S Sharma.
We need transformative policies and incentives with purpose, especially in solar power and digital infrastructure.
Smartly blending its development agenda with Hindutva politics, the BJP has not lost assembly elections in the state since 1995.
Tata-SIA will kick off with full-service domestic operations.
'Dementia is going to be a huge challenge for hospitals, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, health workers and family members.'
Credible fiscal consolidation has been a consistent pre-condition to easing the monetary policy stance as far as the RBI is concerned.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
100 smart cities to become a reality as Cabinet approves the project, earmarks Rs 100 trillion for the purpose.
'The defence minister needs to focus on human resources-related issues at the same pace in 2017 as he did on acquisitions in 2016,' says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
'If you solve it in one day, it will go after a day.' 'If it is there for 100 years or 1,000 years, reservation has to continue.'
'Both Modi and Shah know the importance attached by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita to self-introspection (swadhyay) as one of the virtues of wise leaders.' 'From the way both leaders are painting the BJP's performance in the Karnataka election, one can only conclude that they have flunked Lord Krishna's test,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
When there is panic, you get an opportunity to get your hands on some of the good stocks.
Markets closed in the red on domestic worries.
'We have not seen even during Vajpayee's time what Modi and the BJP has adopted now.'
The long-term growth perspective or potential for India is one of the highest in the Asia Pacific region.
'Modi has entered blunderland as he does not understand the army. He has actually meddled with the army, which is much more damaging than the ignorance of Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh.' 'People had an impression that the BJP was different. Now it has been made very, very, plain that it is not.' 'Look at the contrast in the behaviour of the prime minister. When they burnt buses in Gujarat for an unjust demand, the prime minister addressed them in Gujarati while the army veterans were on relay hunger strike for the 74th day on that day, but no word on this from the PM.'
Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.
To cut interest rates, the central bank head has to open up a debate on inflation target revision.
India had been engaged in a contentious battle with the US over the issue, especially in the pharmaceutical sector.
The initiative would provide double the relief announced by the states of UP and Maharashtra, the Punjab CM said.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to introduce plastic currency notes as an experiment in five cities.
National carrier Air India became part of the 27-member global airlines grouping Star Alliance, as budget airline AirAsia India launched operations and Tata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara received the flying permit and announced its intentions to start operations from January 9.
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Life expectancy at birth improved from 59.7 years in 1990 to 70.3 years in 2016 for women.
'Alas, the Congress party offers no suggestions as to how to unscramble the omlette it cooked during 2004-2014 on which the Modi government may have since lavishly spread some tomato ketchup,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Let us hope that with Nandan, like Cincinnatus back on his farm, taking over the reins, Infosys will not only regain its vigour and momentum, but vastly improve upon its achievements as a global player,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
The Bank suggested reforms in infrastructure sector.
'As they grow bigger, the trail of their pioneering success often leaves behind a causticity marked by deficient human resource practices, negligible focus on corporate governance and rife sexism.'
'Beef-eating is the new media frenzy that is being orchestrated to wrongly implicate the BJP government and is reminiscent of the false anti-Christian acts highlighted by the media when the BJP first came to power in 1996,' says Vivek Gumaste.
In the light of India's increasingly 'darkening' threat environment and the convergence of strategic interests between China and Pakistan, the IAF's declining combat capabilities are a cause for concern, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
By castigating the reforms themselves because of the remediable and reversible defaults here and there in carrying them out, Yashwant Sinha is throwing out the baby along with the bath water, says B S Raghavan.
High growth is also much easier to log in a small business than in a Reliance.
'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.' 'It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
'These children are wards of the State. They were exploited because the state government and its officials didn't do their jobs.'
Consensus building is likely to be the biggest casualty.
A reversal of policy at this juncture could jeopardise the recent gains on inflation
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
