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.
The initiative would provide double the relief announced by the states of UP and Maharashtra, the Punjab CM said.
India had been engaged in a contentious battle with the US over the issue, especially in the pharmaceutical sector.
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.
Life expectancy at birth improved from 59.7 years in 1990 to 70.3 years in 2016 for women.
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'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.
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.
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).
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
'It has a natural inclination to foster as much competition among civilian politicians as possible.'
The Modi government's array of economic policy has been impressive.
The new army chief's highest priority must be to address the critical hollowness in the Indian Army's operational preparedness, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
There are a few factors that can spoil the party
The government is set to carry out a performance review of companies that have opted for corporate debt restructuring (CDR).
Examples of coordinated initiatives.
Two organisations tracking tax violations and money laundering worldwide identify totally different sets of countries for lack of financial transparency.
Privatisation is still regarded as beyond the pale but public-private partnerships have gained in popularity.
Little attention is being paid to keep roads, bridges and flyovers in good shape
The 64-year-old Planning Commission, a vestige of the socialist era, will soon become history.
Before undertaking such difficult projects as a 378-km railway line to Tawang, the government must seriously examine whether having quality roads is a better option.
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The buck for the Gandamal tragedy should not stop with the school-in-charge Meena Kumari. She is just the face of a deeper malaise in Bihar, says Apoorvanand.
The Reserve Bank of india is likely to tell state-run United Bank of India (UBI), which has seen erosion of capital due to bad loans and higher provisioning to implement prompt corrective action.
After helping the government in policymaking since October 2014, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian is returning to academics and will be teaching at Harvard Kennedy School on a visiting position. In an interview to Dilasha Seth and Somesh Jha, he says the ease of doing business agenda needs to move forward and India must try to integrate with the global value chains. Edited excerpts.
