Dr Singh, Devoted Husband And Father

Nitin Desai, who has known Dr Singh from 1971, extends his 'deepest condolences to his wife Gurcharan Kaur and to his three talented daughters Upinder, the historian; Daman, the writer; and Amrit,......

Remembering Dr Singh, Finance Minister

'The critical event signalling a new era for India was Dr Singh's 1991 Budget in which he quoted Victor Hugo to say that no power on earth could stop an idea whose time has come,' recalls T N......

Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

'What we did for the environment has been undone by the new govt'

Image: Jairam Ramesh with his new book, Green Signals. 'This is not a Sanjay Baru or Natwar Singh type of book. It's not a memoir. It's not a book to reveal conversations, real or imaginary. This......

Modi to review ministries' work in quest for turnaround

Starting today, Modi and top officials in the Prime Minister’s Office will be briefed by various central ministries and departments on their plans as well as agenda for the next five years.......

Hit by leaks, wary finance ministry blocks non-government sites

Officers up to director rank have access only to ‘.nic.in’ and ‘.gov.in’ websites The finance ministry has blocked all non-government websites, including email services,......

Blame poor data collection for inflation woes

Every week, a fax machine in economic advisor's office at Udyog Bhawan, which houses the commerce and industry ministry, receives price data for items in the Wholesale Price Index basket. The data......

GDP is expected to pick up in Q3, says CEA Subramanian

Department of Economic Affairs  secretary Atanu Chakraborty said that equity capital flows have been positive this year. Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) KV Subramanian on Friday expressed hope......