The Vasundhara Raje government's initiatives mark a critical step forward in labour law reforms.
8,000 asylum-seekers reach Germany in a single day amid deepening refugee crisis
'A law firm checked credentials of Karan Ajit Judge and Nouam'
When it came to dealing with the media and academia, it has been a roller coaster ride for the National Democratic Alliance, observes Nitin Sethi.
A key government official involved in initiatives to make doing business in the country easier said improving the ranking to 50th in a year was not possible but the country could certainly do that over two years.
Tarun Vijay visits 20 Durga Puja pandals in five towns in Bangladesh and comes back impressed.
'The attempt to make Aadhaar mandatory has now emerged as an act of bullying by government agencies, turning citizens into subjects by making fundamental rights conditional on biometric identification,' says Gopal Krishna.
'I believe that it can and in the case of Germany it has. What about ourselves? If it were 1971 today, would we accept 10 million refugees from another land?' asks Ambassador B S Prakash.
Recently, when TCS laid off a handful of employees, prominent trade unions rushed to offer their support to workers who had lost their jobs.
'If the Indian economy formalises, industrialises, urbanises and develops human capital, 10 lakh youngsters will join the labour force every month in the next 10 years.' 'It's not a bulb that will go off; it is a sunrise.'
Xi Jinping has accumulated great power, but he faces trials that are just as great, says Claude Smadja.
HDFC, the pioneer, ICICI, the game-changer, and SBI, the original teaser, turned the market on its head.
Isn't National Intelligence Grid and UIDAI engineered by vested interests, asks Gopal Krishna.
Indian economy about to take-off
'Even with the restrictions of depositing more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a bank, people will find new methods to convert this cash hoard into legal tender.'
'The main ploy of the BJP's pre-poll proclamations on corruption was so cacophonous and resounding that it unexpectedly worked out to its greatest advantage. But there seems to be a lull after the sound and fury over corruption,' says Ram Ugrah.
'Biometric Aadhaar-based surveillance is not only about violation of privacy, but also about the treasure hunt for unprecedented financial surveillance and economic intelligence in the economic history of mankind,' asks Gopal Krishna.
William S Pinckney was arrested by the Kerala police for alleged violation of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act.
Admittedly, EVMs too have a UID number and any convergence of data can make the secret ballot system a party of history, warns Dr Gopal Krishna in the 5th part of his series against Aadhaar.
For the first time in our economic history a government has thought about more than 50 per cent of our economic activity instead of the five per cent represented by the Sensex companies, observes IIM-B professor R Vaidyanathan.
