God forbid if Chidambaram had his way with gas prices today

Sheela Bhatt gets the inside story of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs meeting that finally decided to steeply increase the price of natural gas. Sources say that Finance Minister P......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Post-Ukraine, Finance Minister Must Revisit Budget

Budget has already bombed at the box office and passing it without a revisit will be a mockery of the exercise though any modification may be short lived and perfunctory, observes V Ranganathan.......

Budget 2021: Govt stares at revenue shortfall of Rs 7 trillion this fiscal

Revenue from divestment has fetched Rs 40,000-50,000 crore against target of Rs 2.10 trillion. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Tax collection and the proceeds from divestment in state-owned......

Debt exposure remains a big risk for infra king Gautam Adani

Unlike RIL, the Adani group has not yet brought in any big stakeholders to refinance debt or expand. Recently, the SB Adani Family Trust, representing the promoters, announced that it was pledging......

Modiji, 7 ideas for a new India

'Now is the time for India to course correct and for the government also to course correct,' says businessman Mangesh Khatri. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The pandemic has caught......