Why India Needs Trump's Tariffs To Reform Again

India needs another shot of difficult reform, of the kind only possible at gunpoint. Mr Trump holds that gun to our heads now.A drastic reduction in tariff protection, other elements of sarkari......

The Legend That Was Pritish Nandy

He was colourful. He was dramatic. He was The Master of His Craft. There never will be an editor as versatile as Pritish Nandy, notes Nikhil Lakshman. IMAGE: Pritish Nandy, Editor Extraordinaire,......

Rajnath Singh's Strategic Restraint

With the role of the venerable elder thrust on him in UP, Mr Singh has had to attune himself to the politics at the Centre, observes Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacts......

'Wounded' Jaswant slams NaMo worship in BJP

In a sharp attack on Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party campaign centric around him, expelled party veteran Jaswant Singh on Sunday deprecated "veneration" of an individual and said world......

Making a Mini-Budget while the sun shines

Soon after he became finance minister in July 2002 Mr Jaswant Singh said that he wanted to put money in people's pockets. A few weeks later he told a TV station that his first Budget would provide......

Interim Budget: How it affects taxpayers

The main feature of the presentation of the Mini Budget was the downright irritating protests of the opposition members on technical grounds rather than the contents. As expected, no major......

How finance ministers have amused us with Budget speeches

Budget speeches have been replete with incomprehensible and even hilarious statements, says Rathin Roy. In India, Budget speeches are also platforms for identifying issues that require fiscal......

Finance minister's Budget Speech

The following is the speech that Finance Minister Jaswant Singh made in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday while presenting the Interim Budget for 2004-05.Mr Speaker,1. I rise to present an Interim Budget,......