‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......
'Welfare schemes are not a necessary evil, they are a necessary good.' IMAGE: Women commuters in New Delhi show their pink tickets. Photograph: PTI Photo Free electricity. Free bus ride. Free......
'Economic issues do not matter during elections; it is the emotional connect that helps swing votes.'Rashme Sehgal reports. IMAGE: Women line up to cast their votes in Varanasi. Photograph: ANI......
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......
A sum of Rs 29,000 crore has been set aside for the Women and Child Development Ministry for 2019-20, a 17 per cent increase, with the social services sector getting a major boost in the Budget.......
The ministry of labour & employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorganised sector workers seeking registration,......
After assuming power in 2014 with a full majority of its own, the BJP-led NDA government started an ambitious process of reforming labour laws in the form of codes aimed at making the framework......
'The government is abdicating its responsibility on healthcare''Just to start this scheme, it will take a minimum till October 2018 and elections are coming in 2019, so before that this can go into......
The National Health Protection Scheme -- announced by the finance minister -- is aimed at benefiting 10 crore poor families by providing coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year HIGHLIGHTS......
The economists who signed the letter included Jean Drèze , Abhijit Banerjee, Ajit Ranade, Jayati Ghosh, Kirit Parikh, Mihir Shah, Rohini Pande, and Vijay Joshi Sixty prominent economists on......