Various alleged administrative and financial irregularities worth crores have been pointed out in execution of development works in worst Naxal-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh by state Accountant General.
'Businessmen like Rajiv render public service when they speak truth to power,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
Core sector companies have seen volumes drop to single digit in the first nine months of FY16.
As the world awaits the end of the global pandemic, rural Bengal might be witnessing a recession unfolding in bits and pieces. With factories and tea gardens closing down, agricultural income falling and storm Aila ravaging a large part of deltaic West Bengal in 2010, migration gradually became a norm.
he government is examining a plan of bank recapitalisation and considering an urban version of MNREGS.
Market linking of petrol and diesel prices has helped the industry.
Experts say the new security features will significantly ensure there is no 'large-scale theft of people's identity'.
Lalgarh, once a nerve centre of Naxal insurgency in West Bengal, now represents a different place.
The resentment against the government has increased.
Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.
80-85 per cent of about 700 major infrastructure projects within the Centre's domain have been delayed.
The Budget allocated an increase in allocation for MGNREGS, LPG expansion, electrification & smart panchayats.
The loss in Bihar has forced a change in NDA's market positioning, says Shekhar Gupta.
Finance ministry's drive is meant to meet fiscal deficit target and improve overall efficiency in government spending.
Rural outlay may go up 23% to reduce pains of demonetisation
Modi Sarkar will not stand on ceremonies even if that means stepping on the Constitution, says Udit Misra.
The government is doing things in agriculture that count for little, says Shreekant Sambrani.
If the presentation made by the Commission to the chief ministers is followed in letter and spirit, central sector and sponsored schemes will no longer be the domain of central ministries alone.
An interplay of Modi government's outreach in Bihar and the sequence of events in Chirag Paswan's life could make Bihar a game of musical chairs when the results are out.
Weather forecasts have notoriously large error margins.
We can hope that some of the benefits of the rural spending - on irrigation, roads, etc -- will spur rural demand and improve rural productivity, says P V Subramanyam.
We can hope that some of the benefits of the rural spending - on irrigation, roads, etc -- will spur rural demand and improve rural productivity, says P V Subramanyam.
We can hope that some of the benefits of the rural spending - on irrigation, roads, etc -- will spur rural demand and improve rural productivity, says P V Subramanyam.
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
The Congress has ruled India for 54 of the last 67 years; that it took the party over six decades to come up with bills that provide citizens their basic needs is a shame, not a moment of triumph, says Amberish K Diwanji.
In other welfare schemes, such as those for cooking gas, pension and scholarships, which are linked to DBT, cash is transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.
Internal report, to be finalised in seven-10 days, may also suggest reduction in subsidies
Rahul Gandhi slammed the Modi government, accusing it of being against farmers, labourers, students and the poor.
This will, of course, go a long way in meeting the promised fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per cent of GDP in 2015-16.
Aadhaar now has legal backing but it still faces challenges of privacy and data sharing
During the UPA government's second term in office, rural India's consumption expenditure grew at a faster pace than urban India's - for the first time since 1991.
'Today we see the worrisome phenomenon where honest officers who run afoul of the government being chased, hunted down and dirt being dug up on them.'
A number of significant linkages between rainfall and economic outcomes have policy implications.
The finance minister defended the change in the tax rates.
In spite of Budget's rural focus, the government has consistently stumbled in agriculture, says Shreekant Sambrani.
Data captured in central government records have a lag.
Lunch with BS: Sukhbir Singh Badal, deputy chief minister, Punjab
The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent of GDP in April-September 2014, mainly because of revenue shortfalls from exaggerated projections in the government's July Budget and despite the relief on subsidies from lower oil prices.
'Through the use of technology, the GSTN will tip the balance in favour of compliance rather than tax evasion, lowering the barriers for entry into the tax payment system while making it much harder to cheat on payments,' says Nandan Nilekani.
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