After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
'This confrontation could have been avoided by a less arrogant administration that initially listened, used whatever negotiating skills they had and tried to be more credible.' observes Ramesh......
Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......
‘India today has to fight many a battle, all of which cry out for innovation. This is where the experience of the Diaspora could be the most productive well-spring,’ says Shreekant......
For the current woes of the state to end, in city after city, town after town, village after village, unauthorised constructions have to be removed, no questions asked, says N Sathiya Moorthy.......
The Centre has to bear the burden of borrowing NSSF loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.Abhishek Waghmare reports. Government securities against the collections in the National Small Savings Fund......
Demonetisation is the biggest reason for the rise in preference for small savings.Experts tell Abhishek Waghmare that a shift from bank deposits to small savings is also representative of the......
Sitharaman does away with loans from National Small Savings Fund to Food Corporation of India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The government has brought further transparency in the fiscal......
This is the highest in the past five years and almost 24 per cent more than last year. The Food Corporation of India (FCI) will borrow a whopping Rs 1.36 trillion from the National Small Savings......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has brought down the budgetary allocation for the fertiliser subsidy for FY21 to Rs 71,309 crore, from the RE of Rs 79,998 crore for FY20, while increasing......