Principal economic advisor, Ila Patnaik, is coordinating the work on Economic Survey 2013-14.
Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd) lists why India must not do away with AFSPA, but ensure enough transparency to avoid confrontation with human rights.
What is required from government is intellectual framework.
FIXES BY THE GOVERNMENT: Energy price fixed, tax issues linger.
All these measures will revitalise the manufacturing sector, which has been in doldrums.
His approach to issues once prompted jurist Fali S Nariman to declare, 'When Krishna Iyer speaks, the nation listens.'
Agricultural incomes can be taxed without hurting farmers, as a substantial section - the small and marginal ones - will remain outside the tax net simply because their incomes are likely to be below the basic exemption limit of Rs 250,000 per annum that is extended to all taxpayers in India, finds out Ishan Bakshi.
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After setting up a committee under N Rangachary last year to look at taxation issues regarding the sector, the government has issued several notifications in the last eight months.
Administration is an evolving process, requiring the civil service to constantly re-invent itself to meet new challenges. The administration must become accountable to the law of the land and to the people.
There are still a few lingering issues towards the progress of India-China bilateral relations, the approach for dealing with each other seems to be quite different. With Modi-Xi bonhomie strengthening, it seems that India and China are ready to recalibrate their approaches towards each other, says Sana Hashmi.
Anil Shastri, one of the late prime minister's six children, recounts memories of his father.
In July, IRS officers in Mumbai held an incendiary meeting where they criticised the alleged interference in 'operational matters' by the department of revenue.
The year 2014-15 could well go as one of long-pending financial sector reforms, expected to have a lasting impact.
RBI's out-of-turn rate cut has surprise few economists.
Raghuram Rajan speaks on the unscheduled rate cut.
The abolition of wealth tax is again a welcome step.
Saikia was charged by CBI for allegedly violating OSA.
The finance ministry has put out a revised draft in public domain.
Before considering reducing the freedom of private investors in the derivatives market, we need to check if the maladies in markets elsewhere exist in India, says Susan Thomas.
The three main regulators have different approaches to grievance redressal and different standards to stop harmful from coming pitched at the consumer.
To begin, the Budget has no doubt attempted to address uncertainty.
The Budget sets out a comprehensive vision.
Finance minister tries to put house in order before reforms are unveiled in February.
There are conflicting signs on India's investment cycle.
Sahil Kapoor of Edelweiss Retail Capital Market Research says that setting up a monetary policy committee should have been the first step. And the central bank could have moved towards a formal inflation targeting mechanism after the processes and data sets are in place.
Union Budget 2015 cuold have included few smaller reforms.
Former chief information commissioner Satyananda Mishra says the Supreme Court order to frame guidelines for civil servants to insulate them from political interference is a mere elaboration of reports of committees constituted by the central government.
A large number of rich farmers, who earn more than salaried employees in the cities, get away with paying no tax at all in view of the government's lack of will to consider an agricultural income tax
The prime minister's August 15 address was undoubtedly inspirational and outlined important economic and social objectives, such as making India a global hub for manufacturing, ensuring bank accounts for all poor families, major thrusts in sanitation and cleanliness, and a radical restructuring of the Planning Commission.
'He depended too much on assurances given by sadhus and sants. He may not be culpable, but he was wholly responsible for December 6, 1992.' 'While Manmohan Singh came to reforms out of conviction, Rao came to reforms out of compulsion. If the compulsion had not been there, I don't know how he would have responded.'
'Will 'Make in India' be able to harness the demographic dividend so it does not become a disaster?' 'Will 'Digital India' live up to the lofty promises the government and private sector made as part of its recent launch?'
Indian economy about to take-off
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
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