'A lack of strategic trust and the 'persistent security dilemma' prevails between India and China,' points out Dr Rup Narayan Das.
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
The NCLT said the new board must hold its meeting by October 8 and come out with a road map before the next hearing on October 31
India's economic growth accelerates to 7.4% in Sept quarter
The long-term plans for Varanasi will take time to materialise but what has changed is the mood, says Aditi Phadnis
'The bullet train project is a complete sham'
'The world will miss Mahasweta Devi and I will miss my second mother.'
With an intent of deepening the bilateral strategic partnership, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has arrived in Washington for a Summit meeting with President Barack Obama, saying that India needs US on its side at a time when added thrust is being given to developmental programmes back home.
While the April-February deficit is pegged at 5.3 per cent of GDP, the final print may be a tad lower due to revenue push and expenditure cuts seen in March, the last month of 2013-14 fiscal year, it said.
Low consumer demand, a slide in investments and troubles in the banking sector should prompt the government to recalibrate taxes and expenditure. It is also important to ramp up spending on health care and education, says CII president Sumit Mazumder.
The Singapore Minister applauded Prime Minister Modi's effort to make India the manufacturing hub of the world.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
The jawans are helping farmers in ploughing their fields
'The decision of August will have to be taken back. This is our resolve. When it will happen, how it will happen, the judge of our case are the people of this country.'
Hyderabad is perhaps one of the most affordable cities among all tier 1 cities of India.
If the new governor can think out of the box even as he signals that he can bat for the RBI cadre and respect its institutional memory, that will go a long way in getting out of the current impasse.
The panel will be asked to give report by March-April next year.
A fresh scheme is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget
Market players said the sell-off was triggered by pessimism that the government may not be able to balance growth with macro-stability.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
There are lessons to be learnt from the Uttarakhand tragedy. Topping the list is the need to immediately stop mindless construction activity in the Himalayan hills, says Nitish Priyadarshi
'Consolidation was part of the Indradhanush package.'
Suddenly the sands are shifting and even friends are acting strange.
According to new ministry guidelines, the permission to chop down forests will be given only after all the compensatory levies are provided
'Vajpayee was the first prime minister to visit the battlefield at the height of conflict,' recalls Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
High fiscal deficits raise inflation which hits the lowest income and salaried classes.
The Budget may see new rural schemes and stepping up of funding towards existing programmes like MNREGA, rural housing, irrigation projects and crop insurance.
"As far as the demands of some students to shift the NIT campus out of Srinagar is considered, let me make it clear that it won't be possible," she said.
Make a fresh start to this New Year with an appropriate insurance policy
China's major economic problem has been that its heartland is an agricultural region with about one-third of the arable land per person as the rest of the world.
From inflation, central bank shifts focus to rupee stability and capital flows.
For the remaining projects, it is difficult to arrive at an estimate.
'Just as a wave brought the BJP into power; an anti wave will blow them away.'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first State visit to India is an indication of the success of India's Act East Policy, says Dr Rahul Mishra.
Governor also says two-stage verification for card transactions might go; RBI in process of setting up IT arm
Those who like to draw comfort from the fact that UP is the country's third-largest state in terms of the size of its economy should also note that its growth rate is one of the lowest, its per capita income is almost half of the national average and its poverty rate at 30 per cent places it at the twentieth rank among all the states, says A K Bhattacharya.
Over two dozen Muslims have been elected to the Lok Sabha. This shows that all is not lost for India's Muslims, suggests Mohammad Sajjad.
Even today, many MFIs already distribute pension and micro insurance products to low-income households.
'Did the government learn any lesson from the disasters of 2008, 1987, 1975?' 'Certainly not!' 'They are making people believe that the 2017 flood was unexpected, so no preventive effort towards reducing the loss of human lives was to be expected from the government,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
'The setback for Trump carries a message not only for him, but for the far right in general.'
