The government has done the unthinkable in the past and should do unconventional in the future. The interim budget of finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated Rs 10,000 crore ($1.6 billion) for supporting start-ups.That was a good beginning. Bu
Maybe, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to win the Delhi polls. Maybe, the Modi wave is bound deliver at the epicenter if it has already delivered in the far-flung places. But then how come it has to bank on a person who till last week wa
Contrary to what one might think, 2014 was a relatively safe year for flying. There have been only eight hull accidents as compared to 24 in 2005 which is seen as the bleakest year in the past 30. Yet, to most people the loss of In
Highlighting the increasing number of acid attacks and the slow pace of justice for the victims, Stop Acid Attacks campaigners have sent a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi.
What do Kiran Bedi and Shazia Ilmi bring to Bharatiya Janata Party? To take on Arvind Kejriwal the party needs non-politicians like Kejriwal himself. The chief minister of 49-day government still retains bit of credibility that he did not forfeit
In an interesting development in less than a month’s time before Delhi assembly polls, two former associates of Arvind Kejriwal have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP on the other hand has got the faces for upco
This fight is good and in the consumers interest. Two arms of the government are engaged in a war of words over radio waves or spectrum for your mobile services. The outcome of the fight over the reserve price and availability of more spectrum for
To provide last mile connectivity in internet services, the government has decided to seek the help of private sector. The PMO (prime minister’s office) has decided to bring in the private sector for laying down optical fibre network in the
Giving more choice to people, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday allowed the commercial banks to undertake insurance business. Under existing bancassurance guidelines, a bank can act as a corporate agent and sell policy of only
Spiritually she is limitless and most holy. But in physical form the river Ganga is just a sewage canal, filthy and unhealthy even for a dip. Almost three decades and clean up plans of thousands of crores, the mighty Ganga remains l
A season of easing of rates has been signaled by the Reserve Bank of India with 25 basis point cut repo rate on Thursday. Top lenders led by SBI and ICICI spoke of lowering of lending and deposit rates by the banks. SBI Chairperson
The government is planning to raise Rs 8,000 crore through stake sale in India`s largest state-owned refinery, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). The issue may be executed this financial year ending March, if other big companies like Coal India a
Two weeks after bankers meet and few days after encouraging IIP (index of industrial production) at 3.8% in November, the Reserve Bank of India suprised many on Thursday by making an unscheduled announcement on cut in repo rate by 25 basis point.
In the 10th year of the implementation of the RTI law, the experience has been mixed but tilting more towards positive effects. Even though there are many problems that plague the implementation process, for me the single biggest achievement of th
Even as the Right to Education Act is close to completing five years, the quality of learning has declined and remains neglected in rural India, says a report by Pratham, a non-profit organisation.
The term sustainable growth is an oxymoron. The connotations of growth are essentially and characteristically in contradiction with those of sustainability. Historically, all economic growth has come at the cost of environmental as
After the clean Ganga programme announced by prime minister Narendra Modi, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday took a small step and decided to set up a committee to plan on cleaning up River Yamuna. In the meantime, it has ordered the administ
Private Banks have lagged far behind the public sector banks (PSBs) in ensuring financial inclusion under pradhan mantri jan dhan yojna (PMJDY). Out of total 11,07,61,963 accounts opened under PMJDY till January 10, private banks contribution is l
The day election commission announced Delhi polls schedule, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor, Arvind Kejriwal shot an open letter to the youth on his Facebook page and also on a popular news website
Urbanisation of India is unstoppable but how it should be guided in a planned manner is a challenge. India has ignored urban governance and there is hardly any accountability. Urban mobility, water supply, power shortage, solid waste management, s
