The text of President Kalam's speech

The text of President A P J Abdul Kalam's address to the joint sitting of Parliament:Honourable Members,I am delighted to address the first session of both Houses of Parliament after the elections......

Kumar Birla: Budget invests boldly in India's future

As the FM said, this is a Budget that lays the foundation for the next 25 years, observes Kumar Mangalam Birla. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Budget Day, February 1, 2021.......

Sitharaman extends ECLGS scheme for MSMEs till Mar 2023

The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) that provided much needed additional credit to over 1.3 crore MSMEs will be extended till March 2023 with its guarantee cover expanded by Rs......

The Mudra Mela Muddle

Not only has the Mudra loan mela generated no jobs, it has frittered away trillions of taxpayers' money and it's time to bury the scheme, argues Debashis Basu. Photograph: PTI Photo   A few......

Cabinet nod for Rs 1 lakh crore agri-infra fund

The new agri-infra fund, the duration of which will be 10 years till 2029, aims to provide medium-to-long term debt financing facility for investment in viable projects for post-harvest management......