The BJP in Himachal has its own problems. But it is not a party that sits around twiddling its thumb. IMAGE: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu greets people on his arrival for......
'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......
'The power sector accounts for much of the financial burden of state governments in India.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com State governments have announced over Rs 1 trillion in......
Rajasthan is reeling under a huge financial burden with the state's debt having gone beyond Rs 5.59 lakh crores.Rajasthan has increased expenditure on education by 203.4 percent, by 105.4 percent......
Punjab State Electricity Board officials on Friday raided four premises belonging to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and his relatives in Jalandhar.The raids were conducted......
The financial fraud, one of the biggest in the state as per records, was being investigated by the different departments of Himachal Pradesh for the past over four years. CID sleuths have......
Private sector giants Reliance Energy, Torrent Power, Jaiprakash Group and L&T are among the companies that have bid for setting up hydro power plants in Himachal Pradesh."We have so far received......
The Union government's six-year initiative to unbundle state electricity boards into separate entities for power generation, transmission, distribution and trading businesses is set to be delayed......
The rapid deterioration in the debt situation of eight states, including Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Punjab and Kerala, has sent alarm bells ringing. Also ReadSmall states are more sound......
Fourteen states will issue the 8.5 per cent tax-free power bonds soon to meet their respective electricity boards' (SEB) dues.Total SEB dues amounting to Rs 45,000 crore (Rs 450 billion) will be......