Two daughters of two farmers from Punjab were on Saturday commissioned as flying officers in the Indian Air Force (IAF), an official statement said. IMAGE: Prabhsimran Kaur, left, and......
Their discontent stems from the central government’s recent move of bunching two batches of the Indian Administrative Service -- 1987 and 1988 -- for the post of additional secretary and its......
Though the Union HRD ministry has vehemently denied that Shevgaonkar resigned under government pressure, some allege that this is yet another example of the government exercising its influence over......
With the government introducing the land bill in the Lok Sabha this week, Jairam Ramesh, who piloted the 2013 land bill as the then rural development minister, says the best route now is to......
Major Aditya Kumar, who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons, is among 20 armed forces......
While the Centre had projected tax revenues to touch 12.1 per cent of GDP in FY19, Revised Estimates peg the collections at 11.9 per cent, owing to a shortfall in the goods and service tax (GST)......
The shortfall in the Centre's GST collections has raised concerns over it meeting the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP, reports Ishan Bakshi. Illustration: Dominic......
For the first eight months of the current financial year, reports Ishan Bakshi, the figure stood at Rs 7.17 trillion.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The central government's fiscal deficit......
There will be a dramatic alteration in the role the Centre and the states will play to shape India’s fiscal and economic destiny, report Nitin Sethi and Ishan Bakshi. Illustration:......
Within IIP, the capital goods sub-index has contracted for seven continuous months, suggesting investment demand continues to be weak, says Ishan Bakshi. While headline gross domestic product......