The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of former finance secretary Arvind Mayaram after filing an FIR against him and a UK-based company for alleged......
'Today you have 30 to 40 per cent of bureaucrats who are not parrots of the government, but what happens if you change the system?''If implemented, this can disrupt the system, which will have more......
The ministries and departments, where bureaucrats are parked after being moved out of key positions, reflect the priorities of the government, observes A K Bhattacharya. Twenty months after its......
Power Secretary P K Sinha, who will otherwise retire in July 2015, is a front-runner, while Finance Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi is also under serious consideration. But the prime minister could spring......
Sujatha Singh is the third senior official to have been dismissed since the National Democratic Alliance government came to power at the Centre. The swiftness with which Sujatha Singh was......
The levy of retrospective tax on the UK's Cairn Energy Plc is a tale of bizarre twists and turns that saw its attached shares being sold in May 2018 amid the passing of the baton from a full-time......
Of the seven surveys presented under Modi govt, predictions of three were quite close to the actual GDP growth rate, one saw the base year change in between, but the last three were way off the......
'I would want people to have food on their tables and their wages to rise.''Will that happen or not is the question that we need to ask and answer.' Former Union finance secretary Dr Arvind......
'It is not simply demonetisation or GST, it is this government's failure to manage the financial sector crisis.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Many, many, people are looking at......
'The situation is quite terrifying as you have no job creation and there will be loss of jobs.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Five days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......