What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
Parliament was adjourned for the day on Thursday after the Opposition stalled proceedings in both houses, demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) or a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the......
The Opposition on Wednesday criticised the general budget as one lacking in vision and offering no growth prospects, as it again targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he......
Farming and debt go together in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district.There are those who have learnt to live with it and others like Alagar who could not cope with the loss.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com......
'There is a climactic change in terms of economic performance.... The revival is taking its own time, but there is a restoration of hope.' 'Modi as the PM of the country has to take everybody on......
'Some of the astounding proposals, if translated into statutory provisions, would be suicidal.''This would not be a wonder cure for increasing insurance penetration and only result in mushrooming......
The government can also individually exempt the PSBs that are to be privatised from the two Bank Nationalisation Acts. This will bring such lenders under Banking Regulation Act, and make them......
Bad loans of PSBs are at Rs 20 trillion.Most of it is, I sense, due to corruption and behest lending.Nobody pays a price for this charade.Not the promoters, the bankers, RBI officials, finance......
'No commercial bank will be allowed to fail. There is nothing to worry about' Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters "Historically, whenever a bank comes on the verge of a collapse, the RBI......
Women dominate Indian banks's clerical and officer rolls, but few make it to the executive office these days, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. In the run-up to Business Standard's annual banking......