How Modi Can Overcome Coalition Challenges

If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for the Indian economy will be immense, asserts A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi during the National......

Saluting P V Narasimha Rao For 1991!

It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha Rao that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP,......

SC orders Centre, states to eradicate manual scavenging in phased manner

Observing that a large segment of India's population, involved in manual scavenging, has remained unheard and muted, in bondage and systematically trapped in inhumane conditions, the Supreme Court......

Sensex sinks below 81K amid widespread selloff

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped over 1 per cent on Tuesday, weighed down by an across-the-board selloff amid cautious investors approach ahead of the US Fed interest rate......

WPI inflation down to 3-month low. Will RBI cut rate in Feb?

Wholesale price based inflation declined to a 3-month low of 1.89 per cent in November on cheaper food items, and experts predicted a 0.25 per cent interest rate cut by the RBI in the policy review......

New RBI Guv promises to do 'what is best for the economy'

A day after his appointment as the 26th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), outgoing Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra on Tuesday said one must understand the economic landscape and do......

'Always Identify A Potential Problem And Nip It In The Bud'

'RBI supervision is much sharper today than what it was earlier.' IMAGE: Shaktikanta Das leaves the Reserve Bank of India after two terms as governor. Photographs: ANI Photo   Outgoing......