Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......

India's New Trilemma

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week......

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......

Uttarakhand: 10 killed as tempo traveller plunges into Alaknanda river

Ten tourists were killed and 13 injured when a tempo traveller skidded off the road and fell into Alaknanda river on Badrinath national highway in Uttarakhand here on Saturday, officials said.......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

'Banks must be prepared for providing UPI credit'

'A credit line on UPI is going to make banks think about credit fundamentally as they digitise the credit process entirely.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Phonepe Bengaluru-based Zeta, which provides......

How Postmen Can Help Micro-Entrepreneurs

'The dakiyas will be our partners, receiving credit proposals from micro-enterprises at the grassroots level.' IMAGE: A postman on his way to deliver mail in New Delhi. Photograph: Adnan......

MFs Pump Rs 1.8 Trillion Into Markets

Domestic institutional investors pumped Rs 2.3 trillion into equities during H1 CY24.Of this, mutual funds contributed 80%. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Indian equities posted......