SEBI chief Buch skips PAC summons; BJP miffed at panel chair

SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch skipped a Parliament's Public Accounts Committee meeting on Thursday, prompting panel head K C Venugopal to postpone the sitting, with NDA members accusing him of......

Modi 3.0: Focus Shifts To Governance

'It would be reasonable to assume that Modi 3.0 would be more focused on projects and schemes which do not require any legislative change or which have the support of its coalition partners,'......

Parl's stormy monsoon session ends; productivity of LS 136%, RS 118%

A tumultuous Monsoon session of Parliament, which saw the approval of the Union Budget and also a spat between Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Samajwadi Party member Jaya Bachchan,......

And Thus Was Born NIA...

Even though the NIA claims that more than 90 per cent of cases charge-sheeted have ended in conviction, the figure is likely misleading. To date, very few cases investigated by the NIA have......

FinMin rejects plea to double minimum EPS pension

The Union finance ministry has rejected a proposal sent by the labour ministry to double the monthly minimum pension amount to Rs 2,000 under the Employee Pension Scheme (EPS). Illustration: Uttam......

Sitharaman holds meet for 'time-bound' completion of Budget schemes

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met top officials of the finance and corporate affairs ministries to review the implementation of various announcements of the Union Budget FY24.......

Did RBI Know About Demonetization?

The RBI was not party to the decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, which was taken at the highest level of India's political leadership. A fascinating excerpt from Gokul Rathi's......

Ravneet Kaur: An IAS officer with varied experience

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has named Ravneet Kaur, a Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch, as chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Kaur will hold the post for five......