People's expectations are rising: President Patil

Cautioning against corruption in flagship welfare programmes, President Pratibha Patil said on Friday that she favoured reform of governance for effective delivery of public services for which......

Kalam suggests hike in expenditure on education

The President in his Independence Day eve speech said the government should increase expenditure on education to about six to seven per cent of GDP.Devoting a major part of his eve-of Independence......

Budget a 'big jumla' of Modi govt: Oppn

The opposition has attacked the Modi government over the National Democratic Alliance's last full-fledged budget before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Here are some of the reactions. BUDGET......

Why we will have a free-for-all election

As the general election approaches, political parties are staking out their respective spaces and struggling to find allies and maximise their gains. As of now, none of the three still-evolving......

Needed: Reforms for the poor

The new (old) government is back. The question is if it has learnt its most important lesson: How to join its political agenda to the agenda of government. Let me explain. It was not the Indo-US......

Budget 2013: What the farmers expect

I want this, we want this, she wants this, they want this. . . there’s no dearth of voices before the annual Union Budget.Industry bodies, lobbyists and anyone with access to a computer at......

Beware! The Two Economic Indias

The substantially increased economic dualism may exert lasting negative influences which could include a reduced potential for economic growth; the persistence of a very weak employment and poverty......

The hidden cost of job guarantees

The Employment Guarantee Act that would legally guarantee every household at least 100 days of employment in public work programmes seems to be suffering from birth pangs.The National Common......