'If because of El Nino, the monsoon is affected adversely in the current year, naturally it will affect income projections and consequently Budget numbers.' IMAGE: Villagers carrying containers......
Deep fiscal adjustment would face resistance but the prize is so huge that it must surely be a top priority for policymakers, notes Vijay Joshi An enormous harvest of social gain could be reaped......
There is lack of scientific basis in computing the poverty line, says govt. The government has contested the World Bank's recently released data that showed only 12.4 per cent of India's population......
The World Bank said improved infrastructure, specifically rural electrification, has had far-ranging effects India has reduced its poverty rate to 12.4 per cent from the 2011-12 estimate of 21 per......
A task-force headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya will soon come up with a new methodology to estimate the number of poor in the country. The task force held its first meeting on......
IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has lauded the new policy of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) mandating daily......
Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......
M KRISHNANAND:Dear SirI appreciate your efforts in getting valuable feedback from people on the reasons for India's poor form in ODIs and how we can improve it . Now that the Pakistan series is......
Click here for moreNalin JainVery nice work with the commentary Prem.Quite different perspective from the commentary on cricinfo.org.Excellent. keep it up and thanks.--------------Anandamoy......
Pakistan's techno-savvy coach Bob Woolmer believes international cricket should allow for better on-ground communication between a captain and coach."You have to allow this contribution from the......