'A lot will depend on the first Aayog and the power it derives.' Rashme Sehgal on what we can expect from the Planning Commission's replacement. One of the main edifices of the Nehruvian era, the......
Anticipating US action on tariffs, India seems to have made the first move by revamping its tariff structure by reducing the slabs to eight rates, points out Mukesh Butani. IMAGE: Union Finance......
The new body might represent a turn towards genuine and comprehensive policy reform. The Union government has begun the new year by finally announcing the new name and scope of the Planning......
The Budget will indicate where the Modi government stands on reforms, growth and development, notes A K Bhattacharya, Editor, Business Standard. The Union Budget to be presented this Saturday is......
The finance ministry now has a chief economic advisor, a new finance secretary and the benefit of advice from NITI Aayog The Union Budget to be presented this Saturday is keenly awaited by......
Image: Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of the newly announced NITI Aayog. Photograph: Paresh Gandhi/Rediff.com Eminent free market economist Arvind Panagariya has been appointed to......