President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I woke up one day, the eve of the new year, with a nightmare: A vision......
Exporters say their capacity utilisation has reached almost 70 per cent and that big firms have brought it up to as high as 85 per cent. After a washout in the first quarter, garment exporters in......
The government hopes that the PLI schemes would provide 200,000-300,000 direct employment over five years, according to sources in the know. In a move that has lifted the industry sentiment in the......
In the last five years of NDA rule, 2018-2019 was the worst for exporters.T E Narasimhan reports. Photograph: Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters Textiles and readymade garment exports may see some recovery......
The GST has been a great achievement, but it does suffer from weaknesses, says Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After the constitutional......