'Expect all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes to come back into the system'

The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog, tells Business Standard's Indivjal Dhasmana and Sanjeeb Mukherjee.   Economic growth......

Pravasi Special: 'Modi has enthused the Diaspora'

The Diaspora is no longer a mere remittance economy. It today claims dual loyalty and demands a say in Indian politics, says sociologist Shiv Visvanathan. As India gears up to honour its pravasis......

Katju must quit as press council chairman: Jaitley

Leader of opposition Arun Jaitley on why Justice Markandey Katju must quit as the Chairman of the Press Council of India The last week witnessed a selective targeting of two popular non-Congress......

NRIs must come together to fight corruption: Kiran Bedi

Despite the presence of renowned economists and entrepreneurs, it was Kiran Bedi, a retired police officer-turned activist, who stole the show at the Eighth Annual Indian Business Conference at the......

PSU banks had worst time in Dr Singh-Rajan tenure: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian public sector banks had the "worst phase" under the combination of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and former RBI governor Raghuram......

'Not a shining India, but there is a feel-good factor'

'Life will not improve overnight; it will happen in a gradual manner.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the Indian rupee sliding against the US dollar, it has become one of Asia's worst......

The controversy over Rajiv Kumar's column

While Bibek Debroy echoed his view in Twitter, Pronob Sen questioned Kumar's conclusion A war of words over foreign influence on Indian policymaking broke out on Tuesday after NITI Aayog......

'Nation building can't be done by people on sabbatical'

'We do not want people who are air dropped and who fly out once the job is done.''Ever since liberalisation started, we keep on hearing that it's going to be jobless growth.''This speaks of the......