'Let us also not expect that there will be a clean break with the past much though the new government might like to think about it. In a functional democracy that is neither feasible nor desirable.......
Following is the full text of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s speech at FICCI’s 86th annual general meeting on Saturday: "Thank you, Madam President and members of Ficci, for......
Under constant attack from his political opponents, the public and the media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said to have withdrawn into a shell, says Anita Katyal A few weeks after he......
Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani on Tuesday pulled up the government for dragging its feet on the constitution of a special committee as commanded by the Supreme Court for......
China is the flavour of the month in Delhi, despite a stream of other foreign dignitaries visiting the Indian capital.As part of the hectic preparations underway for the highly significant four-day......
For next fiscal, the minority stake sale target has been kept at Rs 36,000 crore while another Rs 20,500 crore is being targeted from strategic stake sale. With the divestment target set to......
The investment cycle is dependent on other factors such as whether banks have the money to lend or if companies are under too much debt, and not just project clearances The number of infrastructure......
Contrary to popular belief, the National Democratic Alliance government may not scrap the 12th five-year Plan (2012-13 to 2016-17) formulated by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.......
For Swarup, the job would not be just challenging but also tricky, given the negativity attached to the sector. The appointment of Anil Swarup as officer on special duty in the ministry of coal and......
At the outset, it might seem that investment in fixed plant and machinery (FPM), taken as a proxy for overall investment, is in doldrums. It fell in the first quarter of 2014-15, compared to the......