Both prime ministers believed in crafting schemes to help the common man.Modi used quite effectively the instruments Dr Singh introduced.In assessing Modi's success with many schemes, Dr Singh's......
'MGNREGA is definitely like a lifeline and is the employer of the last resort.' "I do not share that kind of confidence that agriculture is going to lead the economy out of trouble," Sudha......
'Give cash assistance of Rs 75 per person per day and an android phone and you will see the economy reviving.' IMAGE: Migrants from Uttar Pradesh walk to Chennai's Central railway station to board......
Dr Rajiv Shah, the senior-most Indian American in the Barack Obama administration, has been nominated as the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development -- the country's......
Like many people, I am concerned about the impact that a number of likely political outcomes will have on economic performance. While the situation is nowhere near as dire as it was in 1991, the......
The Union Budget is the single-most important event in India's economic and financial world, although many economists believe that the Budget is soon losing its significance given that in today's......
In a marked shift from quoting words of ancient Indian economist Kautilya and Shakespeare by earlier Finance Ministers, P Chidambaram chose to quote from the contemporary economist Joseph Stiglitz......
Budget 2013-14 has received mixed reactions from stock market participants, with some terming it as "good for capital market", while others saying it is not "market friendly"."The budget is good......
As Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets ready to present the Union Budget, much of the attention will be focused on whether he will impose a tax on the "super-rich". The debate on whether the......
Stock exchanges serve as platforms for companies to raise money by public share-listing. Some exchanges are also listed companies themselves, according to The Economist. Let's take a look at......
Every film is like a painting-- some of them have changed the way we dream, some creating the dream in the first place with the poetics of memory, entering our subconscious in an intimate......