'Defence does not new 'planning commissions'; it needs an implementation commission.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Successive defence ministries have adopted the......
'Modi had not discussed demonetisation with me prior to his announcement on 8 November 2016.'I learnt of it along with the rest of the country.'I was not surprised when he did not discuss the issue......
The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance......
Ram Kelkar was in Washington, DC, as a fellow Chicago resident was sworn in as America's 44th President. This is his record of that historic, unprecedented event: A patchwork heritage truly became......
It is ironical that even as the Chinese have embarked on an ambitious plan to create 100 world-class universities, Arjun Singh is beginning to dismantle the IITs, IIMs, and AIIMS, India's symbols......
With Parthasarathi Shome set to become the adviser to the finance minister, one can expect some finetuning of Vijay Kelkar's recommendations on taxation.On broad areas of the taxation policy, the......
The reform measures listed by the Kelkar Task Force, if implemented, will result in the Indian economy growing at a nominal rate of 13 per cent by 2008-09. Also, by that year, tax reforms are......
Terming Kelkar panel's proposals as "radical", Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said a comprehensive tax reform will be implemented in the next Budget after a consensus from all......
In a bid to overhaul the tax system, the Kelkar panel on Friday suggested hike in income tax exemption limit to Rs 100,000, reduction in corporate tax rate to 30 per cent and a single countrywide......
Exporters have opposed the Kelkar committee's recommendations to do away with all export promotion schemes, other than duty drawback, to lower the incidence of duty on inputs used for manufacturing......