Reshuffle: Praful, Salman promoted, Gill sidelined

In a surprise development, S Jaipal Reddy was on Wednesday made the petroleum and natural gas minister in the reshuffle and expansion of the Cabinet, which saw the elevation of three ministers to......

What Dr Singh's Cabinet looks like now

Rediff.com takes a look at the revamped Cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: Dr Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/ Departments not specifically allocated to......

The muddle of the govt's portfolios

Two thousand five hundred years ago the Roman republic created a class of officials known as 'tribunes.' If a tribune thought some act passed by the aristocratic Senate was against the interests of......

RBI to support micro units

In order to boost micro, small and medium enterprises, the Reserve Bank of India has directed all banks to provide 60 per cent credit to micro units out of the total loans extended to micro and......

Sebi may soon issue guidelines for SMEs

Securities and Exchange Board of Indiamay soon issue ground rules for setting up stock exchanges dedicated to the small and medium firms, enabling them to raise capital from the market. "The......

Small businesses' credit to double in 5 years: PM

The government is committed to doubling credit flow to micro, small and medium enterprises, which employ 6 crore (60 million) people and contribute 45 per cent to India's manufactured goods, Prime......

Rs 1000 cr fund to support SMEs

A cabinet note for setting up a fund, with initial corpus of Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion), to provide credit to businesses in the unorganised sector has been prepared, a senior government......