'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......
India's population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent, but the country will remain the world's most populous throughout the century, the......
India has surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, shows the latest United Nations data, even as UN projections estimate that the country's population is......
India could face between 1,00,000 to 13 lakh confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus by mid-May if the current trend in the growing number of COVID-19 cases continues, according to a report by an......
'The most important priority for the next 25 years should be to strengthen our democracy so that it is supportive of social harmony, and to not just respect but to take pride in the diversity of......
Advisors in the finance ministry have lauded the tenure of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan as one during which India regained credibility on the monetary policy front. The......
The government on Monday lowered the growth projection for the current financial year to 5.7-5.9 per cent from 7.6 per cent estimated earlier, while pitching for supportive monetary and fiscal......
The government on Tuesday attributed higher economic growth projected in the mid-year economic analysis for this fiscal than the Economic Survey to robust economic expansion in the first half. It,......
In December, govt had lowered its growth forecast for 2015-16 to 7-7.5per cent Keeping hopes alive for an 8per cent growth rate this fiscal, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya, bottom......
The government is committed to meet the fiscal deficit target of not exceeding 3.9 per cent of gross domestic product for 2015-16, although that of 3.5 per cent for 2016-17 looks......
One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......