We Haven't Seen This In 39 Years!

Dr T V Somanathan is the first finance secretary to be appointed Cabinet secretary since 1985.His appointment at this juncture seems to carry much meaning for the forthcoming trajectory of reforms......

2G row reaches JPC; top finance ministry officials summoned

The row over the 2G note on Tuesday resonated in the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting with members alleging that facts were being suppressed, prompting the Committee to summon two top finance......

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged. IMAGE: Former Prime Minister Dr......

Delhi grapevine: Narendra Modi's cabinet

Lutyens’ Delhi is agog about the possible shape of a Narendra Modi Cabinet. Amit Shah, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s chief strategist in Uttar Pradesh, is unlikely to find a place.......

5 things that differentiate NITI Aayog from Planning Commission

State governments are expected to play a more significant role Recently, the decades-old Yojana Bhavan wore a new look and feel, and the corridors of the five-storeyed building were painted......

PM to announce role for Planning Commission shortly: Jaitley

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will shortly announce the role that Planning Commission is going to play in his government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said. Last month, the Independent......

Fiscal-monetary coordination at its best in last six years: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday said the fiscal-monetary coordination was at its best during the last six years even as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving the......

Conflict! The finance ministry versus the RBI

During Y V Reddy's tenure as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India, there were clear, publicly aired differences of opinion on key policy matters between the RBI and the finance ministry. With......