President Patil REVIEWS HER STINT as Head of State

Weeks before stepping down as President of India, Pratibha Patil, the first woman to become Head of State, tells Kalyani Shankar that she would like to be remembered as the President who worked for......

Narendra Modi gets my vote for PM's post: Smriti Irani

'Tell me one thing that Narendra Modi does and you don't criticise. If he gives a chance to newcomers, you say he forgot the old guard; if he gives a chance to an incumbent you say Modi doesn't......

Many social schemes for the poor

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has launched many new schemes to provide steady monetary assistance to weak and downtrodden people in the society. Giving the details of the......

Govt working on exclusive bank for women

In an ambitious initiative aimed at empowering women, the government has proposed to set up an exclusive bank for women having branches across the country which may see merging of the Bharatiya......

How lessons in micro-finance can help the poor

A rural women's university is pioneering an effort to teach microfinance through practical lessons in the villages of Sonepat, says Sreelatha Menon. Young students of a rural women's university......

Fast on some, stuck on others - Pranab's mixed bag

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had made 45 major announcements in his Budget speech for 2009-10. As he prepares to present his next Budget for the United Progressive Alliance government on......