45 specialists to join Modi govt in major lateral entry push

Forty-five specialists will soon be joining key posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries in different central ministries as part of the Modi government's ambitious plan to......

Modi 3.0 mantris off to quick start, priority for 100-day action plan

Signalling both change and continuity, India's new government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third consecutive term, got into work gear on Tuesday with cabinet ministers and......

Shah Will Be Longest-Serving Home Minister

The immediate challenge for the Centre and the home ministry is to ensure the conduct of assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and restoration of its statehood. IMAGE: Amit Anilchandra Shah is sworn......

Forest rights activist Alok Shukla gets 'Green Nobel'

Forest and tribal rights activist Alok Shukla will on Friday receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize -- 2024 for successfully leading a community campaign that saved 4.45 lakh acres of......

RBI Guv Shaktikanta Das to demit office on Tuesday

Shaktikanta Das will demit the office on Tuesday after completing six years as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Revenue Secretary Sanjay......

Here's how Jaitley's on course to meet FY19 fiscal deficit target

However, independent economists are not as gung-ho as the finance ministry over the likelihood of deficit target being met this time around, says Indivjal Dhasmana. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister......

Printing of Budget document begins with 'halwa' ceremony

The first Budget of Independent India was presented by R K Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other officials on Thursday participated in the 'halwa......

RBI Guv: Choose a professional, not a Sangh Parivar loyalist

The government must choose a governor who has the domain knowledge and has a professional standing that can command the respect of finance market professionals, says Nitin Desai. Image: Raghuram......