Can Doval change defence planning in India?

'Defence does not new 'planning commissions'; it needs an implementation commission.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval. Successive defence ministries have adopted the......

MoD scraps plans for Raksha Udyog Ratnas

The Ministry of Defence has decided to retain decades-old barriers against allowing India's private sector a meaningful role in defence production. Minister of State for Defence Production MM......

Modi@1: Some positive steps, long way to go

It has been said that by 2025, India could become among the top five economies in the world. If India does become a $5 trillion economy but gets all its rivers polluted, food chain poisoned and......

The Kelkar Committee report

The Vijay Kelkar Committee on Direct Taxes first submitted its report in year 2003. The report generated a lot of excitement and anxiety among individual and corporates alike.So just what does the......

India's economic situation could be worse than 1991: Kelkar

The Vijay Kelkar committee has cautioned that India's current account deficit (CAD) might rise to a record 4.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012-13 if reforms to address this do......

Kelkar sets ball rolling on govt land monetisation

The Vijay Kelkar panel's recommendation to monetise surplus government land has triggered fresh thinking in key central ministries on how it can be done expeditiously. The move has the potential to......

Diesel, LPG prices may go up again

Diesel, kerosene and cooking gas Liquefied Petroleum gas prices may be hiked soon as the government considers Vijay Kelkar Committee recommendations on cutting fiscal deficit. The Kelkar......