Given this is not the first time Trai has refused to budge from its recommendations—indeed, it just did the same…
Logging all meetings restricts a reporter’s ability to get sensitive news; the Finance Minister’s decision is effectively a ban.
Union Budget 2019 India: Good NBFC-fix, no tax reform & numbers iffy; just plans on power, labour etc for now
Union Budget 2019: Ideally, the budget should double or triple this direct cash transfer and, simultaneously, reduce subsidies on fertiliser…
Govt wants to arrest farmers planting illegal GM cotton, but it did nothing when 35 lakh illegal seed packs were…
After Indra Sawhney put a cap on reservations, SC did nothing to ensure this was met, even relaxed the norms…
Govt right to arrest farmers who plant illegal GM seeds, but what about govt role in delaying clearances for cotton,…
Over 75% of gas gets 40% market price but govt says prices freed! Scrap Soviet-era controls if investments to grow…
Budget 2019-20: Cutting corporate taxes, or RBI cutting repo, won’t help much if the government’s policies are seen to be…
The current case pertains to RJio asking Airtel etc for Points of Interconnection (PoIs) in June 2016 to enable its…
In the case of IL&FS, for instance, apart from the issue of how much of the group’s debts are related…
It is not just auditors & raters that got it wrong in IL&FS, so did RBI and other regulators. Govt…
Former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian estimates India’s GDP grew by just 4.5%, not the 7% that official data claim.
The benefits of Bt Cotton in terms of both increasing yields as well as farmer profits are well known, and…
Union budget 2019 India: Hiking surcharges on higher income brackets tempting, but won’t help as much as cutting rates to…
Taxes won’t grow anywhere near the target, so govt investment will slow; in which case, where will higher GDP come…
Amit Shah will be a tough home minister & Nirmala Sitharaman brings in experience, but how they perform depends on…
If large swathes of private investment in infra have turned NPA, govt must provide a solution; critical for raising investment…
