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PM Modi’s Inner Circle: The trusted bureaucrats steering India’s policy

PM Modi’s Inner Circle: The trusted bureaucrats steering India’s policy

New Delhi: Shaktikanta Das, the longest-serving governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in seven decades, was widely expected to get an extension...

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Cooperative, competitive Federalism: Key to India’s economic growth

Cooperative, competitive Federalism: Key to India’s economic growth

New Delhi: Speaking at the inaugural function of the Global Investors’ Meet organised by the Government of Karnataka in Bengaluru yesterday, Union...

13.02.2025 10

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BJP’s Delhi win: Five-engine sarkar must reimagine the future of Delhi-NCR

New Delhi: Now that the electoral dust has settled, it is time to make Delhi great again. Time also to make the National Capital Region (NCR) even...

09.02.2025 20

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#LoveNomics: What tax cuts, rate cuts, and roses mean for the India story

New Delhi: For the Indian middle class, the first 37 days of 2025 have brought unprecedented good news. It all began with the announcement of...

08.02.2025 20

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Tax cuts: Corporate sector must up the game with better pay cheques

New Delhi: PV Narasimha Rao is rightly hailed as the original middle class hero in the historic manner in which he opened up the economy creating...

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Is it time to retire the Union Budget and rethink it as a ‘Work-in-Progress’ plan?

New Delhi: The Union government announced on January 16 the establishment of 8th Pay Commission, a key policy decision impacting an estimated 4.7...

01.02.2025 10

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Babugiri back at market regulator? Buch set to bid adieu to SEBI chief role

New Delhi: It came, it saw but could not conquer! But it created more than its share of noise causing some sleepless nights for all the relevant...

30.01.2025 20

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Driven by numbers: Should Suzuki hand the wheel to Maruti and an Indian boss?

New Delhi: Even an Indian can become the President of Suzuki Motor Corporation, its Representative Director and President Toshihiro Suzuki said here...

20.01.2025 40

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Budget 2025: India Inc, RSS & Congress bat for axing individual tax; Will FM say it’s time to party?

New Delhi: Politics and economics make strange bedfellows! The love-hate-love relationship makes for a unique template. And India is a brilliant...

10.01.2025 6

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GST Conundrum: Milking middle class makes good politics but will hurt fiscally

New Delhi: Many years ago, I heard this famous quote, ‘Kamasutra isn’t about sex, it is about the politics of sex.’. I was reminded of this in the...

04.01.2025 8

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A year of choices: 2024's elections and the next chapter for democracy

New Delhi: Consider the eye-catching number: one estimate says 64 countries went to polls with about 49 per cent of the world population in the...

24.12.2024 3

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The rise, fall, rise and fall of the Nobel Laureate!

New Delhi: On October 13, 2006, India erupted in celebration as Dr Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize. The then Prime Minister, an economist...

28.11.2024 3

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A decade of PM Jan Dhan Yojana: Transforming India's financial landscape

New Delhi: “When the Jan Dhan Yojana was rolled out, I remember the scepticism that surrounded it too. Some people asked – could it really be...

28.08.2024 3

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For a new India: It's time to break status quo and embrace bold reforms

New Delhi: Debate and democracy go hand in hand. But if the discourse isn’t framed in the right context, democracy may not always stand to gain....

21.08.2024 3

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Bangladesh crisis: India should align with permanent interests over permanent individuals

New Delhi: It was about 23 years ago that India faced a hugely piquant situation with Bangladesh that put relations between the countries under...

06.08.2024 1

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