Why blame Coalition dharma?

First, the TV news channels quoted AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi as stating that if the Congress-led UPA coalition government could not tackle national problems like rising prices as decisively .. Read full story

Eight recipes to food for all

World Bank president Robert Zoellick recently listed nine measures that the G20 should adopt under its current French presidency. These range from improving information about grain stocks and developi.. Read full story

The 'Saat Khoon Maaf' Budget

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget left many things undone. For example, he could have allowed FDI in multi-brand retail in cities with more than one million people, but chose not to. Labour reforms, critic.. Read full story

Budget 2011: Taxing times ahead

On the face of it, Budget 2011 appears broadly tax neutral inasmuch as what the finance minister has given away in direct tax proposals (roughly . 11,000 crore), he hopes to recover through indirec.. Read full story

The false promise of green jobs

Political rhetoric has shifted away from the need to respond to the “generational challenge” of climate change. Investment in alternative energy technologies like solar and wind is no.. Read full story

Budget '11: Subsidise Tech R&D

One decade of the new millennium is over and companies, especially in consumer electronics, are wooing customers with new models. Mobile handset vendors are releasing, on an average, about 35 new.. Read full story

It's not Just Cricket!

It's not just a billion Indian cricket fans who will be rooting for Dhoni's boys to win the 2011 World Cup which begins on February 19 and concludes on April 2. With roughly 70% of the global rev.. Read full story

Companies Bill must help structuring

The new Companies Bill 2009 must facilitate sound and genuine corporate planning, structuring and finance operations. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has made cer.. Read full story

The Tunisian catalyst

The whole world celebrates Tunisia’s democratic revolution, which has set off a cascade of events elsewhere in the region — particularly in Egypt — with untold consequences. The.. Read full story

Rethinking farm for better health

It is time for us to take a hard look at our agricultural system. We are not yet reliving the food crisis of 2007-08, but food prices are surging, with global prices for wheat and maize rising by.. Read full story