Govt formulates scheme for recasting of DISCOMS loans

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The Finance Commission is set up under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution once in every five years, to recommend the sharing of the net divisible proceeds of Union taxes between the Central government and the States and also the grants-in-aid of ...

1. Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr. Jignesh Shah, Chairman, CII National Committee on Financial Markets, Mr. Chandrajit ...

The quantum and nature of external debt should provide warning bells to resist the temptation for quick-fix solutions Tulsi Jayakumar The current account deficit worsened to $22.3 billion in the second quarter of 2012-13. Much of this has been ...

Honble Speaker Sir and Honble fellow Members of this August House I rise to present the Budget for 2013-14. But before I spell out the details of the future projections, I would like to congratulate the people of Sikkim for the last fiscal well ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banrejee has cried foul over economic relief packages extended to other states by the Centre. "Very recently, few states have been granted thousands of crore of rupees by the central government. It is very good. We ...

Kolkata: Protesting the "economic deprivation" of West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday decided to take its dissent to Delhi next week with party MPs set to raise the issue in and outside Parliament. "Our MPs will stage a dharna before ...

Questioning why West Bengal was being 'singularly deprived', Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged political discrimination against the state by the Centre, a day after it approved a Rs 12,000 crore special package for Bihar. "Very ...

The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) Report (March 2013) is superbly crafted, but its analysis and recommendations need very careful examination. This article focuses exclusively on the Commission's recommendation to set up an ...