Chidambaram should pitch long-term India prospects

Sequels have seldom been better than the original. They have mostly ended up falling flat either due to their own failures or because of the expectations heightened by the original.United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) second stint in power has been ...

Business India News: In the sub-text of the new episodes is the changing texture of India's federal fabric. State leaders resent central patronage and prefer a partnership model for inclusive growth. "Economic freedom in the domains under the ...

The above is the central thesis of a must-read Tehelka essay by Avalok Langer that demolishes the easy comfort of India's so-called "youth dividend." Where for decades, we have worried about illiteracy, we now have to wrestle with a new crisis in ...

India is among the world's largest consumers of food and also among the largest growers. What India does has a significant impact on international prices, notes Laveesh Bhandari. It's good to see that independent thought is still present in the government. When one part of the government comes out with a serious and objective piece on how the government itself has been responsible for creating food inflation, hopefully the government is more likely to take note. The Commission for ...

The Union Budget has allocated larger funds for the health sector for FY14, at Rs 37,330 crore from the revised estimates of Rs 24,894 crore for FY13. The Budget allocation for 2013-14 is 0.32 per cent of India's estimated gross domestic product ...