Where votes meet volts
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political future would depend much on fixing the country's power crisis
Over Rs 2,000 crore to clean up and conserve Ganga
Government sets aside Rs 100 crore to expedite detailed project reports for its controversial river-linking plan.
Help Kerala’s rubber sector recover from crisis, urges state finance minister
In the run up to Union Budget 2015, M Suchitra speaks to Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani to draw up a list of the state’s expectations …
Jairam Ramesh seeks to minimise budget cut for rural development
Gives details to finance ministry on the impact of revised budget estimates on individual schemes
COVID-19 tanked India’s carbon emissions, but stimulus will drive them up again
The Rs 90,000-crore stimulus for power distribution companies fails to consider emissions reductions
Civil society seconds rural development ministry’s demand for MGNREGA funds
The rural development ministry had recently demanded an additional allocation of Rs 5,000 crore to maintain the momentum of MGNREGA
Ban FDI in brownfield pharma, says Parliament standing committee
Panel raises alarm over continuing takeover of Indian generic drug firms by multinational companies
A symbolic budget
While all the right words have been used in the budget, the programmes are neither well thought out nor given sufficient funds
Experts hail doubling of cess on 'dirty' coal
Money collected from the cess gets deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund but doubts remain over its usage
UPA woos women and tribal voters
Finance minister lists Forest Rights Act as one of its key achievements while MGNREGA doesn't find mention.
Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO
Africa represents a key bloc within the WTO and accounts for nearly 27 per cent of membership and 35 per cent of members from developing countries
How we reviewed NDA’s interim budget last year
Modi government’s maiden budget was a patchwork of abandoned schemes being revived or existing ones being re-named. Despite some fund …
Andhra government fails to present much-hyped agriculture budget
It presents only an action plan for agriculture; Rs 25,962 crore earmarked for agriculture and allied sectors