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By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Union Interim Budget which was placed in Parliament on February 01 2019 has broken all the conventions of an…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
In the lead up to the presentation of the interim budget for 2019-20 by a ‘substitute’ finance minister, there were…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Parliament of India passed a constitutional amendment which modifies articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution. This…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The Union Budget 2019-20 to be unveiled on Friday will carry all the features of a regular budget without any fresh tax…
By Arun Maira |
Every year there is a hype when the Finance Minister presents the Government’s budget. Though the principal purpose of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is almost half a century old now. It describes itself as “the international organisation…
By Arun Maira |
A star at WEF this year was David Attenborough, the legendary advocate of care for our planet. He fears it may already…
By M A Kalam |
The burning issue of the so-called illegal migrants in Assam and some other States in the North East has assumed…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
This may be the information age but the lure of brick and mortar is not diminished. Donald Trump and his idea of a “…
By Arun Maira |
The immanence of Industry 4.0, a new economic paradigm, in which machines with artificial intelligence will be able to…
By Ajit Ranade |
Antyodaya is one of the key principles that animates India’s constitution. It means uplift of the last. It was M. K.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
There was a time when 2020 was far away, and the nation could write a grand vision statement of the new and liberalised…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The ministry of Home Affairs issued an order that authorised security and intelligence agencies to intercept, monitor…
By Arun Maira |
The chapter on smart cities says, “Smart cities is an approach to urban development characterised by area-based…
By Ajit Ranade |
The year began with great optimism about economic growth. The previous year i.e. 2017 had concluded with actual growth…