Drift in oil exploration policy
16 Jan 2014 5:31 AM ISTThis is over and above the electoral calendar coming in the way of any prospective investor to take a serious call till the new government is in...
Revamping agri-marketing is must
4 Jan 2014 4:48 AM ISTIn the 2014 run-up to the Lok Sabha Election, the ruling UPA coalition headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is left clueless as to how to get back...
Pensions and transparency
22 Nov 2013 5:06 AM ISTThe abrupt exit of Yogesh Agarwal as the Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in the middle of this month has...
Need reforms in power sector
8 Nov 2013 5:13 AM ISTNo wonder that the latest monetary policy review of the apex bank bemoaned that among the infrastructure industry the power sector was crippled by the...
India’s export policy lacks thrust
25 Oct 2013 2:25 AM ISTIn the euphoric narrative of the country’s export performance during the first half of the current fiscal, the missing link that is the cause for...
Rajan firm on financial inclusion
25 Sept 2013 11:40 PM ISTThe maiden monetary policy review by the celebrated economist and new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Raghuram G Rajan has turned out to...
Economy on slippery slope
7 Sept 2013 3:14 AM ISTThe Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Veerappa Moily has set the fox among the chicken-coop by proposing a slew of ‘austerity measures’ as...
Stable reforms to allure investors
4 Aug 2013 3:12 AM ISTThe Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assertion on Monday that ‘reforms need political backing to succeed’ has not come a day too soon as his own...
FDI scare grips global market
5 July 2013 11:15 PM ISTUPA’s desperate attempt to review sectoral caps in foreign direct investment (FDI) has remained a ‘work in progress’ for far too long ever since its...
