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Govt employees get 5X salary compared to private sector, but India’s system still runs like 1950s Ambassador: Economist Karthik MuralidharanEconomist Karthik Muralidharan critiques India's public sector staffing, highlighting overpayment for most jobs alongside systemic flaws in...- Ashwini Vaishnaw launches official calendar of Government of IndiaUnion Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and MoS L Murugan launched the Government of India's 2025 calendar, themed on public welfare throu...
- Cost of competitive exam: Chase a govt job, end up getting scarredPreparation for UPSC Civil Services exams has become critically competitive, similar to medical and engineering admissions. A partial hirin...
- Economists seek lower import tariffs at pre-budget meeting with PM ModiIn a pre-budget meeting in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with economists who recommended reducing import tariffs on intermedi...
- Veteran movie producer K Muralidharan passes away due to heart attack. Celebrities pay tributesBesides being a film producer, he was also the former president of the Tamil Producers Council. He started his film production career with ...
- Budget: Economists urge FM to step up capex, cut taxDuring their pre-Budget interaction with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, they also asked her to raise outlay on health care and focus ...
- Convergence Man: Former ChrysCapital chief Ashish Dhawan embarks on an ambitious set of goalsDuring the pandemic, as Dhawan and his team at CSF watched schools across the country shut down and the delivery of education to millions o...
- Indian boxer Sarjubala Devi turns professional; signs deal with leading boxing promoterIndian Boxing Council President, Brigadier PK Muralidharan Raja said: "Sarjubala is an outstanding boxer and this is great news for her and...
- JAM infrastructure gets ready for a wider outreachSome stakeholders have suggested that the framework be extended to deploy universal income transfers or universal basic income
- So will Modi use Covid for major economic reforms?The prime minister needs to seize on the Covid-19 crisis to make sensible, overdue reforms.
- Do away with farm loan waivers: Raghuram RajanOnly a subset of farmers get loans, It often goes to the best connected not most poorly off, said Rajan.
- India’s growth not creating enough jobs: Raghuram RajanRajan said that there are some Indians who are doing very well while others are falling behind.
- Rajasthan brings private sector in state-run primary schools, triggers fierce debateThe draft says the state would bear the fees of all or a section of the student body, but left staffing and infrastructure to the private.
- Elementary education: UPA’s lost opportunityElementary education got some attention for the first time in the history of independent India during the last 10 years of UPA rule.
- Use wiki-ways to improve accountabilityEducational experiments suggest that the way forward may be to reward teachers who attend every day, while penalising those who are habitua...
- Food Security Act: Economists letter to Sonia GandhiMore than two decades of research is remarkably consistent in showing large illegal diversions of subsidised grains to the open market.
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