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YSRCP flags 'discrepancies' in Andhra borrowings dataAndhra Pradesh opposition leader Botcha Satyanarayana has accused the state government of misleading the Legislative Council. He claims inc...
Constitution under challenge, democracy in deficit: Opposition's VP pick B Sudershan ReddyOpposition vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy voiced concerns about a "deficit in democracy" and the Constitution being "under c...
View: Interim budget high on rhetoric, low on actual commitment towards equitable societyThe budget claims to be pro-welfare. However, allocations made cannot be taken at face value. Allocations for major welfare schemes in the ...
Mistaken priority: Putting all eggs in manufacturing basket is starving servicesAtmanirbhar is almost entirely about manufacturing. The sectors getting support include food processing, organic farming, iron, copper, agr...
View: Vikas Dubey as democracy deficitIn the chain of events that culminated in the killing of Dubey, what was missing was ‘the due process of law’ to establish his culpability ...
RBI and government do not have to agree on every single issue: Arun JaitleyIn democracy, you are meant to disagree on several issues. Otherwise it is meaningless, says FM.
No such thing as too much information in democracy, overload preferable than deficit: Ram Nath KovindThe Right to Information Act came into force on October 12, 2005. The first application was filed by Shahid Raza Burney before Pune Police ...
Won't support adventurism on NJAC, address trust deficit: Congress to govtThere is great trust deficit and feeling that government wants to impose its will on judiciary, Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said.
AAP leader Subhash Lomte in Maharashtra quits,joins Prashant Bhushan's Swaraj SamwadLomte was a senior AAP leader and a member of SEC, which runs party affairs in Maharashtra.
India's case for direct democracy? European Union shows the way to put citizens at the centre of decision-makingEven as India debates the pros and cons of participative democracy, a new political engagement in the EU puts its citizens at the centre of...
India isn’t a good long-term growth bet: Andrew Michael SpenceIn India, it is more a matter of policy mistakes or inaction rather than anything deeply fundamental that has hurt growth, says Spence.
Address trust deficit between people and public office holders: CVCThere is trust deficit between people and those holding high public offices which needs to be changed.
CAD to remain high for 2 more years: Manmohan SinghIndia’s growth aspirations, says the PM, pose a challenge for its democratic system and requires a consensus about the “difficult but neces...
Helping the Maoists: To crush the insurgency, punish security personnel who kill innocentsThere must be strict action against erring agents of the state, who indulge in human rights violations and brutalise the local population.
- Spook report: PM, Antony rubbish claims, BJP hits out at government
Another political war of words ensued on Wednesday after a newspaper reported about "unusual" troop movement towards Delhi in the middle of...
- The impact of deficit financing on prices
India resorted to deficit financing, then largely financed through Reserve Bank’s books either by printing more money or use of its foreign...
- ‘India’s outlook is favourable next yr’
Billionaire speculator and philanthropist George Soros has termed the Indian government’s move to impose controls on foreign financing in c...