Keen on finding solution over disparity in high court judges' pension: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of India is determined to resolve the pension disparity for retired high court judges. The issue arises from differing pe...
23 Jan, 2025, 05.50 PM IST
Why Constitution framers envisaged a judiciary free from legislature and executive pressuresThe authors of the Constitution were convinced that the power of judicial review is an integral aspect of judicial independence. At the sam...
25 Nov, 2024, 11.22 PM IST
ET CEO Roundtable: Build a wealthier nation with state help, industry executionPanelists at ET CEO Roundtable felt more was needed as they called on the government to speed up decisionmaking, address regulatory overrea...
27 Sep, 2019, 10.21 AM IST
Manifesto versus manifesto: What BJP and Congress say on major issuesHere are some of the prominent promises made by each party on major issues.
10 Apr, 2019, 08.28 PM IST
Has the 7th Pay Commission narrowed gap between Central government & private sector salaries?The salary of a newly recruited government driver, for instance, is now Rs 18,000 per month, more than double the prevailing market rate.
10 Jul, 2016, 09.44 AM IST
2015: Yakub Memon's pre-dawn hearing, NJAC made Supreme Court eventfulBesides, the apex court in an activist mode dealt with the aspect of pollution and other issues of fundamental rights with path-breaking ve...
25 Dec, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
Audit and consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers India roped in to beef up Aadhaar securityAudit and consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers India to review ecosystem and advise on building additional layer of oversight.
03 Nov, 2015, 04.39 AM IST
Review of service conditions in judiciary: SC notice to CentreSC sought the govt's response on a plea seeking setting up of a judicial commission to review the service conditions of members of the subo...
14 Sep, 2015, 06.49 PM IST
Even without section 66A, India lags behind many nations in internet regulations for freer speechActivists say India has taken a small yet firm step in the right direction, but even then, its internet laws have some catching up to do.
29 Mar, 2015, 06.15 AM IST
Digital content language to go desi with e-Bhashae-Bhasha platform will help develop and disseminate digital language content to India's largely non-English speaking population, will be ro...
10 Nov, 2014, 05.00 PM IST
Economic Survey 2014: Govt with Raghuram Rajan on inflation battleA government document backing Rajan’s inflation targeting proposal augurs well for co-ordination between the new government and the central...
10 Jul, 2014, 06.27 AM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee address joint sitting of Parliament: Full TextOutlining Modi-led NDA government's 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' agenda, President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the Joint Session of Parliam...
09 Jun, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
CII demands 1 per cent rate cut, reform measures to boost growthIndustry body CII today pressed for one per cent cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank to to attract investment and demanded more refor...
15 Apr, 2013, 06.57 PM IST
Restoring investor confidence to be top priority in 2013Growth had slipped again after recovering from the slowdown, which was witnessed in 2008 mainly due to economic problems and domestic woes.
01 Jan, 2013, 11.23 AM IST
ET Awards 2012: Key areas for policy reforms; what the government achieved in one yearWe kick off the 2012 ET Awards coverage—themed Agenda for Reforms—by reviewing what the government has done, and not done, on last year’s a...
26 Oct, 2012, 09.58 AM IST
- BMS blasts new pension scheme
The Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has attacked the new pension system and the government's decision to set up an Interim Pension Fund Regula...
29 Sep, 2003, 04.12 AM IST
- State reforms freeze again as CMs differ
Big ticket fiscal reforms in states has taken a back seat with the lack of consensus on key economic initiatives like debt swap, freezing o...
19 Oct, 2002, 12.30 AM IST