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Boosting shareholder activism in Corporate India
The promoter culture, with deep roots in the lost decades of the licence raj, reigns supreme
3 min read1 Jun 2018The weak legitimacy of Indian capitalism
There is a broader need in India to shift from crony capitalism to a competitive market economy
3 min read3 Aug 2017Learning curve
The IIM bill cleared by Parliament grants much-needed autonomy to the Indian Institutes of Management. The UGC and AICTE must be the next to go
1 min read31 Jul 2017India since liberalization: A look at share of commodities in exports
India's trade profile has seen a significant change since the first foreign trade policy was unveiled between July 1991 and March 1992
2 min read8 Sep 2016Need reforms at lower level to improve ease of doing business: Arun Jaitley
Finance minister Arun Jaitley says municipal and panchayat level authorities must help the Union government in implementing key programmes
1 min read14 Aug 2016From delicensing to GST
With the passage of GST, India is now the only large democracy where the states will not have independent taxing powers
4 min read10 Aug 2016Seven failures of economic liberalization
We're all celebrating 25 years of the 1991 reforms, with good reason, but there are also several areas where our hopes have been belied
3 min read11 Jul 2016Raghuram Rajan says ‘licence raj’ gone, but ‘inspector raj’ still exists
Rajan says regulations should be for betterment of the industry and not to discourage entrepreneurs
2 min read21 May 2016Pickles no longer exclusive preserve of small firms
The government has scrapped the list of the last 20 items reserved for micro, small and medium enterprises
3 min read14 Apr 2015‘Model’ realty norms may put up many roadblocks for developers
‘Model’ realty norms may put up many roadblocks for developers
2 min read21 Dec 2009Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared