Quota can’t exceed 50%, because in the rule of equality reservation is the exemption
3 min read8 Jan 2019From L.K. Advani to then prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, a look at the key political players and their roles in the Babri Masjid demolition
5 min read6 Dec 2017Today’s India is still very much the country Indira Gandhi shaped, although the party controlled by her family, the Congress, is no longer in power
3 min read24 Nov 2017A book of essays edited by former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan explains how the 1991 reforms workedand why the scope needs to be widened now
3 min read19 Aug 2017Independent India’s business history is clearly split into two partsbefore and after liberalization in 1991
3 min read16 Aug 2017A new book offers a holistic view of the ripple effects of liberalizationand points to its unfinished business
4 min read11 Aug 2017Jagadacharya Chandraswami, allegedly involved in assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, died at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital, where he was admitted after a stroke
2 min read23 May 2017The reality in the national context and conjuncture in the international context enabled a minority government to introduce far-reaching changes
8 min read14 Oct 2016A series of books seeks to set the record straight on the real architect of the 1991 economic reforms
3 min read7 Oct 2016Will the changes to India’s foreign policy being introduced by Narendra Modi be embraced by the successive governments led by parties other than the BJP?
5 min read15 Sep 2016The 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