Within weeks of getting bail from the Supreme Court in connection with charges of sedition, Binayak Sen has been made a member of the Planning Commission’s steering committee on health, which will advise the panel on the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2017).
Section: India | Friday, May 20, 2011 3:13 IST
The list of donor countries is headed by the US (Rs3,433 crore) followed by the UK (Rs1,131 crore)
Section: India | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:45 IST
It is heartening to note the overwhelming response to the fast undertaken by Anna Hazare at Delhi on the issue of corruption and the Jan Lokpal bill.
Section: India | Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:23 IST
The jholawala cabinet or J-cabinet – also known as National Advisory Council – has many ideas to empty government coffers and bleed India with a thousand free-goods cut.
Section: India | Tuesday, March 15, 2011 0:20 IST
India has so far been lukewarm in its pursuit of black money stashed away in tax havens abroad, and can take several specific steps immediately to show that it is serious about this.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, January 23, 2011 2:59 IST
Political parties have become family enterprises and India’s future is in the hands of 40 to 50 such families with the capacity for rabble-rousing, rapaciousness and greed.
Section: Analysis | Thursday, January 20, 2011 2:22 IST
The Enforcement Directorate is not inclined to reveal even the total volume of such
illegal money. A possible reason for this could be the complicity of our leaders
Section: Analysis | Monday, January 3, 2011 22:54 IST
Post-Nira Radia, many economists and experts have been wondering whether our reforms, which are supposed to be facilitating growth, are giving raise to crony capitalism.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:44 IST
While wholesale corruption needs effective policing and speedy prosecution, everyday retail corruption — for obtaining passports or ration cards — can be eliminated with technology.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, December 7, 2010 2:27 IST
From the spectrum scam to CWG, we should look at where the money is coming or going. The money is coming from the tax havens and some of it is moving in and out of stocks
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, November 23, 2010 2:32 IST
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