In the first example of his intention to take “difficult decisions” to contain the ballooning subsidy burden to control the fiscal deficit, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday denied permis
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is UPA's man with the political Midas touch. He needs to lend some of that magic to lift the economy out of its morass.
KOLKATA, 15 MARCH: In the middle of the ruckus over the hike in passenger fares in the Railway Budget, the Trinamul Congress has fired another salvo, instructing its Parliamentary party to take up
FAO forecast that 2012 world wheat production will be the second highest on record at 690 million tonnes and also announced that international food prices rose one percent in February — the second increase in two months.
Instead of giving medicines free only to its own certified poor, the government should subsidise essential drugs for everyone-----------The public distribution system and the employment guarantee s
Chandigarh: Expressing concern over the declining water table in the state, the Central Ground Water Board has recommended reducing area under paddy by more than 10 lakh hectares to achieve sustain
The eastern region of the country, which occasionally hits the headlines for starvation deaths, has turned into a food surplus zone thanks to a special programme launched last year to boost product
