Sitharaman’s best option to find funds is to recycle public assets, something Australian states have successfully achieved with power grids and other assets.
Efforts to augment Mumbai's drainage to 50 mm an hour is still underway while BMC is yet to fully rejuvenate the Mithi river, the city's natural drainage.
Large financing needs of infrastructure require long-term financial savings of households to increase but they actually show a steep decline in recent years.
India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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