Political authority and economic power are now concentrated in the hands of ministers and bureaucracy. Democracy is bound to degenerate into dictatorship, wrote MA Master in August 1960.
Private actors who do not conform to the government’s vision risk having their work discredited or, in some cases, facing criminal charges and being labelled as ‘anti-national’.
Shaktikanta Das' remarks come after Economic Survey said private sector wasn't investing enough in productive areas & Sitharaman highlighted its 'big role' in making India developed nation.
This week, the Supreme Court stayed UP and Uttarakhand’s Kanwariya Yatra directives, the government presented the 2024 Budget and the Economic Survey criticised the...
The draft bill proposing reservation of private jobs for Kannadigas has drawn flak from the business community & Opposition. Neighbouring state Andhra Pradesh asks companies to 'relocate'.
Since GatiShakti National Master Plan hosts data on critical infra, work is on to put in place adequate safeguards to protect sensitive data, ensure cybersecurity says govt official.
Studies by Bank of Baroda find Centre on track to meet capex target for this fiscal. There’s wide disparity in states’ performances but upcoming polls haven’t derailed the capex process.
Increasingly, lenders have stepped in where equity funding has slowed amid global market volatility. But instead of helping startups, they end up extracting a pound of flesh that outlasts the crisis itself.
Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.
At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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