Clearly unnerved by the Trinamul Congress’ departure from UPA-2, the Manmohan Singh government on Monday continued with its reform agenda, with the Union Cabinet approving restructuring of the Rs 2 lakh crore debt of ailing state electricity boards to bring them back on track.

Clearly unnerved by the Trinamul Congress’ departure from UPA-2, the Manmohan Singh government on Monday continued with its reform agenda, with the Union Cabinet approving restructuring of the Rs 2 la

The newfound confidence in the Congress to push through the reforms agenda and bring the economy back on track has a lot to do with timing than the sheer number game.

Sources in the Congress said a

The newfound confidence in the Congress to push through the reforms agenda and bring the economy back on track has a lot to do with timing than the sheer number game.

Keeping in view the challenges faced by finance minister P. Chidambaram in curbing the burgeoning fiscal deficit and bringing the economy back on track, the government is preparing to hit the disinvestment route in a big way to mop up additional resources of around `16,000-18,000 crores in one go.

Keeping in view the challenges faced by finance minister P. Chidambaram in curbing the burgeoning fiscal deficit and bringing the economy back on track, the government is preparing to hit the disinv

With Congress president Sonia Gandhi asking party MPs to go aggressive in countering the BJP’s “oust Prime Minister campaign”, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has been roped in to brief the parliamentarians of the ruling party to apprise them of the finer nuances of the CAG report on coal block allocation.

In a bid to prepare Congress MPs to effectively counter Opposition attack, both inside and outside Parliament, on economic policy in general and recent CAG reports in particular, the ruling party on T

The Union Cabinet at its meeting, likely to take place on Monday, is set to consider a proposal to decide on the pricing formula for procurement of bio-ethanol by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to sel

Adding to his party’s confusion on the prime ministerial candidate issue, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on Sunday gave another twist by suggesting that a non-Congress, non-BJP Prime Minister was possible after the 2014 general election. This could also be seen as a glimmer of hope for Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, who has been consistently rejecting the projection of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi for this post.