Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Theatre of the absurd in Tamil Nadu | The tradition of hero worship has queered the pitch for the succession battle in Tamil Nadu. In normal circumstances, it should have been up to the MLAs to choose the next Chief Minister. | 11-Feb-2017 |
| India's defence budget: Trapped in a str | The annual budget was presented on February 1 and the allocation for the Defence Ministry offers some instructive insights about how India plans to nurture its military -- that is, the three armed forces: the army, navy and air force. | 07-Feb-2017 |
| Time to question relevance of personal i | Finance Minister Arun Jaitley put the spotlight on the issue of tax evasion in his February 1 budget speech with some eye-opening statistics. Out of an employed population of approximately 300 million, merely 37 million filed their income tax returns in 2015-16. Even if exempted sectors like agriculture are accounted for, this proportion is abysmally low. | 07-Feb-2017 |