Page 103 - Economy & Policy Analysis

Power woes remain a drag for industry

Successive governments have tried to overcome this hurdle through policy interventions

India's fifth-largest industrial state eyes growth

The fact that services and agriculture still contribute more to the GSDP than industry reflect the large untapped potential of the industrial sector

Expressway and roads to growth

Road and infrastructure UP govt's priorities, says minister Shivpal Singh Yadav at the Samriddhi 2015 conference

Coal auctions are a win-win for state governments and end consumers

Coal bearing states will get the maximum benefit once the framework of distribution of funds is finalised by the parliament select committee

It's a losing battle against air pollution in Delhi

While the capital was once in the forefront of managing air quality in the country, it has since lost ground due to a tardy response from policymakers

A snapshot of legislative changes proposed in the Budget

The laws range from containing circulation of black money to a new bankruptcy code

For the armed forces, Budget brings no cheer

The allocation of Rs 94,588 cr for capital investment in 2015-16 is woefully short of the total investment plan of Rs 20 lakh cr of the army, navy and air force

Jobs for women: Why India does worse than Somalia

Falling rate of women in the workforce include dropping out of education, raising children and family pressure

Trouble with electricity regulator

While the government is trying to provide electricity to all, the regulatory body is handicapped by staff crunch, and a backlog of pending cases

Misplaced leniency in land allotments

Corporation allotted industrial plots on condition that the proposed units will be set up within two years of getting possession

IndAS, governance and audit committee

The committee seldom reviews financial statements in detail; with IndAS in place, this practice has to change

The devil is in the details for states' enhanced share of central taxes

The 14th Finance Commission has increased states' share in central taxes from 32 per cent to 42 per cent of the total divisible pool of central tax revenues. Business Standard examines what the move m

Govt's petroleum subsidy projection at Rs 30,000 cr for FY16 on right track: experts

The next financial year's estimate of petroleum subsidy includes Rs 22,000 cr towards cooking gas and the rest Rs 8,000 cr for kerosene sales

Nalanda University: What went wrong?

There are competing versions as to why a grand project is today bogged down in controversy

Budget Impact: Hope and disappointment

The extra 2% surcharge on dividend distribution will have a mildly negative impact on investor sentiment if corporates decided to rebalance dividend payouts downwards to compensate

India's health crisis needs money, but that isn't enough

Both higher spending and efficiency of spending are critical to improving the standards of public healthcare in India

With 282 mn illiterates, India's education sector waits for big bang

Despite gains since Independence, India continues to lag most BRICs nations, spending only a fraction of GDP on education

Meetings, summits planned to make cruise tourism sail

Royal Caribbean, one of the largest cruise lines in the world, is organising a seminar on cruise tourism

Reviving Noida airport project could ruffle Delhi's feathers

It could lead to higher user fees and diversion of traffic from Delhi, which has huge unused capacity

Why states don't like the mining ordinance

Several states, including Odisha, are critical of many of the provisions in the mining ordinance