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Subir Shukla: Does measuring outcomes improve accountability in education?

In the last few years, the clamour for measuring learning outcomes and using that as a means to ensure accountability has grown louder

Tale of an underwater tragedy

Media reports had speculated that expired batteries caused the fire on board the Russian Kilo-class submarine

Service-sector MSMEs provide maximum job opportunities

MPEDA's co-branding drive for seafood exports

Initiative to promote brand equity of Indian marine products in markets

StatsGuru: 03-March-2014

Taking stock of the country's telecom sector

Rate changes in the Budget

Global giant KKR red-flags bribery, fraud risks in India

FM can easily meet 4.6% deficit target: Economists

Higher revenue inflows towards the end of 2013-14 to help government

India-US trade ties hit a new low

The delicately balanced economic relations between the two countries have slipped further since the diplomatic row over Devyani Khobragade. A tug of war is on in several sectors, especially pharmaceut

Economy expected to grow below 4.9% in FY14

Recovery unlikely before Q3 of FY15 as slowdown continues to deepen

Power: Discoms begin shaping up, more to fall in line

No spark yet in grand power promise

Of Chhattisgarh's 29 deals over 2006-08 for new thermal projects in a single district, bad homework has meant work has begun on only six of them

CERC's brave steps mean well for the power sector

CERC needs to be complemented for taking away the carrot when none was needed by the sector

'FoB value of exports must be 15% more than CIF rupee value of imports'

As per Section 69 of the Customs Act, 1962, you have to file a shipping bill or bill of export or label or declaration accompanying the goods (for exports by post)

Redefining the Aam Aadmi

Economist Amartya Sen believes the real Aam Aadmi has been left out of the political discourse entirely

StatsGuru: 24-February-2014

Making sense of this year's interim Budget numbers

Sorry, Italy, you're in China's seat

It's time the US, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Canada stepped out of their nostalgic cocoon and welcomed China into the ultimate members-only club

Land trouble for companies in Gurgaon-Manesar belt

Industry faces another Rs 1,500 crore burden with the Haryana government asking it to pay more to enable bigger compensation to farmers from whom it acquired land

New mechanism of central fund flow to states to add to transparency

Follows a move to restructure centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) and reduce their numbers

7th Pay Commission should do a Murthy on central govt employees

The 7th Pay Commission should explicitly link pay to performance and introduce a termination warning clause to weed out absolute turkeys