Arvind Subramanian&rsquo;s admiration for the noted economist and free trade proponent Jagdish Bhagwati finds resonance in his views too.

'Inflation scare is still there'

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Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Power, tells Sudheer Pal Singh that public-private partnership is the way ahead for the power sector.

'Domestic manufacturing should be made mandatory'

Mohsina Kidwai, AICC general secretary in charge of West Bengal, talks to Business Standard on the Singur issue.

'Giving land to farmers best solution'

As the Tatas started to pull out from Singur, the CPI(M)&rsquo;s influential Politburo leader, Sitaram Yechury, tells Saubhadra Chatterji that in the coming elections land would be a dominant

'We are still hopeful on Singur'

The National Conference is expecting a clear win in the coming elections, party Member of Parliament Omar Abdullah tells Aasha Khosa 
Did you expect the kind of response that your speech in

Q&A: Omar Abdullah

The mounting fertiliser subsidy burden and complaints of fertiliser shortage from states have been the two major issues that the UPA government is grappling with. While it has managed to defer the

`The only way out is to improve indigenous production`

Unlike his colleagues at the World Trade Organisation, Director-General Pascal Lamy is preparing for a shorter autumn break this year. In his bid to find a solution to get the seven-year-old Doha

`I remain convinced we can find a compromise`

While inflation has emerged as the key policy concern for the government, its fiscal position is under stress and there is a widespread negative sentiment over the prospects of the Indian economy this

`Managing a higher fiscal deficit will be a challenge`

It was the timing of the land allotment for the Amarnath yatra that led to the present crisis in the state, Ghulam Nabi Azad, former J&amp;K chief minister, tells Aasha Khosa
To put it bluntly, you

`We didn`t realise things will come to such a pass`

At a time the country is gearing up to reduce the demand-supply gap in power, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the premier body for analysing and proposing resource policies to the

`Tax differential is leading to huge dieselisation`

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) might be a public sector company, but its profit margins and efficiency are no less than any private company. Its managing director, Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, spoke

`DMRC needs to earn from other sources`

Justice B N Srikrishna, 67, was the chairman of the sixth Pay Commission that submitted its recommendation to the government on March 24 this year.&nbsp;

Just over four months later, the Union

`There has been some diplomatic jugglery`

The stir against the revocation of land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board is above political affiliations, Madan Lal Sharma, Congress Member of Parliament from Jammu, tells AASHA KHOSA
Why did

`Govt failed to give the right picture`

The current high rate of inflation is perhaps the most serious issue to have engaged the attention of the central government.
Arvind Virmani, chief economic adviser, Ministry of Finance, tells

`This inflation is like 70s` oil shock`

The Ministry of Telecommunications&rsquo; aim to float a Rs 40,000-crore initial public offering (IPO) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), which will be India&rsquo;s biggest, has been vehemently

`IPO is one step closer to disinvestment`

In the second and concluding part of an interview, Arvind Virmani, chief economic adviser, Ministry of Finance, tells Siddharth Zarabi and Rituparna Bhuyan that the monetary policy has to be directed

`There is no indication of an investment slowdown yet`

At a time when energy experts around the world are debating the &ldquo;food versus fuel&rdquo; debate, British Petroleum President (global biofuels) Philip G New tells Sudheer Pal Singh that the

&#39;Delivering a global biofuel industry is a big challenge&#39;

Rural business hubs failed as the corporate sector is selfish, Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar tells SREELATHA MENON
You were a part of the GoM (group of ministers) which finalised the

Lighting up homes should be top priority

Sections of corporate India as well as farmers are nervous about the impact of the Indo-Asean free trade agreement, talks for which concluded on Thursday at Singapore.

&#39;Indian farmers should not fear deal&#39;

&nbsp;A K Vishwanathan, spoke to Sreelatha Menon. 
&nbsp;Why did the EPFO take so long to decide on expansion though the second labour commission had recommended it some time back? 
&nbsp;The Unorganised Sector Workers Bill that is before Parliament, can benefit workers in units which have up to 10 people.

`We are plugging a gap`

What was the status of this issue (land transfer to the Amarnath shrine board for building facilities for the pilgrims) when the National Conference (NC) government stepped down and the People&#39;s Democratic Party (PDP)-Congress coalition came to power in 2002? 
It wasn&#39;t even an issue.

`This mess is a creation of BJP & NC`

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