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No wish for laws treating businesses with suspicion: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

This, after Tata Sons chairman said that businesses need supervision and not suspicion

Govt to extend urad imports till June to meet domestic shortage: Report

Meanwhile, the government has decided to offload 5 lakh tonne pulses from its buffer stock to both state governments as well as in the open market.

A lesson to learn: Economic problems can have counter-intuitive solutions

From drug price ceiling to additional duties on steel imports and export ban to counter onion shortage - govt response to several problems shows the lessons may not have been learnt, writes T N Ninan

Modi govt is fighting with voters who backed him with passion: youth

Six months after returning to power with a huge mandate, Modi government is stuck fighting students - its most ardent voters who are now pessimistic, hopeless and even angry

Lighting the campus tinderbox

Mr Modi's authoritarian streak is sometimes compared to Indira Gandhi's rise to absolute power. If so, the triggering of a students' agitation carries a fateful echo from the non-so-distant past

The politics of cool

However much the government and its outreach community might insist it is merely an enabling act, it is hard to see it as anything but the first step towards a constitutionally Hindu nation

NRC, CAA unnecessary, wasteful exercises: 106 former civil servants to govt

The retired bureaucrats said there was no need for the National Population Register (NPR) and the National Register of Indian Citizens

Your job is to douse the fire, Mamata slams Shah over anti-CAA protests

The chief minister also appealed to Shah to take care of the country and "control" BJP cadres.

BJP, Cong in blame game over National Population Register & detention camps

The BJP said the Congress-led UPA initiated the NPR in 2010, along with the Census 2011 exercise, and that it had also approved construction of detention centres

Ayodhya verdict: Shia Board objects to allotment of 5-acre land to Sunnis

Yesterday also Rizmi urged Centre to include his community in Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 claiming that the Shia Muslim community has been facing religious discrimination in several countries.

SC's Finance Bill order will help curb abuse of Money Bill route: Ramesh

New rules were framed for appointments in 19 judicial and quasi-judicial tribunals in the Finance Bill which was introduced in the Parliament as a Money Bill.

Letter to BS: Why citizens' inclusion in CAA discussions is the way forward

It is important that the legislative process in our country be more transparent

Vardhan reviews preparedness of states for roll out of IMI 2.0 from Dec 2

Now, the government is poised to launch IMI 2.0 between December 2019 March 2020 seeking to escalate efforts to achieve 100 per cent national immunization coverage across India.

When system doesn't respond, youth get restless

One thing is certain about the decade to come. And that is, it will witness the active contribution of those who were born in the 21st century, in the country's progress

Govt looks to put women's welfare at centre of its five-year vision

Sources said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) held detailed discussions with each sectoral grouping and will soon provide final inputs on ministries' final vision documents

Year in Review: Jet collapse to NBFC mess, biggest business news of 2019

With 2019 drawing to a close, Business Standard looks at the biggest news developments from the world of business that shaped the year

Best of BS Opinion: Building good society, telecom crisis and more

Our analysis and opinion on what to learn from the Cyrus Mistry vs Ratan Tata fight and how to build a better society with nine things.

Letter to BS: NIP is a big step towards ambitious dream of $5 trn economy

Hence, it is a welcome step that the government aims to be pragmatic enough to drop laggard projects out of this pipeline as it progresses.

Govt sees nominal GDP at 12.2% till FY25; assuming average inflation of 4%

The Centre's budgetary support as a percentage of nominal GDP is expected to grow from 0.74% in 2019-20 to 1.11% in 2024-25

Govt slashes import duty on crude, refined palm oil, move to hurt refiners

A notification in this regard has been issued by the finance ministry. The duty cut has been made under the ASEAN agreement and the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, it said