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Madurai,Tamil Nadu, 22/08/2016: Aiboc president Tamil nadu Thomas Franco Rajendra Dev spoke in all Trade uniong Meeting at LIC office Madurai.photo: s.krishnamoorthy
மதுரை: தமிழ்நாடு: 22-08-2016: வணிகர் சங்க கூட்டம் - தாமஸ் பிரான்கோ ராஜேந்திர தேவ் உரை.
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A fatigued system

Interview with Thomas Franco, general secretary, AIBOC.

B:LINE: Farmers and traders wait patiently for their vegetables to get sold at Moradabad's vegetable mandi with number of buyers falling sharply following demonetisation and the consequent cash-crunch. .Pic-Ramesh Sharma

Bungling along

A year after demonetisation, agriculture lies in a shambles and small businesses have been ruined. Now, with the introduction of the ill-designed GST

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley listens to Chief Economic advisor Arvind Subramaniam as MoS for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla looks on, at the 22nd meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) council, in New Delhi on Friday. PTI Photo by Manvender Vashist (PTI10_6_2017_000088B)

Compounding a crisis

In the hands of the Narendra Modi government, economic policy has been reduced to disaster management following the wreckage caused by GST and demonet

CHENNAI, 20/09/2017: For Frontline: Balakesari, Retd Railway staff. Photo: R. Ragu

'Viable bullet train is an oxymoron'

Interview with K. Balakesari, former Member (Staff), Railway Board.

CRH380 (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province, in this file photo taken December 25, 2012. A team of Chinese firms, along with the Export-Import Bank of China, are interested in designing, building, financing and maintaining California's proposed 800-mile high-speed rail project. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Chinese lessons

The way in which China has leveraged investments in its overall rail infrastructure, and not just in high-speed travel, to promote wider socio-economi

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 12, 2016 shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2nd R) and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe (R) shaking hands in front of a Shinkansen train during their inspection of a bullet train manufacturing plant in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture.
As India's premier Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe prepare to break ground on the country's first bullet train project this September 14, 2017, experts say the collaboration could signal a massive leap for its overburdened and deadly railways. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY INDIA-JAPAN-TRANSPORT-DIPLOMACY,ADVANCER BY JALEES ANDRABI

The nowhere train

India’s first High Speed Rail scheme is a vanity project that diverts scarce resources from the needs of a national network that is in a state of utte

New Delhi, 31/03/2017: NRI people wait outside the Reserve Bank of India as wait for exchange their old currency of Rs. 500 and 1000 notes, in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.

Spinning a web

The RBI’s report reveals that demonetisation may have fatally damaged the Indian currency system, with more trouble in store.

Bengaluru : Infosys Executive Chairman N R Narayana Murthy with newly appointed CEO & MD Vishal Sikka at a press conference at Infosys headquarters in Bengaluru on Thursday. PTI Photo by Shailendra Bhojak (PTI6_12_2014_000079B)

The helmsman returns

Nandan Nilekani’s homecoming opens a new chapter in the Infosys journey.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union Ministers chairing the first meeting of Governing Council of NITI Aayog in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo/PIB(PTI2_8_2015_000013B)

Abandoning the social compact

The Planning Commission has been replaced by NITI Aayog, a pale shadow of it. Probity in economic policy and the pursuit of equity are the prime casua

For Ind survey: Air India Sunset

Bowing to privatisation

The move to privatise Air India comes after years of deliberate neglect by the government and a series of measures taken over two decades to systemati

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi press buttons for the launch of 'Goods and Services Tax (GST)' at midnight, at the special ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi on Saturday. PTI Photo (PTI7_1_2017_00012B)

Taxing times

The launch of the Goods and Services Tax amidst great fanfare, but without adequate preparation, marks a continuum with demonetisation and threatens t

Caption: BENGALURU, KARNATA: 15/07/2016: Employess at the infosys campus at ectronic city in Bengaluru on Friday. JULY 15, 2016. Photo G R N SOMASHEKAR

A dream in decline

The spectre of large-scale job losses haunts the Indian IT services industry, which teeters on the brink of an existential crisis.