Gireesh Chandra Prasad

History shows weak govts managed to push more reforms: Naushad Forbes

Naushad Forbes says India needs deeper economic reforms, lower trade barriers and greater deregulation to revive manufacturing, exports, private investment and growth

Reforms on the cards: GST Council likely to shun mid-year rate changes

Officials expect the rate structure to be reviewed only once a year henceforth, and any changes will take effect from April 1, not in the middle of the financial year

'In 1991, we faced both an economic as well as external relations crisis'

Saran says that India must shore up relations in its neighbourhood before it can aim for global leadership and that it must not succumb to pressure from the United States

Have not agreed to listing, Tata Sons board to meet again: Tata Trusts

The Trusts said in a statement that these options will be assessed by the Board on an immediate basis, after which a separate Board meeting will be convened to consider that assessment

Fruits of reforms are often reaped by later governments: Shankar Acharya

Shankar Acharya says that structural constraints need to be addressed for India to become an advanced economy by 2047

Incomplete 1991 reforms failed to foster India's industrialisation: Nayyar

Nayyar speaks about the vulnerabilities in India's reform journey and what needs to be done to realise its demographic dividend and avoid the middle-income trap

'Neither Rao nor Singh could have brought in the 1991 reforms alone'

P Chidambaram recalls how Rao and Manmohan Singh shaped the 1991 reforms and argues India now needs greater competition, openness and a revived WTO

'Extract after extract in Manmohan's 1991 speech was from my mini Budget'

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha says his 1990 mini Budget shaped Manmohan Singh's 1991 speech, while calling for continuous reforms and infrastructure-led demand growth

States chase reforms away from limelight as deregulation gathers pace

States are accelerating deregulation and ease-of-doing-business reforms, with over three-fourths of the Centre's first-phase compliance reduction measures already implemented

NFRA tightens audit oversight with new rules on inspections, remediation

New inspection guidelines require audit firms to submit remediation plans within three months and implement corrective measures within six months