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‘MSMEs are the spine of the nation’

gfiles: How was the Prime Minister’s function at Ludhiana on October 18? KKJ: Jalan: On October 18, Hon’ble Prime Minister visited Ludhiana to...

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Man with the Midas touch

HAVE you seen the Bollywood movie, Gangs of Wasseypur?” I ask. “Yes,” replies the Coal Secretary, Anil Swarup. “Does the movie portray the...

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‘Environment is not only about project clearances’

There is a debate going on that this government is giving short shrift to environmental concerns while sanctioning different projects that had been...

V S Sampath, Chief Election Commissioner
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‘Political parties should avoid making promises difficult to fulfill’

V S Sampath believes that the Election Commission should be given greater autonomy and more power for its effective functioning. He advocates for...

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‘Strong economic recovery by the end of the year’

THE 29th Cabinet Secretary of independent India might appear mild but is quite hardboiled, having learnt the art of administration from his father,...

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NREGA has enhanced the bargaining strength of landless labour

As Director General of the National Institute of Rural Development, BK Sinha is involved in a labour of love, so much so that...

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For 13 years, we have sustained ourselves from our own profits

Since inception in 1995, under the I&B Ministry, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (BECIL) has been a profit making undertaking that has paid...

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Air defence of our sovereign airspace is a 24×7 process for the IAF

Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, commissioned on December 31, 1967, has flown over 7,000 hours in the Sentinel, T-6G, Mi-4, Mi-8 and...

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My biggest challenge is making 16 loss making PSUs profitable

Though Dr Satyanarayana Dash belongs to the 1973 IAS batch from Kerala, his family is originally from Orissa. His father, Digambar Dash, was...

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The Eleventh Plan period foresees a 9 per cent GDP growth while the capital goods sector should grow at around 18 per cent

gfiles: What is the Ministry doing in the face of the meltdown and what are your views regarding revival? Satyanarayana Dash: The manufacturing...