From his school days, Chandan Mitra was deeply interested in politics and plunged headlong into the anti-Emergency movement in the mid-1970s as a student. He then became an activist with the CPI(M), especially as a teacher in Hansraj College in Delhi University, before he left the country to study in the UK.
Promise them the moon, is the politician's attitude towards voters as elections draw near. But the prime minister has been promising the sky and the stars as well - thousands of crores of rupees for project aid and more recently, for disaster relief to states. The exercise has backfired because, in reality, there's no pot of gold at the end of Rajiv Gandhi's rainbow.
Outlook is bright but fundamental problems persist.
Firms evaluate strategies at management schools.
As factories multiply, problems emerge.
Open-door policy elicits favourable response.
With the whiff of elections in the air, it's roti, kapda, makan time again.
Labour discontent is explained by the paltry wage levels, and the large number of contract or temporary workers. Because many units are closed in the region, unemployment is high and wages are low.
Days after assuming office, the new Government spelt out its economic policy which has been generally welcomed. But whether it can succeed in implementing that policy depends not on good intentions but on its ability to untangle the economic knots it has inherited from the previous regime.
In an interview to India Today industry minister Ajit Singh says his first concern is increasing ghe rate of growth of industry.
Prices ease, but the Congress(I) can gain little.
History was created in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) last fortnight. For one, the junior-most member of the board, A.S. Thind, was formally appointed chairman, flouting all conventions.
Sugar exports were considered when the country should have been importing. The decision to import came too late. Prices zoomed.
Crores spent on campaigning and poll preparations.
A torrent of controversies.
Rs 70 crore scam in book imports unearthed.
A small unit takes on a giant
The old-time trade union leaders who held unquestionable sway over the country's workers are slowly giving way to a new breed - more pragmatic, better aware of technology, and often, workers themselves. Though still in a minority, they are a foretaste of the things to come.
CAG report questions Sundarji view about the importance of the Bofors gun's shoot & scoot capability.
A sale is on the cards.
