Mr PM, do you have accountability to investors?

The Big bang announcements announced before Pranab Mukerjee vacated the FM’s seat included increasing foreign institutional investor (FII) limits in Indian government bonds by $5 billion and increasing the overall ECB limits for Indian corporates by $10 billion.

The headlines on Manmohan Singh as FM meeting finmin officials say the idea is to revive animal spirits in the economy,

Need to restart India growth story: PM tells finmin officials

After taking over the finance portfolio, Prime MinisterManmohan Singh today met senior officials from the ministry and stressed that reviving investor sentiment was on top of his priorities.

“I happy to meet all of you in a new context with me looking after the finance portfolio once again. Apart from a brief spell

Manmohan can get economy, and himself, back in the groove

It’s fair to say that Prime Minister Manmohan Singhhas had a rough three years in office. The UPA-2 government was conceived in deceit, and as the Niira Radia tapes revealed,  industrial houses and corporate lobbyists gamed the system right at the start to get politicians of their choice into key ministries. 

The Prime Minister’s prerogative to appoint the ministry of his choice was

The Week That Was: Sensex, PM's infra promises hold India

Monday started the week with a big bang.  Troubled by a debt burden, Kishore Biyani offloaded 40% of his stake in Future Capital to Warburg Pincus at Rs 162 a share price. With this stake, Warburg Pincus plans to infuse Rs 100 crore as equity into Future Capital.

The day ended on a momentous note when a Cabinet note