Veena Mani And Arup Roychowdhury

All stories by Veena Mani And Arup Roychowdhury

'We have to treat the economy as if this is wartime'
Rediff.com29 Mar 2020

'We have to stop thinking about GDP and look at the impact on output and unemployment.'...

Govt may now cap prices of antibiotics
Rediff.com7 Oct 2019

The intention of the government is to cap prices of drugs that are essential and which...

Ayushman frauds pile up: How govt plans to tackle the menace
Rediff.com11 Jul 2019

Government officials have lodged FIRs and slapped fines to the tune of Rs 1 crore on...

Why finance ministry cut small savings interest rates
Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

The government hopes the latest action will lead to banks also lowering the cost of...

How Modi govt plans to spur economic growth
Rediff.com27 May 2019

There is talk of a fresh approach to a new labour code as well as reforming land...

Modi 2.0 readies measures to lift demand; focus on lowering I-T rates
Rediff.com25 May 2019

'There are deliberations on whether there can be lowering of income taxes and other...

Modicare covers basics, but complex healthcare mostly outside ambit
Rediff.com4 Dec 2018

Among the most widely used packages have been treatment of cataract, dental root canal...

Panel says Big 4 auditing firms are not 'multinationals'
Rediff.com12 Nov 2018

'These firms do not contravene provisions of Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, which bar...

MCA likely to cap fees of independent directors
Rediff.com7 Nov 2018

The ministry said some urgent amendments are not there in the ordinance but are...

Top bureaucrat takes a jibe at RBI
Rediff.com3 Nov 2018

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Garg is the finance ministry's primary liaison with...

Govt plans to bring another 100,000 firms out of their shells
Rediff.com17 Sep 2018

In the second phase of action against shell companies, the MCA is also trying to trace...

For Singh brothers, truce is temporary, split only way out
Rediff.com15 Sep 2018

NCLT allows Shivinder to withdraw petition against his brother Malvinder. Final...

Shivinder vs Malvinder: Mother helps avoid legal battle for now
Rediff.com14 Sep 2018

Sources said she had stopped eating for the past few days and had constantly been...

Where the health of Ayushman Bharat is in a shambles
Rediff.com14 Sep 2018

From coming up with the correct list of beneficiaries to finding enough people to work...

Beware, your office may be classified as a shell firm!
Rediff.com31 Aug 2018

The government has already struck off 226,000 companies from the register for not...

8 special courts likely to hear insolvency cases
Rediff.com13 Aug 2018

These courts will be set up in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad

Over 340 drugs to go off the shelves soon
Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

Some of the popular brands that would be impacted include Phensedyl (Abbott), Tixylix...

The strange case of 'shell companies' and their directors
Rediff.com16 Jul 2018

Apart from shell companies, 'vanishing' companies are also on the ministry's radar. As...

1,300 listed firms did not file annual results
Rediff.com2 Jul 2018

911 have been traced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), while the...

Unlisted firms may have to demat shares by September
Rediff.com15 Jun 2018

When shares in the electronic form are available with the depositories, it acts as...