Return of Licence Raj

Many of the government’s regulations on drug pricing and real estate transactions through the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act are necessary and serve the public interest.

Keep Tax Rates Modest; End Permission Raj, Says Adi Godrej

Noted industrialist Adi Godrej on Tuesday called for "reasonable and modest" tax rates as an effective way to prevent creation of black money and pitched for a rule-based automatic approval mechanism to fight graft

Licence Raj Replaced By Time-consuming Approval Raj, Says Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

India may have created a competitive market by abolishing licence raj, but it has been replaced by an equally time-consuming "approval raj" fraught with potential corruption, Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has said

Five Reforms Before 1991

Sutanu Guru takes a look at five reform measures that preceded the historic July 22, 1991 Budget speech of Dr Manmohan Singh

Gains In Transit

Perpetuation Of Scam Raj

"Speed Money" Puts Brakes On India's Retail Growth

'The Indian Sugar Industry Is Highly Fragmented'