Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is either incredibly clever or a budding illusionist. Little else can explain his presentation of the Union Budget on Monday, February 28.

The behind-the-scenes story of how former telecom minister A. Raja manipulated government rules to rob the exchequer.

While the national debate over revamping anti-corruption strategy would take some time, we must also initiate a national experiment in 'culture change to combat corruption'.

Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha and four experts with a wealth of expertise got together at our office on a Sunday for a pow-wow moderated by Business Today's Chaitanya Kalbag and Puja Mehra.

The RBI governor and former finance secretary D. Subbarao tells the PAC that the finance ministry had informed the PMO about the reservations it had on the 2G licence distribution.

In the Cabinet reshuffle, a number of ministers with not so great performance records have been moved around but few have got portfolios less important than their current jobs. None of the ministers seem to have got what they had wanted.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday rejigged the Union Cabinet. Praful Patel, Sriprakash Jaiswal and Salman Khursheed wereelevated as Cabinet ministers. Jaipal Reddy has been shifted to Petroleum whileKapil Sibal retained telecom and HRD.

Yojana Bhavan is abuzz with strategy and some existential thoughts in yet another search for its relevance.

The Government is expected to soon take a call on slashing the foreign direct investment limit in the pharmaceutical sector in order to bring down the prices of drugs.

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship is missed at the North Block, 18 months into his tenure. He's been busy but not as the country's finance minister.

The Finance Minister had risked it all on his bet on growth and seems to have come up a winner. Now comes the task of restoring normality in finances and speeding up reforms.

The UK-India Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) was set up in pursuance of the UK-India Joint Declaration made at London by the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and India on September 20, 2004.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, presenting Union Budget 2009-10, risks it all in his gamble for growth. He does have a few aces up his sleeve, but they may not be enough. Puja Mehra tells us more.Pranab fails to package See special coverage

What does one do after building one of the world’s most respected and admired companies? Try and fix the country, of course. That’s the agenda charted out by Infosys founder and ex-CEO N.R. Narayana Murthy in his debut book A Better India: A Better World.

Resolve, right men and revenue are the three Rs that can set the economy on fast track. Here's how fixing the three Rs can help the UPA redeem itself as an economic administrator of excellence. Puja Mehra writes.

Over a year after he quit as chief executive of Infosys, Nandan Mohan Nilekani, 53, is putting in place the final touches to his next career move that could see him morph into one of the country’s most respected think tanks on everything from IT to infrastructure.

Increased government spending can help fight economic slowdown. But it won’t. And the reason is not lack of funds. What is needed is a comprehensive booster dose of steroids to resuscitate the economy. Manmohan Singh’s diagnosis is not off the mark, but the delivery is. A report by Puja Mehra.

By 2017, India’s energy requirement is expected to be 100 GW more than previously estimated. That’s why it is imperative for India to have nuclear power as a critical component of its energy basket. Shalini S. Dagar does a threadbare analysis. More new jobs with nuke-deal spin-off

Two decades after testing Indian waters, the Hindujas are once again in investment mode in India. They’re planning to pump at least $50 billion into a number of sectors in the next five to seven years. That's not too little, but are they too late? Brian Carvalho tells us the inside story.

We live in extraordinary times. Never before in the last three centuries has India received the kind of attention that she is getting today. Whichever conference I attend in the world, India’s growth is always talked about.