Page 23 - InterviewsS

Aadhaar is for empowerment, not Big Brother: UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

'In order for somebody to do Big Brother kind of a job, one has to collect lots of data and Aadhaar collects very minimal data', he said

Our laws have enough provisions to book those misusing data: Prasad

Interview with Union minister for electronics and information technology on the government's views regarding data misuse

Liberalising land leasing necessary for growth, says Tajamul Haque

Uttarakhand with its new law allows the leases to last for a maximum of 30 years

There is a fiscal, political imperative to act: OECD's Pascal Saint-Amans

Even though India has started to act unilaterally to tax digital transactions, it remains committed to the adoption of a broader and widely accepted solution

Need to give quality education in India to students who fly overseas: Rajan

We have fantastic institutions. But remember, we have so many young children coming in now, looking for admission into colleges, says Rajan

Days of 'what US does today, world does tomorrow' over now: NITI Aayog VC

Rajiv Kumar says the bank privatisation has practical problems, therefore he supports Bank Investment Company

RInfra abandoned airport line, so it is not entitled to recovery: DMRC MD

He says had RInfra not been there, the money it has put in would have been invested by someone else

RBI governor is correct in demanding more powers over PSBs, says Montek

"The (PNB) fraud by itself cannot be an argument for privatisation. We have seen frauds in even the most sophisticated private banking systems in the West"

PNB scam fallout: Probably some PSBs no longer need to exist, says Debroy

Banks are not under the Companies Act but the Bank Nationalisation Act and as such, government equity has nothing to do with government control

Economic upturn aiding markets, but no shortage of risks: Lambregts, Erken

Global equity markets are supported by a global synchronised economic upturn against a backdrop of ample liquidity, said Lambregts

No paucity of funds for health insurance scheme, says health minister Nadda

The NHPS, expected to cover 100 million poor families with an annual health insurance coverage of Rs 500,000 per family, will cost the government Rs 100-120 billion

UDAN has to include freight at some point: Deloitte's Peeyush Naidu

Over these two rounds for award of routes, 70 airports will get connected through scheduled flights, says Naidu, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP partner

We object in principle to the US action on steel imports, says Aruna Sharma

With South Korea and Japan, we have free trade agreements, where we have zero per cent duty, says Aruna Sharma, secretary to the Ministry of Steel

We still need lot of sweat to get to the next point in Jaitapur: EDF CEO

Interview with Jean Bernard Levy

Solar power will cost less than thermal in 6-7 years, says Ajay Mathur

India's dependence on thermal power would end by 2050, says Ajay Mathur

We've excess power but no access to it: Environment lawyer Ritwick Dutta

Environment lawyer Ritwick Dutta's first case was against Vedanta, where he represented the Dongria Kondh tribals seeking a ban on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills in south-west Odisha

IFC betting big on affordable housing in India: Mengistu Alemayehu

International Finance Corporation to create systemic impact, new asset class in quick time: Alemayehu

Rouhani's term to be successful; India ties look promising: Jamia professor

Dr M Mahtab Alam Rizvi says a lot would depend on India's ability to stay the course and deliver on its commitments

Govt should provide data on budget schools: Centre for Civil Society chief

Parth Shah says that to date, education has attracted 3% of equity investments in this country

Don't want to shut manufacturing of petrol, diesel vehicles: Nitin Gadkari

The Road Transport Minister said tax sops are likely for scrapping old buses, trucks