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Opinion | India’s twin surplus problem
India has a ‘twin surplus’ problem in the workplace just as it has a twin deficit problem in the macroeconomics space. Big egos and small minds are in surplus
4 min read23 Oct 2018Corporate legal accountability & watchdogs’ role
Here, 'legal accountability' is a euphemism for liability, arguably the only time a business is driven to acknowledgelet alone acceptcorporate irresponsibility
3 min read23 Aug 2018Nawaz Sharif, Maryam provided ‘B’ class facilities in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi: report
The reports say Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam have spent their first night in Rawalpindi 's high-security Adiala Jail and the two VIP convicts were provided 'B' class facilities
2 min read14 Jul 2018Democracy depends on vibrant ‘gram sabhas’
'Gram sabhas' have ceased to be vibrant spaces for popular participation and effective agencies to hold government functionaries to account
4 min read1 May 2018Diminishing trust in capitalist corporations
Independent directors will remain caught between a rock and a hard place if the principal purpose of corporations remains the production of shareholder value
4 min read30 Apr 2018BHRRC: an expanding resource for corporate accountability
BHRRC's 'Corporate Legal Accountability Bulletin' has provided a global tracker of numerous situations involving corporate accountability
4 min read25 Jan 2018A transformation of corporate governance
Protecting the interests of minority shareholders is a mustand that means fixing accountability
3 min read23 Nov 2017Pakistani anti-corruption body arrests son-in-law of ousted PM Nawaz Sharif
Muhammad Safdar, the son-in-law of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, was arrested at Islamabad airport by Pakistan’s anti-corruption body
1 min read9 Oct 2017Public accountability standards need to be realistic: Arun Jaitley
Accountability standards for public servants have to be kept at a realistic level so that officers do not hesitate in taking honest decisions, said finance minister Arun Jaitley
1 min read2 Sep 2017Pakistan anti-graft watchdog to file 4 cases against Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan's anti-graft watchdog NAB plans to file 4 corruption cases against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his children and finance minister Ishaq Dar
2 min read29 Aug 2017Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared