An evaluation of 13,000 MSMEs using the CRISIL Quantix database shows that working capital comprises over half of their need for debt

Power ministry has been planning it for two years, but with limited success

There are 13 unions in LIC, and employees and officers affiliated to 11 unions were on protest

National powermen body to stage protests against 'anti-people' proposals

FM says country's macroeconomic parameters are sound

India's GDP growth is expected to slip to a decadal low of 5 per cent this fiscal, pressured by domestic factors like drop in consumption, as well as global issues

"We have not made up our minds as yet (on the removal of all exemptions)... We are trying step by step, move forward and no particular timeline given," she said

Budget estimates fiscal deficit to be at 3.4%, within permissible limit of FRBM target

Interview with Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA and Christine K. Cassel, MD, authors of Societal Perceptions of Physicians: Knights, Knaves, or Pawns?

Interview with Laura Weiss Roberts, MD, MA, author of Understanding Depression and Distress Among Medical Students

Interview with Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD, author of What If Physicians Actually Had to Control Medical Costs?

Interview with Tara Lagu, MD, MPH, author of Putting the Public Back in Public Reporting of Health Care Quality

Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of The United States' Engagement in Global Tobacco Control

Interview with Alex H. Krist, MD, MPH, author of A Vision for Patient-Centered Health Information Systems

Interview with Charles Sabatino, JD, author of Damage Prevention and Control for Financial Incapacity

Interview with Lawrence O. Gostin, JD, author of Biosafety Concerns Involving Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Combat Malaria and Dengue in Developing Countries

Interview with Nora D. Volkow, MD, author of Curtailing Diversion and Abuse of Opioid Analgesics Without Jeopardizing Pain Treatment

Interview with David Wendler, PhD, author of How to Enroll Participants in Research Ethically

Interview with Mihai Gheorghiade, MD, author of Improving Postdischarge Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure Syndromes

Interview with Ryan Radecki, MD, author of Application of Electronic Health Records to the Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals

Interview with J. Michael McWilliams, MD, Phd, author of Implementation of Medicare Part D and Nondrug Medical Spending for Elderly Adults With Limited Prior Drug Coverage

Interview with Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA, author of Implementing Accountable Care Organizations: Ten Potential Mistakes and How to Learn From Them

Interview with David J. A. Jenkins, MD, author of Effect of a Dietary Portfolio of Cholesterol-Lowering Foods Given at 2 Levels of Intensity of Dietary Advice on Serum Lipids in Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Colin P. West, MD, PhD, author of Quality of Life, Burnout, Educational Debt, and Medical Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents

Interview with Julie A. Freischlag, MD, author of Association of Unconscious Race and Social Class Bias With Vignette-Based Clinical Assessments by Medical Students

Interview with Scott V. Masten, PhD, author of Graduated Driver Licensing and Fatal Crashes Involving 16- to 19-Year-Old Drivers

Interview with Martin E. Franklin, PhD, author of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Augmentation of Pharmacotherapy in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Pediatric OCD Treatment Study II (POTS II) Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Kevin T. McVary, MD, author of Effect of Increasing Doses of Saw Palmetto Extract on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: A Randomized Trial

Interview with Sunil V. Rao, MD, author of Prevalence and Outcomes of Same-Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Older Patients

Interview with Lauren Hersch Nicholas, PhD, MPP, author of Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures

Interview with Eric A. Klein, MD, author of Vitamin E and the Risk of Prostate Cancer: The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT)

Interview with Mercedeh Kiaii, MD, author of Use of Electron-Beam Sterilized Hemodialysis Membranes and Risk of Thrombocytopenia

Interview with Jersey Chen, MD, MPH, author of National and Regional Trends in Heart Failure Hospitalization and Mortality Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries, 1998-2008

Interview with Wendy Y. Chen, MD, MPH, author of Moderate Alcohol Consumption During Adult Life, Drinking Patterns, and Breast Cancer Risk

Interview with Eric Courchesne, PhD, author of Neuron Number and Size in Prefrontal Cortex of Children With Autism

Interview with Jay H. Traverse, MD, author of Effect of Intracoronary Delivery of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells 2 to 3 Weeks Following Acute Myocardial Infarction on Left Ventricular Function: The LateTIME Randomized Trial

Interview with Steven E. Nissen, MD, author of Effects of the CETP Inhibitor Evacetrapib Administered as Monotherapy or in Combination With Statins on HDL and LDL Cholesterol: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Andrew Wang, MD, author of Association Between Valvular Surgery and Mortality Among Patients With Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Heart Failure

Interview with Waldemar A. Carlo, MD, author of Association of Antenatal Corticosteroids With Mortality and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants Born at 22 to 25 Weeks' Gestation

Interview with Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, author of What Patients Really Want From Health Care

Interview with Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD, FRCP, author of Sleep Disorders, Health, and Safety in Police Officers

Interview with Roger Chou, MD, author of Prostate Cancer Screening-The Evidence, the Recommendations, and the Clinical Implications

Interview with Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, author of Where Are the Health Care Cost Savings?

Interview with George A. Bray, MD, author of Effect of Dietary Protein Content on Weight Gain, Energy Expenditure, and Body Composition During Overeating: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH, author of Universal Screening and Drug Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents

Interview with Eric J. Topol, MD, author of Bridging Antiplatelet Therapy With Cangrelor in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Janet T. Holbrook, MPH, PhD, author of Lansoprazole for Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Interview with Peter Budetti, MD, JD, author of Physician Medical Identity Theft

Interview with Irene M. Shui, ScD, author of Risk of Intussusception Following Administration of a Pentavalent Rotavirus Vaccine in US Infants

Interview with Ulf Ekelund, PhD, author of Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity and Sedentary Time and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents