Despite the high-theatrics rollback of the Railway Budget, the government is confident of being able to push ahead with the reforms agenda.

Senior government sources say that the suspicion from day one has been that Raju probably owned up to inflating accounts as the punishment for this is significantly less than that for siphoning funds.

The union minister for company affairs on the Satyam 'aberration' and how the stringent provisions in the New Companies Bill -- seeking more transparency in a company's reporting system -- will help plug many loopholes