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President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses with new members of cabinet after the reshuffle at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

After reshuffle, govt must be energised

A number of former bureaucrats have been roped in as ministers of state, but not in areas where they have worked in...

4 Sept 2017 12:27 AM IST

Raghuram Rajan had cautioned the government that short-term costs of a radical ban of high-value currency notes would outweigh the long-term benefits. (Photo: AP) (Photo: PTI)

Ex-RBI chief Rajan says had warned govt of demonetisation: report

Rajan also said that demonetisation had a disruptive impact on the economy.

3 Sept 2017 8:34 PM IST

Sitaram Yechury (Photo: G.N. JHA)

Sitaram Yechury slams ministers for blind' tweets on note ban

The CPI(M) general secretary, who was denied a third term in Rajya Sabha, also drew parallels between the ill-fated ship...

3 Sept 2017 1:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg. (Photo: AP)

Note ban failed, yet it's advantage Modi

When the government refers to demonetisation and terrorism it is talking about violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

3 Sept 2017 12:23 AM IST

As per the data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday, about Rs 15.28 lakh crore worth of demonetised notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 made its way back to them by way of deposits by public. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Demonetisation: A hit or a miss?

We get celebrities to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.

3 Sept 2017 12:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

Growth skid: Read the signals, take control

Growth has been going down quarter on quarter as the figures indicate and surely this has not escaped their attention.

2 Sept 2017 6:18 AM IST

The fear of demonetisation hurting long-term growth according to Nomura was based on the premise of a large amount of wealth destruction.

Expect weak growth of 6.4 per cent in 2017-18: SBI

Meanwhile, Basu said 2.3 percentage points of growth has been lost due to demonetisation.

2 Sept 2017 2:12 AM IST

Rajiv Kumar joined as the new vice-chairman of Niti Aayog on Friday. Photo: Twitter| @NITIAayog

Niti Aayog's new VC Rajiv Kumar denies note ban's effect on dipping...

Rajiv Kumar said that with work in progress, the Q1 GDP data should be seen as 'a mere blip' in the progress.

1 Sept 2017 2:37 PM IST

Unusual cash deposits totalling Rs 1.6-1.7 trillion were made during the demonetisation period, says an RBI research paper. Photo: PTI

Govt scrambles to defend demonetisation as RBI data raises doubts

RBI data said 99 percent of the 15.44 trillion rupees ($242 billion) of banned notes had come back to the banking...

1 Sept 2017 10:16 AM IST

Indias GDP slowed down to 5.7 per cent on the back of demonetisation and GST. Photo: AP

India's GDP slows down to 5.7 per cent on note ban, GST rollout

Services and manufacturing activity contracted at their fastest rate in years in July, the month that the GST was...

1 Sept 2017 9:28 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley briefs a press conference after a Cabinet meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

GDP growth slows to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent

This shows the challenge before the Narendra Modi government to restart the growth momentum in the country.

1 Sept 2017 1:53 AM IST

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Photo: PTI)

Want black paper on demonetisation, says Sitaram Yechury

Yechury said that Modi was responsible for the misery of the people due to demonetisation.

1 Sept 2017 1:42 AM IST