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Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Do Lower Fertility, Poverty Rates Improve Well-being?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Do Lower Fertility, Poverty Rates Improve...

Together with reaching sustainable fertility rates, India has also reduced poverty

19 Jun 2025 9:58 PM IST

AA Edit | Ensure Robust Truce, Protect Citizens Living in Border Area

AA Edit | Ensure Robust Truce, Protect Citizens Living in Border Area

After a firm military response to cross-border aggression, India turns its focus to economic growth, civilian welfare,...

12 May 2025 11:43 PM IST

Aakar Patel | The 11-year rule of achievements: Some examples in world history

Aakar Patel | The 11-year rule of achievements: Some examples in world...

History shows that a leader’s most transformative years are often limited to their first decade in power.

17 March 2025 9:17 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing media after the 22nd meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India maintains positive economic growth for past 3 years: Jaitley

India has remained as the world's fastest growing economy for the past three years.

24 Oct 2017 5:19 PM IST

The government has proposed a penal tax rate of 50 per cent to incentivise black money hoarders to switch to formal economy.

Economic slowdown bottomed out, recovery depends on initiatives by...

D&B expects CPI inflation to be in the range of 3.3-3.5 per cent and WPI inflation to be in the range of 2.7-2.9 per...

23 Oct 2017 4:09 PM IST

Niti Aayog says slowdown has bottomed out

On a quarterly basis also, the growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal has slipped to 5.7 per cent.

16 Oct 2017 2:50 AM IST

Consumer confidence in the economic scenario of the country has turned negative as people remain pessimistic about price levels, income and dipping employment opportunities. (File Photo)

Consumer confidence in economy turns 'pessimistic'; people worry about...

These sentiments are in line with the economic data released in the last couple of months that indicate a sluggish...

9 Oct 2017 12:07 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing media after the 22nd meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Relief for small and medium enterprises, 27 items cheaper

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the steps announced on Friday and said the GST has become even simpler after GST...

7 Oct 2017 1:38 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the inauguration of the Golden Jubilee Year Celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Economy on track, assures PM Modi

Modi said that a handful of people are trying to spread pessimism based on the slowdown in the last economic quarter.

5 Oct 2017 2:42 AM IST

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

RBI should have cut interest rate to boost growth: India Inc

Industry argues rate cut would have propelled demand as interest rates remain unduly high.

4 Oct 2017 6:14 PM IST

Decline in interest rates would boost demand for consumer durables, stimulate investments, and make Indian products more competitive.

Economic turnaround: The only way is up

The government has front-loaded capital spending and undertaken significant reform policies including GST.

3 Oct 2017 1:44 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing media after the 22nd meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India has standardised itself for 7-8 per cent growth: Jaitley

India is getting closer to a situation where the country can spend what it earns, and borrows relatively less, he said.

30 Nov 2017 3:40 PM IST