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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Does Centre have plan to fix India's problems? Why no...

We can debate about the role of the Opposition parties and the role of the media, but we have done that often

7 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Considering the muted growth in economic activity in the festive season, the economic recovery appears to be not evenly spread out in all segments of population in the country. (Photo: Twitter)

AA Edit | Ensure growth benefits all sections

The government should also remain vigilant to protect economically-weaker sections of the society from the after-effects...

2 March 2023 12:15 AM IST

Not counting the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just begun his innings, Karnataka has handed the BJP its worst electoral drubbing in Mr Modis nine years in power, when he has presided over not just the Union government but also over his partys fate, bending it to his every wish. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Put people at centre of policy

Policies in all countries are now tuned to promote faster and higher growth in GDP

5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

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Centre seeks extra funds of Rs 85,000 crore

Some 70 per cent of additional spending will go towards compensating states for revenue loss suffered post the GST...

9 March 2018 12:25 AM IST

Fitch, however, expects GDP growth to pick up in the next two years on back of gradual implementation of the structural reform agenda and higher real disposable income. (Photo: File)

Finance Ministry pitches for ratings upgrade with Fitch

Govt will follow fiscal consolidation roadmap and will lower the fiscal deficit to 3 per cent of GDP by 2020-21.

7 March 2018 4:00 PM IST

Narendra Modi unmade India': Yaswant Sinha in no-holds-barred book

Sinha says that PM Modi's idea of self-employment is a 'distraction from the more serious issue of unemployment and...

22 Dec 2018 2:33 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi further said that the government has taken several measures for improving the ease of doing business in the country. (Photo: PTI)

Public health spend will be 2.5 per cent of GDP: Modi

The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana provides cashless health insurance cover up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year,...

13 Dec 2018 5:18 AM IST

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Policy on Biofuels which allows doping of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet with petrol to cut oil imports by Rs 4,000 crore this year alone.

Petrol price rise ends RBI's rate cut hopes

Analysts see rise in inflation, CAD and fall in growth rate.

22 May 2018 1:29 AM IST

For FY 18, the fiscal deficit target was supposed to be 3 per cent but it may choose the upper band of 3.5 percent in the Union Budget.

Govt meets fiscal deficit target of 3.5 per cent for FY 2018

According to the data released by the Controller General of Accounts, the revenue deficit was 2.65 per cent of the GDP.

31 May 2018 7:17 PM IST

RBI kept interest rates unchanged despite calls for lowering it while it slashed the economic growth projection by half a per cent to 7.1 in the first policy review post demonetisation.

Indian economy expands 7.7 per cent in Q4, 6.7 per cent in FY18

However, the economic growth slows to 6.7 per cent in 2017-18 compared to 7.1 per cent in 2016-17.

31 May 2018 6:52 PM IST

The Nifty scaled 108.35 points to end the day at 10,491.05 while the Sensex soared 322.65 points to end the day at 34,142.15.

Sensex up 123 points, Nifty above 10,600 in late morning trade

Overseas, Asian markets rose as political turmoil in Italy that had roiled global financial markets showed signs of...

31 May 2018 12:35 PM IST

India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)

The challenge of living next to China

For India to pick up the Chinese slack and matter to the world, it needs to be posting a more frenetic 9-10 per cent...

6 March 2018 6:15 AM IST