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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes exactly a year ago on November 8, 2016. (Photo: PTI)

No job, no vote: Rajasthan town warns Modi ahead of 2019 polls

Modi's failure to create tens of millions of jobs would be biggest threat to his bid for another term, many political...

6 April 2018 2:00 PM IST

Illnesses are a severe risk, which takes a huge bite out of the earnings of the poor.

India must revitalise its public health system

A recent heartening development is that the government has finally woken to the seriousness of India's health crisis.

6 April 2018 12:22 AM IST

D.S. Rawat, Secretary general, Assocham

India faces inflation risks due to higher MSP, says Assocham

Lower inflation in fuel and food helped ease India's wholesale inflation in February to a seven month low of 2.48 per...

2 April 2018 12:16 AM IST

Vietnamese Envoy to India Ton Sinh Thanh pitched for strengthening trade and economic ties between New Delhi and Hanoi in the coming years in a bid to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

Vietnam pitches for strengthening trade with India

Thanh further opined that India's economic growth will touch 7.3 per cent to 7.5 per cent in the near future.

31 July 2018 12:39 PM IST

Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian

Improve common man's standard of living, says CEA Arvind Subramanian

He said the Centre's current priority should be to enhance the standard of living of common man.

20 July 2018 1:05 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg. (Photo: PTI)

Indian digital economy will touch USD 1 trillion-mark by 2022: Garg

India is the sixth largest world economy and We would become fifth largest economy by 2022.

15 July 2018 6:31 PM IST

Union finance ministry Arun Jaitley

Congress asks Jaitley to write Facebook post on 'who is finance...

Arun Jaitley in a Facebook post said Congress in 1970s, 1980s followed the model of 'populist slogans' rather than...

14 July 2018 2:24 PM IST

India has been the worlds fastest growing major economy over the past two years.

India beats France to become world's sixth largest economy

India's GDP amounted to USD 2.597 trillion at the end of 2017, against USD 2.582 trillion for France.

11 July 2018 1:57 PM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

India becomes 2nd largest phone maker on Make-in-India initiative:...

Modi said four lakh direct jobs have been created as the number of factories making mobile phones increased.

9 July 2018 8:07 PM IST

Amartya Sen was honoured with Bharat Ratna in 1999.

India has taken quantum jump in wrong direction' since 2014: Amartya...

The economist also said the govt has also deflected from issues of inequalities, caste system and scheduled tribes have...

8 July 2018 7:06 PM IST

MSP scheme serves the purpose of protecting farmers from distress sale and procurement of food for public distribution system.

MSP hike to boost farm income and spur growth, says Assocham

The government increased the MSP for paddy by a record Rs 200 per quintal.

8 July 2018 3:18 PM IST

In this June 1, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies, are scheduled to be in court Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Investors exiting is no surprise

The exit by foreign investors was triggered by the double whammy of rising crude prices and uncertain future for global...

4 July 2018 12:09 AM IST