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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why Sitharaman's appeal to India Inc seems...

FM Nirmala Sitharaman made it evident that the government's policies have been private sector-friendly through measures...

17 Sept 2022 12:16 AM IST

File photo of Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | FM's India Inc investment call raises hard questions

It paints a grim picture of the Indian economy under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government

15 Sept 2022 12:13 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media on the first day of the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi, Ministers of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and Union MoS at PMO Jitendra Singh are also seen. (Photo: PTI)

India's Budget will be 'ray of hope' for the world, says PM Modi

PM Modi said that the BJP-led NDA government has always worked with a singular aim of putting India First and ...

31 Jan 2023 7:49 PM IST

Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Ensure growth with jobs: Don't leave poor...

This jobless growth has left millions of Indians in precarious conditions, scrounging for whatever work they can get

27 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

File photo of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holding a folder-case containing the Union Budget 2022-23. (Representational Image/PTI)Photo

Chandrajit Banerjee | India needs growth' Budget as global risks get...

It goes without saying that the Indian economy will not remain immune to the global reverberations

17 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Slow economic growth a major challenge for...

The MPC statement shows that inflation remains an issue of concern, something that the FM refused to take into account...

22 Feb 2023 12:05 AM IST

Petrol price in the national capital on Friday crossed Rs 80 per litre mark. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Time to bring petroleum products under GST ambit

The GST must expand its horizon and include petroleum products, but the issue has several contentious sides

21 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

AA Edit | Some states deserve special status

Just as in case of individuals, in the context of states, or regions, too, equality between unequals is not fair

20 Feb 2023 12:31 AM IST

An elevated inflation rate is also a cause of concern for the RBI, though it has decided to accord priority to economic growth in the near future. (AA file Photo)

AA Edit | RBI focus still on inflation

The central bank observed that inflation excluding vegetables has been rising well above the upper tolerance band

9 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses for a photograph as she leaves the Finance ministry to present the annual budget in the parliament in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | High 5 in the Union Budget: Some clever innovations

Here are the five unique facets in the Budget that need a second reiteration

3 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid...

The 2023-24 Union Budget of Ms Sitharaman can at best be described as a Budget of idle curiosities, lacking any sense of...

3 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Sound Budget for stability, opportunity lost on reform

Green is the colour of the Budget, with a big thrust to green housing, green vehicles, green industries

2 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST