Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president A Revanth Reddy who is set to take over the reins of the state from Thursday will have a daunting task of making the bleak coffers ring to be able to......
'Karnataka's finances are much healthier than the Union government's, which is indebted to nearly twice the extent of the state' IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addresses a press......
Amid a debate on the freebies, the Election Commission on Tuesday proposed amending the model code to ask political parties to provide authentic information to voters on the financial viability of......
‘Last year we had drought and this year flood. How prepared are we to face that?’ IMAGE: A man cleans up his house after flood waters subsided in Chengannur district of Kerala.......
'The TDP walking out of the NDA is a victory for the YSRCP.''The YSRCP wanted it to happen so that it would help them in coming elections.' IMAGE: Vice-President Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu with......
Continuing on the fiscally prudent path, the Modi government in the interim Budget refrained from announcing populist measures, which will help it trim the fiscal deficit to 5.1 per cent of the GDP......
'They have started becoming an important player, but not at the same level as they were in the earlier part of the decade.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Economic Affairs......
'The finance ministry's decision to accept the deficit target of 4.5 per cent in 2025-2026 appears to have emanated from its endorsement of the Finance Commission's view that the Indian economy......
Sitharaman does away with loans from National Small Savings Fund to Food Corporation of India. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The government has brought further transparency in the fiscal......
The 15th Finance Commission has recommended that the states be given 42 per cent of the divisible tax pool of the Centre during the period 2021-22 to 2025-26. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......