The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government, like its United Progressive Alliance predecessor, seems to be failing on suo motu disclosures under the Right to Information Act.
The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent of GDP in April-September 2014, mainly because of revenue shortfalls from exaggerated projections in the government's July Budget and despite the relief on subsidies from lower oil prices.
US State Department's report said that this has resulted in many investors retreating slightly from their once forward-leaning support of the BJP-led government
For the philanthropy, we wanted also to have big impact, a kind of a new dimension.
The government chose moral persuasion to make people give up subsidies, notes Rahul Khullar.
The former McKinsey India head is presently on board of many big Indian conglomerates.
Bhikhabhai Jethwa, father of slain RTI activist Amit Jethwa, is filing a writ petition in the Gujarat high court on Thursday against the Narendra Modi government's failure to appoint a Lokayukta.
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan sought to shift the blame on states saying they are equally responsible for keeping the prices of essential commodities under control
Narendra Modi has earned a ranking of eight out of 10 in an India Inc survey.
National carrier Air India is running in losses and needs government's attention.
For the NDA government, it was just like the case of the railway fare and freight hike.
The landmark bill to liberalise the insurance industry, which marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first stab at legislative reforms, will now go to a parliamentary committee, which will submit a report later this year.
The passage of the Bankruptcy Code could set the stage for other important legislation that may see India undergo more economic change than all governments combined since the reforms implemented by P V Narasimha Rao in 1991-93, says Ben Merton.
It took exception to the delay in appointment of a public prosecutor in the Best Bakery case trial.
The leader of the opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Shankarsinh Vaghela on Wednesday alleged that Gujarat government, when Narendra Modi was chief minister here, had favoured billionaire Gautam Adani promoted Adani Group to set up private port at Mundra.
Trains were set afire and blocked, and public vehicles attacked as protests over 'Agnipath' swept across several places in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu on Thursday amid partisan political voices in favour and against the new recruitment scheme for the defence forces that has set off a firestorm.
The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday introduced a bill in the Gujarat assembly, which curtails the 'primacy' of the chief justice of the state high court and the governor in the matter of appointment of the Lokayukta.
In what appeared an indication of things to come, the Prime Minister on Saturday inaugurated MyGov, a portal to directly engage with the citizens.
The delegation of Indian CEOs from Confederation of Indian Industry highlighted the growing sense of optimism in India following the recent election results.
Albanese said India had lost a lot of market share in iron-ore.
Jim Yong Kim, president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development concluded his three-day visit to India on Wednesday.
It is important to note that this realisation seems to have dawned on the leadership in spite of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha.
NDA should not repeat former govt's mistake of holding back much-needed reforms
The Opposition on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to come out with any "concrete plan" in its agenda outlined by President Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament, saying it is "merely raising the aspirations" of the people but has no roadmap to meet them.
Instead of announcing new schemes, focus will be on those already announced and key sectors.
Launching a scathing broadside over the arrest of Delhi law minister, the Aam Aadmi Party government on Tuesday.
Denied of any relief from the UPA-II government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday pinned her hopes on the new BJP government at the Centre for a positive response on the state's huge debt repayment problem.
The sector, struggling with low sales and high inventory, might get a push after elections.
India likely to overtake China on strong GDP growth.
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are very positive about India
The RSS does not bring any pressure, nor does it give any direction to the Modi government
Modi govt did decent job in its first year.
Gandhi kicked off his 15-km padyatra from Koritical village in Adilabad district to highlight the problems faced by farmers.
"The Narendra Modi government has not properly utilised funds for the construction of roads under the Gramya Sadak Yojna and the National Employment Guarantee Scheme," Mukherjee said. Speaking to reporters, Mukherjee said that though the Centre had allocated funds to Gujarat for the construction of 1,100 kms of roads under the Yojana, only 179 km roads had been laid.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the actual spending under the scheme in the fiscal year ending March 31 "would be highest".
Government on Tuesday made it clear that it differs with the UPA regime's stand on Section 66A of the IT Act.
The Modi government, ahead of its third anniversary in power, has asked all ministers to submit their five major achievements that have benefitted people, including key reforms and comparative data reflecting the progress made since the Bharatiya Janata Party took office.
Sheela Bhatt lifts the lid off a Gujarat government scheme, piloted by Law Minister Amit Shah, currently in the dock over the Sohrabuddin encounter, to offer prime plots cheap to judges
Taking the line adopted by the previous Congress-led UPA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office has refused to disclose records related to Subhash Chandra Bose's death as it rejected the argument that there was a larger public interest involved in making them public.
It has so far managed to raise only Rs 1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion), by divesting a 5% stake in Steel Authority of India.
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