Modi's Budget, in policy shift, to focus on rural India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide election in 2014 raised hopes he would draw a line under India's socialist past, cut welfare and reduce the government's role in business.   Prime......

For Modi's year-old government, storm brewing in rural India

Farmers have little money now to buy seeds for the summer sowing, and meteorologists have predicted the annual June-October monsoon will be below par, which means the next crop may also fail. A......

Solar trade spat: India hits back at US

India said on Tuesday it was investigating US policies supporting solar panel makers, the latest move in an escalating row over renewable energy that has worsened already strained ties between the......

'Rail freight hike to fuel inflationary pressure'

Over 5 per cent increase in railway freight on all major commodities like foodgrains, petroleum products and fertiliser will fuel inflationary pressure, say economists."Definitely there will be......