'The new ceiling will cover around 93 per cent of all deposit accounts, up from 90 per cent earlier,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
It said the money supply recovered to its pre-demonetisation level in mid-2017 and is now increasing steadily, similar to the previous trend.
Slamming the critics who 'started questioning his work' even when he had not seen his office properly, Modi said his government's programmes are mostly for the benefit of farmers and poor people, besides ending the role of middlemen, including in jobs.
The losses in state elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh have put the ruling party under pressure to announce swift measures aimed at addressing rural distress and lack of employment.
A tweet by the Press Information Bureau said the states which have imposed lockdown in all districts include Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland. The other states are: Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Ladakh, Tripura, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Daman Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Karnataka and Assam.
'When there is unlocking, there is demand revival.' 'This is going to be the main growth engine in this kind of an economic scenario.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 'Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath' programme in London also said that people have more expectations from his government because they know that it can deliver.
Just two doctors attend to almost 300 patients at a hospital in Maharashtra's Malnourished Corridor every day.
'The attempt to build a negative narrative about India's economic performance is disingenuous.' 'For the investors as well as the targeted beneficiaries of welfare schemes, the ground reality is very different,' argues Rajiv Kumar, vice-chairman, NITI Aayog.
The Budget has stuck to annual increases in agri credit targets.
he government is examining a plan of bank recapitalisation and considering an urban version of MNREGS.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Officials said as part of the reorganisation in the Commission, a move is afoot to strengthen the PEO with new roles, powers and jurisdiction.
'There are no new benefits for senior citizens, but on the other hand senior citizens having sizeable dividend income may have to suffer tax at applicable slab rates,' says Mahesh Padmanabhan.
PM Modi on Friday pitched for a BJP govt in UP to promote politics of development but skipped any mention of the raging controversy surrounding Dalits.
'Our priority will be to settle land disputes in Bihar, which I believe is the root cause of almost all crime in the state.'
The Insurance penetration in India is very low at 3.9 per cent.
West Bengal government brought all state-run sanitation programmes under Mission Nirmal Bangla
Shortly after the Union Budget was announced, political leaders from across the spectrum reacted to it. Here's what some of our leaders said.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia says it's the 'biggest failure of our system'.
The wealth of India's richest 1 per cent increased by over Rs 20.9 lakh crore during 2017.
'On the evening of the 17th, the RBI said the bank was put on moratorium.' 'Within an hour, the RBI said it would be merged with DBS.' 'How did DBS come to know within an hour that LVB was in trouble?' 'It means, what happened was match-fixing.'
While being the all important member of the BJP's parliamentary board, Kumar is often regarded as the "Delhi face" of the Karnataka BJP and also for the state government who could be counted upon for taking issues concerning Karnataka.
The US and China have sparred over the origin of the virus for days, with a Chinese official promoting conspiracy theories.
Low consumer demand, a slide in investments and troubles in the banking sector should prompt the government to recalibrate taxes and expenditure. It is also important to ramp up spending on health care and education, says CII president Sumit Mazumder.
This roadmap will benefit nearly 13 lakh students who have registered for the medical entrance exam this year.
Falling private sector investment and farm distress are problems that call for immediate attention, says T N C Rajagopalan.
Normalcy is returning to the violence-affected districts of Baksa and Kokrajhar under Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts Council areas in Assam. The state government claims that there has been no incident in the last 48 hours as the security apparatus along with army is working relentlessly to restore peace.
The new economic affairs secretary believes that doing more of the same cannot help; you must do things differently.
Modi also appealed to farmers not to burn crop residues so as to curb pollution.
'Why should the state and Centre fight?'
Villagers attribute Adarsh Nangla's 'fall' to a combination of government apathy and decline of the collective spirit
The Congress, out of power in UP for 27 years is making a big pitch to bounce back, on a cocktail of caste politics and promises of agriculture debt waiver worth Rs 49,000 crore and power rate reduction for farmers hit by high input costs and diminishing returns., reports Amit Agnihotri.
The second meeting of the NITI Aayog's governing council, was, however, attended by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Besides reviving investor sentiments, Vasundhara Raje's regime has brought reforms in the social sector.
She needs to find innovative ways to at least match the growth during Gehlot's rule.
The bigger worry is that its effects could linger well into the next financial year.
'One thing is sure: After this Budget, no Ambani-Adani tag will be attached to the government.'
'Chamling's legacy is toxic.' '7 out of 10 teenagers in Sikkim abuse drugs.' 'The youth are dying and the future looks bleak.'
Dubbing the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi as the "worst ever", Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Saturday said its decision to step down over the issue Jan Lokpal was like a "nightmare" finally getting over.
