The Indian economy was on an impressive growth path through the first decade of this century till it was brought to an abrupt halt by the policy inertia during UPA2 and the Modi government's inability to restore economic and financial momentum. Fascinating glimpses of what went wrong from Puja Mehra's must-read book The Lost Decade: How India's Growth Story Devolved Into Growth Without A Story.
The Consumer Price Index hit the lowest in six months in March at 4.83 per cent.
Unless the judges factor in the ungovernability of technologies and their beneficial owners, present and future Presidents, prime ministers, judges, legislators and officials handling sensitive assignments may become redundant with reference to their age-old roles for securing 'national resources and assets', warns Dr Gopal Krishna.
This kind of growth will turn India into a $8 trillion economy.
DIPP had proposed 100% FDI in Railways, which it had to now scale down to 74% in certain areas
The National Highways Authority of India will this year witness the highest ever growth out of the last decade. But Gadkari himself admits his biggest failure as India's roads minister has been his inability to curb loss of life in road accidents.
India has halved incidence of poverty from 1990s
Yes. Whilst public expenditure is kicking in, the key reason is the decline in private investment
Overhauling India's bloated and often sluggish state banks is critical for the government
India's unpopularity coincides with China lengthening its shadows in Nepal, says Rajeev Sharma.
Import growth moderated to a four-month low, owing to sharp decline in that of gold.
Are the ChildLine booths for runaway children an attempt to sanitise Indian railway stations or a genuine effort for the protection of 'railway kids'?
Retail inflation has eased from double digits in 2013.
India is experiencing jobless growth and skepticism abounding that the country may not be able to cash in on its demographic bonus
Experts say it will make GDP growth target of 5.7-5.8% difficult to achieve, while ministries feel late resurgence will help in sowing of rabi crops.
For 2015-16, IMF pegged India's growth rate at 7.5 per cent.
This time the all-powerful interest-rate setting panel, whose constitution was notified by the government on Thursday, will take call on interest rate. But that's not the only change. The Reserve Bank of India has also decided to change the timing of announcement of its policy review, due next Tuesday, to mid-afternoon.
Chetan Ghate, Pami Dua and Ravindra Dholakia have been appointed for 4 years
Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.
India's latest GDP numbers do not signal robust economic growth in near term.
New data is puzzling as these aren't corroborated by other data
The survey covered 47,535 households in rural areas and 36,065 households in urban areas.
'Whatever happens in any part of the world affects us.'
A breakthrough will come from what we teach and how, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'For every epidemic, it takes a peak and then it comes down.' 'Usually, infections peak in 14 days, and you give another week's time after the peak.' 'That is why the lockdown is for 21 days.'
Raking up the December 16 gang rape case and the infamous Tandoor murder case, Narendra Modi on Friday attacked Sonia Gandhi over the issue of security of women and said women are not even safe in the Congress.
The new national income numbers produced by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have elicited two kinds of reaction.
A collapse in global oil prices has unleashed a wave of monetary easing.
If you looked back at 2018 and had to give it a name, the Year of Limitations might be the most accurate.
Presenting the Top 20 of 100 science colleges as per India Today's findings.
Presenting the Top 20 of 100 science colleges as per India Today's findings.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden speech from Red Fort last Independence Day outlined some grand programmes. Shehzad Poonawalla does a quick check on the progress made.
Even if the new body focuses on long-term planning, it is unlikely to do so through five-year Plans.
Investors in LIC's insurance and other schemes are receiving a lower rate of return because LIC is subsidising incompetence at best and malfeasance at worst in institutions such as IDBI Bank and IL&FS, says Jaimini Bhagwati.
RBI declines to accede to plea, upheld by Padmanabhan panel, for priority sector tag; feels move would dilute claims of those needing it more.
India expects to remain unscathed this time, mainly because it is in a sweet spot as the world's third largest oil consumer, after the US and China, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
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As of September, account for bulk of applications for availing of the government's amnesty scheme.
Ananthasubramanian, 55, started her career in 1982 at Bank of Baroda as a specialist officer in the planning stream.
The alleged chit fund scam in West Bengal involving the Saradha Group revolves around a total sum of Rs 2,460 crore with 80 per cent of the depositors' monies still remaining unpaid, a latest investigation report has revealed.
He is expected to invite German companies to invest in India and participate in 'Make in India' initiative
