Rising rural distress due to back-to-back droughts have put pressure on FM to spend more on social schemes; no change in tax slabs likely
The government's top leadership was happy with Prabhu's Budget.
He wondered whether anyone can imagine an economy operating without animal husbandry.
'There is merit in appointing people with ability and energy, then leaving them to do the job.' 'The Modi government would have had a better record if it had stuck to this formula from the beginning,' argues T N Ninan.
For the past five months, ever since he was appointed the Ayushman CEO, Indu Bhushan, a former bureaucrat, has made Nirman Bhawan his second home, working nine to nine with his "dedicated team" on the Modi government's biggest initiative after the Goods and Services Tax, says Nivedita Mookerji.
Ulka Sadalkar and Rajeev Kher are transforming Pune's public restrooms and offering a dignified solution to India's sanitation needs.
Modi accused opponents of trying to pit one section against the other while his government is working towards taking all people along
Modi said there has been a 'silent revolution'.
Here's the full text of address to the nation by President Ram Nath Kovind on the eve of the Republic Day 2022.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met business leaders to hear their grievances on issues ranging from high capital cost to ease of doing business to certainty on taxation matters, as he interacted for the first time with the Indian industry chambers since taking charge over a year ago.
Various twists and turns by govt post-demonetisation prove that it has been tall order for the PM
'He serves as an inspiring example for us to learn to emerge stronger and achieve success,' notes Pradeep Jolly.
Arun Jaitley said he would put the DTC Bill in cold storage.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and Make in India -- are not covered here.
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The year 2014 easily earns for itself the title of annus horribilis, says Malavika Sangghvi
Companies in China, South Korea and Indonesia pay 25 per cent tax, while those in Malaysia pay 24 per cent. Only Japan has a higher tax than India at 30.6 per cent. Hong Kong has the lowest corporate tax rate of 16.5 per cent while Singapore has 17 per cent rate and Thailand and Vietnam levy 20 per cent tax on companies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi didn't hold back on Wednesday when he launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family and the Congress in Parliament during a debate on the motion of thanks for the president's address.
Corporates understand that the PMO drives all key decisions in this government.
The union government was taking effective steps to rid the country of corruption and nepotism, he said.
Will Prime Minister Modi start a conversation on the need for people to limit the size of their families, asks Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) on the occasion of World Population Day, July 11.
The new Budget would do well to fill up the gaps and pave a strong way forward to ensure that the optimism surrounding it is not short-lived.
During his 15-year-tenure in the office, Chouhan transformed himself from being a shy, simple and vulnerable politician to a wily leader with mass appeal.
A party leader said the AAP will resort to what it did during the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls-- a "positive campaign".
The focus shifts almost immediately from celebrations to the challenges faced by the man who powered his party to 303 seats in the Lok Sabha.
He asked BJP MPs/MLAs to take up various programmes, including spending 72 hours to reach out to people, when his government completes three years on May 26.
Was Manmohan Singh focused too much on getting policy right, while Narendra Modi is focused essentially on getting projects moving?
In his address, Modi said climate and calamity are linked to culture, and it will be difficult to avoid calamity as long as concerns for the climate do not become a part of culture.
'Genuine mistakes can and must be forgiven,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
At some stage this fall in the quality of life will begin to hurt anybody's popularity, observes Shekhar Gupta.
With a 20 hour average delay, the New Jalpaiguri Express is the queen among late-running trains.
The statements made by the opposition parties after the preemptive air strike on terror camps have made only people of Pakistan happy, he claimed.
Neither the filmmaker nor the actor who is being targeted, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf, has done anything illegal.
Responding to questions, the World Bank president insisted that this slowdown is temporary.
Fiscal consolidation is keenly awaited.
80-85 per cent of about 700 major infrastructure projects within the Centre's domain have been delayed.
Modi also asked banks to become socially more responsible
He has driven into the Limca Book of Records twice. Tamanna Naseer finds out more about the battles Eric Paul fights despite being paraplegic.
'So complete is Modi's takeover of the foreign ministry, that Swaraj today is less important than a minister of state for secularism in Modi's government!'
Economy to grow by 7.2-7.5 per cent in second half of current fiscal, says FM.
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