Make in India was launched in September 2014. On his website (pmindia.gov.in), the Prime Minister explains that “since years policymakers have been debating how to
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Economic slowdown hits factories hard in Coimbatore | Deccan Herald
A Unnikrishnan, 51, used to make Rs 25,000 a month till about five months ago when he ran a lathe workshop that embellished spare parts
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इंधन दरवाढ ही आपल्याकडे फार कमी वेळा आर्थिक शहाणपणातून आणि बहुतेकदा राजकीय गणिते सांभाळून जारी केली जाते. दरवाढ रोखली जाते राजकीय फायदा मिळवण्यासाठी. म्हणजे सर्वसामान्य
covid-19: Importers of Chinese goods face supply constraints, unable to pay via hawala routes – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: Brijesh Doshi, a trader based in Mumbai who deals in electronic false ceiling lights, was supposed to fly to Hong Kong this week on
Budget 2020: Credit growth momentum picking up; Budget proposals not to stoke inflation: RBI chief Shaktikanta Das – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over economic slowdown, RBI chief Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said credit growth momentum is picking up and ruled out any possible spike in inflation due
Coronavirus hits cash circulation! China quarantines bank notes to stop virus spread – The Financial Express
Stepping up efforts to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, China has begun to quarantine large quantity of bank notes in
Budget 2020 does not address objective of kick-starting economic growth: Former finance secretary SC Garg – The Financial Express
The Budget for 2020-21 does not ‘effectively’ address the objective of kick-starting economic growth and building momentum, former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said.
Nearly half the economy is not running: P Chidambaram | Business Standard Column
So, what is the state of the economy? I mentioned already six quarters of declining growth rate. Agriculture is growing at two per cent. Consumer
Why there may be few takers for the Budget’s tax amnesty scheme | Business Standard Column
In her Budget speech on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman adumbrated the salient features of the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020: Cough up the
Nirmala Sitharaman: Govt willing to do more beyond Budget to boost growth: Nirmala Sitharaman – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that if required, the government would take more steps beyond the announcements made in the Union Budget 2020-21. At an
More risk capital and a strong corporate governance code, key to India’s GDP growth: Uday Kotak – The Economic Times
India’s aspirational growth of 6-7% in the future highly depends on a large amount of risk capital from domestic investors and a strong corporate governance
Yes, only 15 million Indians pay tax; but who is to blame for this? | Business Standard Column
The prime minister has drawn attention to the fact that only 15 million people in India pay income tax. He is right to complain, since more than
Urgent need for more ambitious structural and financial sector reform measures in India: IMF – The Economic Times
UNITED NATIONS: India urgently needs more ambitious structural and financial sector reform measures and a medium-term fiscal consolidation strategy due to the rising debt levels , the International
Economists eye silver lining in India’s rising rural inflation numbers – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: India’s rural inflation rate surged faster than urban inflation for the first time in 19 months in January, and economists are optimistic that signals something the
A remittance tax | Business Standard Editorials
A provision in the Union Budget for 2020-21 that is attracting considerable adverse attention deals with remittances abroad. The Budget proposes that if a person
Long road to revival | Business Standard Editorials
Global rating agency S&P has reaffirmed India’s sovereign ratings, noting that growth will gradually recover over two-three years. It has also said India is experiencing a cyclical,
Why fiscal rules should be revisited | Business Standard Column
The Union government has once again deviated from the stated fiscal consolidation road map. It will now aim to contain the fiscal deficit at 3.8 per cent
Advised Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee against Vodafone tax: Montek | Business Standard News
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who was deputy chairman of the Planning Commission during the United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA’s) decade in office (2004-14), has said he had in 2012
Face up to cold truth: Stagflation here to stay–Deccan Chronicle
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had recently told Parliament that green shoots in the Indian economy are clearly visible and the steps taken by the Reserve
Retail inflation: CPI inflation spikes and IIP shrinks: RBI rate cuts off the table for a long time – The Economic Times
Mumbai: India’s industrial production returned to the negative zone for December, in a worrisome development for the government, as data showed that factory output contracted