Category: Economy

Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today hit out at the Centre over its budget, dubbing it a “blood-sucking” dispensation, and

RBI Governor Urjit Patel today said the monetary policy decisions need to be “forward- looking” and cannot be taken on the basis of day-to-day inflation

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will take into account the actual input cost plus unpaid value of family labour while fixing the

Budget 2018: On expected lines, the Budget 2018-19 aimed at strengthening agriculture and rural economy. Agriculture deserves serious attention as roughly half of the population is

Budget 2019 can best be described as one made possible by an ongoing revolution in tax collection. This revolution is beginning to make possible another

Budget 2018: Given the prevailing economic conditions of muted consumption, the Union Budget 2018-19 was widely expected to focus on the rural and agricultural economy,

There is a paradox at the heart of the Narendra Modi government’s five Budgets. Growing numbers of taxpayers have been coughing up vast sums as

अंमलबजावणी करता येणार नाहीत अशा घोषणा देण्यात भाजपचा हातखंडा आहे. अनेक घोषणा प्रत्यक्षात आणता येणार नाहीत याची नरेंद्र मोदींना  खात्री असावी. तरी निवडणुकीत मतांचा जोगवा

Public sector banks may need capital of Rs 2.06 trillion for a credit growth of the 8-9 per cent in the financial year 2019, says

Watch: Chidambaram shoots ’12 questions’ at Modi govt over economic policy Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram picked holes in the government budget

RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC) kept its interest rate unchanged at 6% yesterday. This decision was in line with financial market expectations. But MPC’s analysis

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday attacked the NDA government over its last full budget before the general elections, insisting it would ramp up

With eight state elections in 2018 and the national election to follow by spring 2019, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s fifth Budget had to balance economic

While the need to push growth can be a good excuse, slipping frequently on the fiscal deficit undermines credibility Budget 2018-19 had to be presented

Textbook adherence to fiscal discipline, thanks to its current crop of advisors, forced the Centre to ignore critical areas The Economic Survey assesses that the

Less than a week after the Union Budget was presented, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel expressed concern over the government’s move to