Tag: Indian economy
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‘Budget consultation reserved for crony capitalist friends and super rich’: Rahul Gandhi
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a two-hour meeting on Thursday with over 30 industry experts and economists to review and take their views on steps to revive the Indian economy on growth and employment.
January 10, 2020 -
PM Modi meets economists on growth, jobs, $5 trillion economy
The meeting assumes important as the government is in the process of formulating Budget proposals for 2020-21.
January 9, 2020 -
India will ‘struggle’ to achieve 5 per cent GDP growth in 2020: Top US economist
India, which till recently was hailed as the world's fastest-growing major economy, has seen growth rate decline to a six-year low of 4.5 per cent in the September quarter of 2019-20.
January 1, 2020 -
Ship recycling Bill will boost Indian economy
The bill defines ship recycling as dismantling of a ship at a facility to recover the components and material for re-use and taking care of the hazardous material so produced.
December 16, 2019 -
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.15% in surprise move, cuts GDP forecast to 5%
The RBI's fifth policy statement of the current financial year comes at a time when the GDP growth rate has slipped to a six-year low for the September quarter.
December 5, 2019 -
PM ‘silent’ on economy, ministers ‘indulge in bluff, bluster’: Chidambaram attacks Centre
Chidambaram also expressed his concern about the political leaders in Kashmir 'who have been detained without charges' post the revocation of Article 370.
December 5, 2019 -
‘GDP remarks based on logic and proof, but abused by social media’: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
'I was discussing GDP and I quoted a report of Simon Kuznets, who made the GDP', said Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey.
December 3, 2019 -
“India’s economic growth decelerated but there is no slump,” says Sitharaman
The ruling government is taking measures to address moderate levels of fixed investment rate in the economy, plateauing of private consumption rate and modest export performance, with a view to increasing the GDP growth.
November 18, 2019 -
Not by the 3’R’s alone
The daily addition to the rolls of these poorly-qualified job seekers is “nearly 100,000 young South Asians”, as the Unicef emphasizes, with “almost half of them not on track to find 21st century jobs”.
November 18, 2019 -
‘Will push forward reforms that missed the bus last time’: Sitharaman
Hitting out at those who blocked the government from carrying out reforms in its first term, she admitted that the numbers were limited (in the Upper House) and the country paid the price for that.
November 6, 2019 -
‘India proud of his accomplishments’: PM Modi after meeting Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee
Meanwhile, the Nobel Prize winner has come in for some criticism as well for his comments on the Indian economy.
October 22, 2019 -
Manmohan Singh ‘looked the other way’ as UPA govt supported ‘crony capitalism’: Sitharaman
Her remarks came hours after former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that the Government is 'obsessed with trying to fix blame on its opponents' for economic slowdown
October 18, 2019 -
India remains fastest growing economy despite IMF projections: Nirmala Sitharaman
As against India's real growth rate of 6.8 per cent in 2018, the IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday, projected the country's growth rate at 6.1 per cent for 2019 and noted that the Indian economy is expected to pick up at 7 per cent in 2020.
October 18, 2019 -
‘Follow Narsimha Rao-Manmohan Singh’s economic model’: Open critique by FM’s spouse leaves BJP red-faced
The Congress, also jumped the bandwagon and lost no time in attacking the government.
October 14, 2019 -
Effects of global economic slowdown ‘more pronounced’ in India: IMF chief
The new managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva warned of an economic slowdown in 2019 in 90 per cent of the world.
October 9, 2019 -
‘Your innovation will fuel India’s dream to become $5 trillion economy’: PM Modi at IIT Madras
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the prize distribution ceremony of Singapore-India Hackathon 2019 and congratulated the winners.
September 30, 2019 -
Sensex soars above 1900 points as corporate tax rate slashed, Nifty crosses 11k
The government slashed the effective corporate tax to 25.17 per cent inclusive of all cess and surcharges for domestic companies.
September 20, 2019