Tag: Indian economy
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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 -
Indian certain to become $5 trillion economy by 2024: Amit Shah
Shah further promised that no Indian will be left without a house, bank account, toilet, electricity, road connectivity or any basic need of life by 2022.
September 18, 2019 -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces measures to promote growth in exports and housing sectors
In August, Sitharaman had announced the first set of such measures. This is the next round of sector specific initiatives.
September 14, 2019 -
‘Sword hanging on livelihood of millions of Indians’: Priyanka Gandhi on auto sector crisis
Her remarks come as the auto industry suffered its worst-ever monthly sales performance in August.
September 10, 2019 -
Priyanka Gandhi flays Centre over GDP, jobs; says economy punctured
India's GDP growth has fallen by 3 per from 8 per cent in quarter one of 2018-19 to 5 per cent in the first quarter ended June, the lowest in six years.
August 31, 2019 -
‘Clearing path for $5 trillion economy’: Nirmala Sitharaman announces 4 mega public sector bank mergers
With today's announcement, post consolidation, India will have 12 Public Sector Banks from 27 Public Sector Banks.
August 30, 2019 -
After tax incentives, Centre brings big FDI reforms in manufacturing, digital media, single-brand retail
The Modi government has approved 100 per cent FDI in coal mining and associated infrastructure.
August 29, 2019 -
Goldman Sachs: Mild India recovery from slowdown by March next
The broking house further said it expects a moderate pick-up in economic activity.
August 28, 2019 -
National security necessary to make India $5 trillion economy: Amit Shah
His comments come days after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a host of decisions while undoing some previous decisions.
August 28, 2019