Economy
Jan Dhan 2.0: Govt sets fresh target to cover 12 crore unbanked population
The Modi government is planning to launch Jan Dhan 2.0 to address several issues of financial inclusion, including the opening...
E-commerce companies Amazon, Flipkart and Paytm may face probe for offering heavy discounts
The discounting practices by e-commerce companies like Amazon, Flipkart, and Paytm may lead to a probe according to Competition Commission...
Government’s historic move to ensure consumer protection
The government seeks to pass the Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 to replace the previous consumer protection act which was introduced...
‘Indian economy is an elephant which has started to run’, says IMF
International Monetary Fund has lauded the Indian economy in its annual assessment. The head of IMF’s team for India Ranil...
Public sector banks NPAs declined by Rs 1, 28,229 crores in FY18
According to the former chief economic advisor, Arvind Subramanian the Non-performing Assets (NPAs) are the most critical economic problem faced...
Crack down on black money: India expects HSBC account data from Switzerland in 10 days, says Piyush Goyal
The Indian government expects to receive data from Swiss authorities on the money deposited by Indians in HSBC accounts. "Serious...
Why are India’s engineering graduates so unemployable?
The state of education and skill development in the country is in a horrible state. The lakhs of engineer we...
CM Yogi is right, subsidies are bad economics
"Hum Bijli sasti kar denge ji, hum paani sasti kar denge ji” (We’ll make electricity cheaper, we’ll make water cheaper)...
India’s emergence as a global manufacturing hub is now threatening China’s industries
The Make in India programme was launched by the Modi government just a few months after coming to power. Given...
Indian Economy: 10 years of ‘Economist’ Manmohan vs 4 years of ‘Chaiwalla’ Modi
It has been more than four years of Modi government. The government came to power with the tall promises of...
How much black money Modi government unearthed in 4 years
The Modi government has vowed to take strong measures to curb black money and use the collected amount for the...
Modi government’s gift to salaried class, PF contributions to be reduced
A sizable chunk of the salary of the people employed in the organized sector goes for social security. Currently, the...
