Economy - general

82% of Indian kids are in school, but 25% can’t even read time!

18 Jan 2018

Taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi as a test case, a survey found that while 82.4 per cent of teenagers are in school, basic arithmetic, geography and computers are a mystery to many of them

GST Council meeting may try to douse the fuel price fire

17 Jan 2018

The BJP-led government has cut excise duty only once during its tenure-but raised it nine times between November 2014 and January 2016, and there is a case for lowering the central levy before states reduce the VAT on fuels

GST Council meeting may try to douse the fuel price fire

17 Jan 2018

The BJP-led government has cut excise duty only once during its tenure-but raised it nine times between November 2014 and January 2016, and there is a case for lowering the central levy before states reduce the VAT on fuels

GST Council meeting may try to douse the fuel price fire

17 Jan 2018

The BJP-led government has cut excise duty only once during its tenure-but raised it nine times between November 2014 and January 2016, and there is a case for lowering the central levy before states reduce the VAT on fuels

India’s wholesale price inflation rate declines to 3.58% in December

16 Jan 2018

Rising FDI fails to correlate with Modi’s `Make in India’: study

15 Jan 2018

Rising FDI fails to correlate with Modi’s `Make in India’: study

15 Jan 2018

In India, subtle corruption robs villagers of roads

15 Jan 2018

Giving local politicians no formal role in Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, which was intended as a measure to fight corruption, may be having the opposite effect

Make in India a flop? FDI in key sectors has not risen, says study

15 Jan 2018

WEF ranks India 30th among best prepared for future production

15 Jan 2018

While India may be one of the world's fastest growing economies, industrial production is not really keeping up with future demand. The first edition of World Economic Forum's Readiness for the Future of Production Assessment, report released on Sunday puts India in 30th position, while China is in the fifth position

Consumer price inflation at a 17-month high of 5.12% in December

13 Jan 2018

Industrial production growth at a 17-month high of 8.4% in November

13 Jan 2018

India to overtake China, regain top spot in growth next year: WB

10 Jan 2018

Direct tax collections up 18.2% at Rs6,56,000 cr in April-December 2017-18

09 Jan 2018

MAT provisions relaxed for insolvent companies

08 Jan 2018

MAT provisions relaxed for insolvent companies

08 Jan 2018

Govt collects Rs38,000 cr between July and November in GST cess

06 Jan 2018

India’s GDP growth pegged lower at 6.5% in 2017-18

06 Jan 2018

The estimate comes amidst a reversal of a five-quarter slide in GDP growth when the Indian economy expanded by 6.3 per cent in July-September despite a slowing of revenue growth after the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in July last year

GOI announces launch of 7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018

05 Jan 2018

Snowden calls Aadhaar a ‘natural tendency’ to snoop on citizens

05 Jan 2018

Edward Snowden, the man who blew the whistle on the US National Security Agency’s global surveillance programme, sees India’s Aadhaar system as “abuse” that is an outcome of the natural tendency of governments to keep tabs on citizens

Your Aadhaar details are up for sale, price: Rs500

04 Jan 2018

Despite numerous assurances by the government that one’s Aadhhar details are safe and cannot be misused, a shocking newspaper report claimed that the Aadhaar details of a billion Indians can be bought on WhatsApp for just Rs500 each

Cabinet clears 14-km two-lane tunnel at Zojila pass

04 Jan 2018

The tunnel, to be built at an estimated cost of Rs6,808 crore, would provide all weather connectivity to Srinagar, Kargil and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir

US move to end H-1B extensions may hit 400,000 Indians: report

03 Jan 2018

Sporadic violence, vandalism mar Maharashtra bandh

03 Jan 2018

Jaitley unveils electoral bonds for political funding

03 Jan 2018

Electoral bonds, an interest-free banking instrument in the nature of a promissory note, can be bought by any Indian national and encashed by any eligible political party through a designated bank account with an authorised bank