Amartya Sen and his sensibilities AT a time the country is debating the role of large-scale subsidies in a development-led growth model pursued by the… By Express News ServiceUpdated: December 20, 2014 00:44 IST
Credit growth crawls, sluggish GDP, industrial output drag Two sectors to show higher credit growth are agriculture and personal loans, while industry and services witnessed lower growth, says… By FE BureauDecember 20, 2014 00:28 IST
Government can’t budget for a Rs 1-lakh-crore hole Admits it miscalculated, also blames ‘legacy costs’; tough to bridge gap By FE BureauUpdated: December 20, 2014 08:22 IST
GST Bill tabled; state revenues safe, says Arun Jaitley The government on Friday tabled in the Lok Sabha a Bill to amend the Constitution for laying the framework for… By FE BureauDecember 20, 2014 00:14 IST
Data Drive: How much is black At a time when the government has speeded up its efforts to unearth black money stashed abroad… By GuestUpdated: December 20, 2014 01:10 IST
Government yet to implement Supreme Court order on green regulator Almost a year after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to appoint an environment regulator…. By Indu BhanUpdated: December 20, 2014 23:54 IST
India looks to sway Americans with nuclear power insurance plan India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of… By ReutersDecember 19, 2014 22:23 IST
Retail in India to become $1 trillion in value by 2020: PwC Retail sector in India is expected to grow by 10 per cent to become USD 1 trillion by 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopers… By PTIDecember 19, 2014 22:10 IST
Will support GST if states are fully compensated: Mamata Banerjee The West Bengal government would support the GST Bill only if the states were fully compensated for the revenue loss.. By PTIDecember 19, 2014 21:52 IST
Official takes dig at RBI Guv Raghuram Rajan over PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Make In India’ campaign In a veiled criticism of RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign… By PTIDecember 19, 2014 21:39 IST
GST is single biggest tax reform since 1947: Arun Jaitley Touting it as the “single biggest tax reform” since independence, Arun Jaitley said the GST law will subsume all indirect… By PTIDecember 19, 2014 21:08 IST
Narendra Modi may use executive order to pass insurance, coal bills Prime Minister Narendra Modi may consider an executive order to pass legislation overhauling the insurance. By ReutersDecember 19, 2014 18:55 IST
Govt committed to meet 4.1 pct fiscal deficit target: CEA Arvind Subramanian The government is committed to containing fiscal deficit at 4.1 per cent of the GDP this fiscal, Chief Economic Advisor… By PTIUpdated: December 19, 2014 20:49 IST
GST bill in Lok Sabha; FM Arun Jaitley says govt has taken care of states’ interests Describing GST reform as a ‘win-win situation’ for both Centre and states, Arun Jaitley says the bill would not have… By PTIUpdated: December 19, 2014 19:25 IST
India falters, ranks 93rd in Forbes’ list of best countries for business Forbes says that while the country is developing into an open-market economy, “traces of its past autarkic policies” still remain. By PTIUpdated: December 19, 2014 16:29 IST
Mid-Year Economic Review sees India’s GDP growth at around 5.5 per cent If the forecast materialises, it would mark an improvement from two successive years of below 5 per cent economic growth… By PTIUpdated: December 19, 2014 15:11 IST
PSU OMCs’ subsidy burden may fall to Rs 28K-34K cr FY16: ICRA The subsidy burden on the public sector upstream firms is likely to drop to Rs 28,000-34,000 crore by FY16, with… By PTIDecember 19, 2014 05:30 IST
Coal allocation off the blocks The government on Thursday proposed the methodology for auctioning 65 identified captive coal blocks… By FE BureauUpdated: December 19, 2014 02:19 IST
‘Who gave passes to these goons’: Fadnavis, Uddhav, Raj slam BJP–NCP-SP clash in Maharashtra Assembly
