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Ahead of his Bihar rally, Congress posts '4 questions for PM Modi', seeks his stance on caste-censusCongress criticizes PM Modi before his Bihar visit, focusing on caste census data, unemployment, and migration issues in the state. Jairam ...
APMC Act abolition in Bihar main reason for farmers' distress, will ensure justice: CongressThe Congress party claims that the abolition of the APMC Act by the Bihar government in 2006 is the main reason for the distress faced by f...
Pride, prejudice and policy reform: A peek into the new Farm ActAPMC and MSP are the two major bones of contention. Despite repeated assurances agitating farmers think government is trying to withdraw MS...
Farmer protests enter Day 11, next round of talks with Government on Dec 9The farmers are protesting against the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment...
Congress targets government over farm laws, airport leaseGandhi cited a media report to say that the farmers in Bihar want more 'mandis' (markets) in the state to sell their produce, like in Punja...
Can economics trump politics to usher in agricultural reforms?Indian agriculture has a fundamental problem: around 50 per cent of India’s work force in the agriculture sector contribute only 17 per cen...
Sonia Gandhi urges Congress chief ministers to pass laws to negate central farm actsAICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal communicated Gandhi’s ‘advice’ to the CMs. “Congress president has asked Congressruled s...
View: Modi government is heralding the path for farmers to be atmanirbharFrom the focus on improving the acreage under irrigation and encouraging farmers to diversify into allied activities such as dairying and b...
Govt which reneged on GST can't be trusted on MSP: Capt Amarinder SinghThe new agricultural Acts will be a non-starter in Punjab as farmers for whose apparent benefit the laws have been framed are unhappy, Punj...
Farm bills undermine food security system: Congress"Every political party has to take a stand - is it with the farmers or is it with the BJP threatening the livelihood of farmers," Chidambar...
Universal basic income is a different kettle of fish: Rajiv Kumar, V-C, Niti AayogKumar acknowledges that universal basic income will be tough to implement.
Budget 2018: FM Arun Jaitley prescribes Modicare for BharatBudget spending will focus on three areas: employment, agriculture and health. Initiatives in the past three years had helped create 7 mill...
Union Budget 2017: Full speech of Finance Minister Arun JaitleyFinance Minister Arun Jaitley presented Modi government's post-demonetisation Budget on Wednesday. Here is the full speech of the Finance M...
Divestment target of Rs 70,000 crores very much achievable: Shaktikanta Das, Economic Affairs SecretaryInsurance, general insurance companies are going to be listed, then there will be the listing of three major public sector enterprises in t...
Budget 2016: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speechJaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...
The way ahead for the new government; boost infrastructure, contain inflation, spur manufacturingTweaking customs duties to make imports less viable and domestic manufacturing profitable could just be the first, necessary step.
- Chambers seek abolition of CTT
The industry has demanded abolition of the commodity transaction tax (CTT) even before it is implemented.
- 'Coalition politics slowing down agricultural reforms'
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said compulsions of multi-party government were obstructing agricultural reforms like aboliti...
- Implement food safety law soon, says India Inc
India Inc wants early implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006, which will have a major impact on consumers, processed food ...