Narendra Modi's government announced tax cuts to boost the economy. The goods and services tax regime will change in October. Daily essenti...

India's high public debt is notably stable due to domestic financing, but it crowds out private investments and restricts growth resources....

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget, though celebrated for the tax cuts by the middle class, did not impress stock markets due to ...

Dreze said five years ago, Arundhati Roy had described the 2019 elections as a race between a Ferrari and a few bicycles. "The metaphor is ...

A major growth engine for India, civil aviation will drive India to become a $5 trillion economy by 2024. The recent refurbishment in the s...

It is time to overhaul the tax rates by gravitating towards a three-rate regime, with the 12% rate being merged into the standard rate, or ...

As the country remained in the grip of the pandemic, the Congress saw major upheaval as senior leaders raised a banner of revolt demanding ...

For Congress, life in 2020 has been worse than what the coronavirus-hit world endured. As the planet wakes up to the hope of a Covid vaccin...

The decision was taken at the Congress Parliamentary strategy group meeting chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi that also resolved to stron...

75% of India’s population is under 35. Close to 80% of India’s labour force is working as casual labour, or is self-employed.

Rare is the government that is stronger when nearly two-thirds into its term than at the start. Yet, few would deny that is the case with t...

Bypolls in so many constituencies were only necessitated because an unprecedented number of BJP MLAs got elected to the Lok Sabha.

Let us remember that mid-day meal scheme is the largest programme of its kind in the world. About 12 crore children are given a hot meal ev...

The new manufacturing policy envisages a rise of manufacturing’s share in India’s GDP to 25% by 2022 and the creation of an additional 100 ...

The National Food Security Bill is considered to be the world’s largest experiment in ensuring food security to poor as it intends to meet ...

Government seems to have found its stride again and the PM and finance minister P Chidambaram are doing what they are known for best: refor...

The new government needs to focus on policy initiatives in affordable housing, education and public transportation.