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Will PM update his Canadian counterpart on India being third-largest economy: Congress takes dig at ModiCongress leader Jairam Ramesh has criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, labeling him a "Swayam Udghoshit Vishwaguru." Ramesh questioned ...
Modi government ended whatever sanctity tax administration system enjoyed: CongressThe Congress party alleges significant tax avoidance among India's wealthiest, citing a paper by economist Dr. Ram Singh. It claims the Mod...
Inequality, wage stagnation, inflation 'structurally corrosive' to long-term growth prospects, says CongressCongress urged the government to address wage stagnation, inequality, and inflation, citing their detrimental impact on India's long-term g...
'Cronyism' is Modi govt's primary economic policy: CongressThe Congress party criticised the Modi government for fostering cronyism, citing a media report showing increased market concentration in k...
The State planning board really needs a domain expert“The person should be competent irrespective of his background be it political or non-political. Should have expertise in economy,” noted J...
- Jairam Ramesh evokes Emergency, compares note ban to sterilisation
The democracy is in danger today, Ramesh said, adding, "the 'shehnai' of democracy is being silenced while a cannon of 'ek-tantra' (one-man...
Jairam Ramesh's book on 1991 economic liberalisation to hit the standsA book by former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on the ushering in of the economic liberalisation in 1991, will be released here on August 30.
- Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth to kick off 'Food for all' meet
The conference will explore and identify proven methods that can bring about large scale outcomes to bring in sustainable and scalable solu...
General elections 2014: BJP, Congress flash numbers to slug it out over job creationThe two main parties have got into a fight over job creation, a critical issue given the number of young people who will be looking to vote...
MNREGA wages likely to increaseRemuneration under MNREGA could be increased with the government mooting a proposal to bring the wages under the rural job scheme at par wi...
Budget 2013: High fiscal deficit would trim welfare spending, says Jairam RameshRamesh said there may not be a major increase in the allocation for social sector in the forthcoming Budget due to the grim fiscal situatio...
- Green GDP estimate likely to be in place by 2015: Jairam Ramesh
The govt has set up an expert group headed by environmental economist Partha Dasgupta to provide a road map for Green National Accounting s...
- Expert group to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment
Targeting a 9% plus growth rate in the Twelfth plan period, the Government has initiated an exercise to assess the impact of economic growt...
- Development poses single biggest threat to India's forests: Ramesh
'If we are to protect the Mahananda, then railway passengers have to accept that they will travel in the area on the meter gauge and not th...
- India shouldn't be seen wanting in climate change action: Ramesh
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said India should not be seen "wanting" in the climate change action and quantify its greenhouse gas emi...
- Don't expect miracles at Copenhagen: Jairam Ramesh
India has said that developed countries should “not expect miracles” at the key Copenhagen climate summit in December and the goals sought ...
- Jairam takes a swipe at UK expert's climate views
When it comes to climate change, countering the industrialised countries' views on climate has become par for the course with the Indian go...
- ISA to host Vision Summit 2008 in Bangalore
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA), the trade body representing the Indian semiconductor driven industry, will host global conferenc...
- Arjun Sengupta may head plan panel
Renowned economist Arjun Sengupta and Congress Economic Affairs Secretary Jairam Ramesh are among the front-runners for the post of deputy ...
- Industry hails removal of QRs on exports
NEW DELHI:Trade and industry on Sunday welcomed the new Exim policy, saying that the removal of Quantitative Restrictions on exports was a ...