By the time the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign entered its final lap, most of the real issues — economic reform, farm crisis and unemployment — had clearly taken a backseat
After all, this final Budget of the Narendra Modi government, although technically an 'interim' one, comes around 30 days ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha polls
Economists, therefore, feel Isaac's 10th budget will remain as a castle in the air unless he shows the political will to cut down the growing revenue expenditure and raise resources from non-tax sources.
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Tuesday urged the government to defer the implementation of revised norms for e-commerce companies having foreign investments, as few provisions are unclear and onerous
The government will be mindful of concerns around national security threat from Chinese telecom gear firms like Huawei and ZTE at the time of commercial rollout of 5G network but has no issues as far as their participation in the trial of the next generation technology is concerned, an official said.
State Bank of India (SBI) said on Tuesday it will buy good quality assets worth Rs 45,000 crore from NBFCs that are facing liquidity crunch triggered by a series of debt repayment defaults by financial conglomerate IL&FS and its subsidiaries.
Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said only an "aggressive strategy" can help in controlling forest fires which cause an annual loss of Rs 1,101 crore.
Paytm is transforming into a financial services start-up with forays in banking, mutual funds and later insurance.
Air India has logged losses for over a decade, has a debt of over Rs 50,000 crore and faces stiff competition from private airlines. What should the government's focus be?
ICICI Bank shareholders seek answers on conflict-of-interest allegations raised against Chanda Kochhar, days after the PMO ordered agencies to probe the row.
At present, it's difficult to gauge whether Jio is eating into others' share or adding to the pie with customers buying Jiophones as their secondary device.
Infosys plans to scale its digital business, which contributed $2.8 billion in fiscal 2017-18, energise its clients' core technology landscape via artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, re-skill its techies and expand its localisation in Australia, Europe and the US.
Cognizant had filed a plea in the court seeking stay of recovery proceedings as the I-T department had frozen some of its bank accounts.
India is set to become a $5 trillion economy by 2025, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said
It's unproductive for the RBI and the government to engage in a blame game post the PNB fraud, and accuse each other of laxity.
By hosting this meeting, India has tried to change the obstructionist image it has had since the days of Murasoli Maran.
Modi govt should first acknowledge unemployment problem, else a crisis is in the making
Major General BC Khanduri-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence lambasts the Indian government for inadequate defence budget allocations.
Trump, during a discussion with members of the Congress over steel industry, also threatened to increase the tariff on import of Indian motorcycles to the US.
Proactive measures by the government to further improve the long-term funding availability is a priority area and the infrastructure players expect some action here as well.
The annual survey was released ahead of the government’s annual Budget statement, due to be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday.
The govt has been providing interest subvention to make available short-term farm credit at an affordable rate and help boost farm output
Domestic passenger vehicle sales rose 5.22 percent to 2,39,712 units in December from 2,27,823 units in December 2016
India is one of the highest ranking countries in the world in children suffering from malnutrition.
If enough jobs are being created over the last year, why doesn’t it correlate with the private consumption trends, demand–revival and investments?
Odisha government has placed a demand of Rs 6,500 crore before the Centre for railway infrastructure development in the 2018-19 Union Budget
Trade Unions want the government to allocate more funds in the Union Budget 2018 for employment generation and claimed that opening up the retail market to foreign players would lead to further loss of jobs
The government on Wednesday said it has decided to make additional borrowing of Rs 50,000 crore this fiscal through dated securities, a move that may put burden on the fiscal deficit target of 3.2 percent of GDP
In the upcoming Union Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be under pressure to moderate tax rate for the industry which was promised a lower corporate tax of 25 percent by the government three years ago
Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh on Thursday said a cabinet note will be moved next week for putting up the Steel Research and Technology Mission of India (SRTMI) to boost research and development in the sector