2019 General Election

Markets

Poll jitters no reason to rush for the exit

This election season, don’t let market volatility and the ensuing noise around it distract you from your asset allocation and financial goalsStaying invested can reduce the variation between the highest and lowest return you may earn on your investment

7 min read14 Mar 2019
Politics

The fruits of Sabarimala: BJP's game plan in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

Can disruptions like Sabarimala help the BJP establish new space in the closed party systems in two key southern states?

10 min read7 Jan 2019
Politics

North Indians are not leaving Gujarat, they're happy here: Vijay Rupani

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani speaks about the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat summit to be held during 18-20 January 2019 and termed the reported exodus of Hindi-speaking migrants from his state as a Congress conspiracy

8 min read2 Dec 2018
Politics

Why Telangana could be the semi-final to 2019

If the winds of change end up upstaging TRS, the Congress-TDP alliance will be seen as the model for the 2019 general election

5 min read29 Nov 2018
Market

Festive spirit does little to revive animal spirits in India

Data on November 30 will probably show India's GDP grew 7.5% in the July-September quarter from a year ago, down from 8.2% in the previous three months

3 min read29 Nov 2018
Politics

Who is Sunil Arora? India's next chief election commissioner

Arora assumed charge as election commissioner on 1st September 2017

1 min read27 Nov 2018
Politics

Finance ministry seeks input from ministries for Jaitley's next Budget speech by 30 Nov

The finance ministry has requested the ministries to send material related to their departments that may merit inclusion in the finance minister's budget speech for 2019-20Jaitley is scheduled to present his sixth consecutive Budget

1 min read19 Jan 2019
Politics

CPM rules out joining national-level opposition alliance for 2019 polls

Despite rejecting to be part of a grand alliance at the national front, Sitaram Yechury did not rule out a post-poll alliance

1 min read9 Oct 2018
Politics

Fiscal position may worsen ahead of 2019 polls, says UBS

UBS warns that there is a risk of the central government breaching its fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of GDP by at least 20 bps in FY19 unless it adjusts expenditure or non-GST revenue collection is higher than budgeted

3 min read16 Aug 2018
Politics

Won't join NDA for 2019 elections, says Chandrababu Naidu

Chandrababu Naidu today said TDP will not join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) even if the BJP approaches it for the 2019 general elections

2 min read21 Jul 2018