The Centre’s initiatives aimed at helping farmers will not achieve their goals without Indian states embracing these ideas
4 min read1 Jul 2019The challenge is to cross the 6.5-7.5% growth chasm to an 8-9% rate, says HUL chairman and MD Sanjiv MehtaIn the consumer goods business, general trade would adopt more tech and turn more modern, said Mehta
3 min read21 Jan 2019Oscillating leadership, in theory, can hinder economic and development performance. But Rajasthan's data suggests otherwise
3 min read27 Nov 2018India's agricultural policy for the next decade should shift away from cereal (and quantity) centricity and be primarily focused on water effectiveness
4 min read5 Aug 2018While there are several creditable achievements, it is the deeper structural reforms where expectations from a strong government have not been met
4 min read28 May 2018If farm income in the country is to be doubled then the private sector must invest in the agriculture sector, says CII president Rakesh Bharti Mittal
1 min read13 Apr 2018MLAs from both ruling and opposition parties in Maharashtra are against the bid to deregulate the prices of foodgrain, cereals and oilseeds
4 min read6 Apr 2018The last year of Narendra Modi's stewardship, which ends with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, promises to be an action-packed one. Mint looks at the challenges ahead for his government
7 min read31 Mar 2018Farmers continue to be vulnerable to frequent episodes of losses that neither the state nor the markets have been able to mitigate
4 min read27 Mar 2018Narendra Modi's focus on agriculture and healthcare comes at a time the issues relating to the sectors have taken centre stage in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
3 min read25 Mar 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared