From abruptly announcing demonetisation to pursuing an active foreign policy, the Narendra Modi government has been an unorthodox administration
4 min read30 May 2018While consumption has driven economic growth, the share of capital formation in GDP has fallen, from 34.02% of GDP in 2013-14 to 30.75% in 2017-18
2 min read29 May 2018As the Narendra Modi government completes four years and enters its lastand its most crucialyear in government, Kayezad E. Adajania asks experts what is the one big pending economic reform?
4 min read29 May 2018External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said talks with Pakistan were not appropriate while people are dying on the border
1 min read28 May 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 2018Narendra Modi government gets, at best a mixed report card because the politics and win-at-all-costs DNA overpowers a somewhat decent economic record
4 min read28 May 2018At the end of four years of the Narendra Modi government, we are left musing about what might have been rather than what has been
4 min read28 May 2018The Narendra Modi government's last year in office will also be the most difficult one, and the biggest challenge will be to protect macroeconomic stability by not compromising on fiscal discipline
4 min read28 May 2018Modi govt has done well on all fronts considering that the country plunged into a state of policy paralysis and was on a standstill mode during the closing years of the UPA regime, says Niti Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar
1 min read27 May 2018In December 2017, the number of electronic transfers had breached the 1 billion mark for the first time ever
2 min read26 May 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
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