Narendra Modi Government News

Opinion

Opinion | It’s not the time for going hell for leather on tax compliance

Given falling interest rates, it’s a good time for the government to borrow more from markets

4 min read23 Jul 2019
Politics

BJP’s ‘aam aadmi’ Pratap Sarangi joins govt

Sarangi, a first-time MP from Balasore in Odisha, is known for his simple lifestyle and easy accessibility Sarangi either used his cycle, or hired an autorickshaw, when he toured the constituency to seek votes for himself and the party

1 min read31 May 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Why the Reserve Bank of India needs de jure independence

We are now headed to a situation where the central bank will be, in all but name, a branch of the finance ministry

4 min read19 Jan 2019
Opinion

Opinion | Will the reservation wager by Modi pay off in lok sabha polls?

Parties have always looked at their political interests while implementing reservation

4 min read13 Jan 2019
Politics

Upper caste reservation: Opposition questions timing, intent of BJP’s decision

Modi govt has suddenly woken up to the woes of the economically poor as it fears defeat in Lok Sabha elections, says Surjewala

1 min read8 Jan 2019
Industry

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das: Once beaten, second time lucky

With the appointment of Shaktikanta Das as the new governor of the RBI, the top position at the central bank returns to a career bureaucrat after a gap of five years when D. Subbarao demitted office in 2013

3 min read12 Dec 2018
Politics

Arun Jaitley to present interim budget on 1 February

The Finance Ministry has already sought inputs from different central ministries for the budget speech, which would be the last budget of the current BJP-led NDA govt before the 2019 general polls

1 min read29 Nov 2018
Politics

Discontent farmers may upset chawal wale baba’s applecart

Paddy farmers unhappy with CM Raman Singh for failing to keep the 2013 promise of 2,100 per quintal MSP

3 min read20 Nov 2018
Politics

Why RBI is at loggerheads with the government

From a banking crisis to interest rates, the RBI has often found itself on opposing sides to government officials this year.

3 min read30 Oct 2018
Politics

Sleuth vs sleuth vs SC: Murky battle within CBI

Explaining the cocktail of power, persuasion and corruption behind the turmoil at India's top investigative agency

7 min read29 Oct 2018