Narendra Modi
Consumer
Cash handouts aside, how Budget 2019 can ease farm distress, boost rural consumption
On 31 May, just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office for a second term, ......
TMT
Flipkart's legal spat with GOQii may snowball in big India test for Walmart
An Indian startup's legal challenge against a Walmart unit claiming losses caused by sharp discounting of its products is winning ......
Finance
What India Inc, taxpayers can expect from Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget
Last week, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed Nirmala Sitharaman as India’s new finance minister, a deluge of bad ......
Manufacturing
India factory activity picks up pace in May
India’s manufacturing sector expanded at its quickest pace in three months in May on improved output and new orders, according ......
Economy
Union Budget to be presented on July 5
India will announce its full-year budget for the year ending March 2020 on July 5, India's farm minister Narendra Tomar said on ......
Economy
India's GDP growth falls to 5.8% in March quarter, slowest in four years
India's economy grew at a much-lower-than-expected 5.8% in the January-March period, its slowest pace in 17 quarters, and falling behind ......
General
Modi 2.0: Gadkari retains highways, Goyal gets commerce
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman as India's next finance minister, replacing Arun Jaitley, while Bharatiya Janata ......
General
Meet India's first woman finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman has broken through the glass ceiling—again—as she takes charge as India’s new finance minister. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on ......
Economy
New Modi govt to unleash 'big-bang' reforms, says Niti Aayog official
In the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ economic reforms that should ......
General
Amit Shah in, Jaitley out as PM Modi shuffles council of ministers in new term
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inducted a bunch of fresh faces in his new council of ministers, as he ......