Narendra Modi

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Infrastructure

30 January, 2019

Policy Tracker: Why India may not meet its ambitious renewable energy targets

In early 2015, less than a year after winning a landslide election victory, the Narendra Modi government dramatically increased India’s ......

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Economy

25 January, 2019

Ahead of polls, does Modi govt have room to offer sops to large firms, investors?

In February 2015, finance minister Arun Jaitley had said in the second budget of the Narendra Modi government that the ......

Economy

24 January, 2019

Piyush Goyal to present budget as finance minister Arun Jaitley faces surgery

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will not present the government’s crucial interim budget next week because he is expected to undergo ......

Finance

23 January, 2019

Govt may aim to raise $11 bn from divestment in FY20

The Indian government is likely to seek to raise about 800 billion rupees ($11.21 billion) through the sale of state-owned ......

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Finance

18 January, 2019

How bonus shares, buybacks and dividends by PSUs are propping up govt's coffers

From 2009-10 to 2013-14, when the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in the saddle, only one state-run company ......

Economy

11 January, 2019

Here's why the Modi government is showering sops on SMEs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and other institutions are leaving no stones unturned to woo small businessmen. On 2 January, the ......

Economy

29 November, 2018

Explained: Why Modi govt cut GDP growth rates for previous years

There was a time when only economists and academics fretted over economic indicators like gross domestic product (GDP). But not ......

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Finance

13 November, 2018

In Charts: How corporate tax collections grew during Modi regime

Between April and September this financial year, the government has collected Rs 2.44 trillion in corporate taxes, according to provisional ......

Economy

09 November, 2018

India to sell 'enemy shares' to bridge revenue shortfall

India’s government said it will sell stocks worth millions of dollars seized from people who moved to Pakistan following partition ......

Economy

06 November, 2018

Govt set to put more pressure on RBI governor Urjit Patel

The Indian government intends to keep pressing demands for the country’s central bank to relax lending curbs and hand over ......