Narendra Modi

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Healthcare

29 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Ayushman Bharat aside, how has the Modi govt fared on healthcare?

In September last year, the Narendra Modi government launched what was touted to be the world’s largest health insurance scheme. ‘Ayushman ......

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Economy

27 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Why Indian students seem to be getting the rough end of the stick

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made some ambitious promises in its manifesto for the 2014 general elections. One notable pledge ......

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Manufacturing

18 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Did PM Modi's 'Make in India' really make any difference?

Soon after becoming prime minister in May 2014, Narendra Modi unleashed a policy blitzkrieg of sorts. Among the ambitious schemes ......

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Consumer

13 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Have the Modi govt's plans to tackle farm distress come a cropper?

While announcing the interim Union Budget last month, the then acting finance minister Piyush Goyal had said that families owning ......

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Finance

04 February, 2019

How budget proposals on stamp duty will affect PE and VC funds

On Friday, acting finance minister Piyush Goyal delivered what is perhaps the most populist budget in the five years that ......

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Economy

31 January, 2019

Could doubts over India's economic and jobs data erode investor confidence?

Earlier this week, two of the country’s top statisticians--PC Mohanan, the chief of the National Statistical Commission and his colleague ......

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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 ......

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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 ......

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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 ......