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A worker cuts metal inside a workshop manufacturing metal pipes in Mumbai, India August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade | Photo Credit: SHAILESH ANDRADE India can sustain 8% annual GDP growth and the conducive macroeconomic configuration may become a launching pad for a step-up in the country’s growth trajectory, said an article on the ‘State of…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses an audience at the Shrimati Indira Gandhi College in Tiruchirappalli on March 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 16 said India needs economic freedom to achieve developed nation status by 2047 and assured that the country would move to the third spot…
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Unfortunately, ‘wise’ , ‘efficient’ and ‘government expenditure’ don’t usually feature in the same sentence. | Getty Images | Photo Credit: Getty Images “The Indian economy is expected to grow at an average rate of 6.7% per annum until the end of the decade,” CRISIL said in its latest report. The economy will grow at this…
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva | Photo Credit: REUTERS The economic success of India is grounded in the pursuit of reforms over the last years, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on February 1 exuding confidence that it would achieve its goal of being a developed nation by…
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Mr Mishra said fertility rate is falling in India and net savings are increasing. New Delhi: The United States may see a deep recession soon, and such a scenario would impact not only India’s services sector, which is a key component of the country’s GDP, but also bring about a lot of volatility in the…
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Official rhetoric on India becoming a $5 trillion dollar economy has resumed, with the Prime Minister’s remarks at the BRICS conference last week. However, these claims are riddled with problems. | Photo Credit: Reuters Addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue at Johannesburg last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Soon, India will become a…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally addresses an event in New Delhi on August 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on August 19 that India’s economy is shining as a beacon of hope in these challenging times. “With robust growth and resilient spirit, the future looks promising. Let us keep this…
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Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot | Photo Credit: PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on February 1 criticised the Union Budget for neglecting the important areas of education, health and social justice and reducing the allocation by 33% for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which had proved…
Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Budget 2023-24 has proposed to limit the income tax exemption on the proceeds of high value life insurance policies. Mooted as part of an emphasis on better targeting of tax concessions and exemptions, the proposal means that only income from life insurance policies…
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