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Fact check: Arun Jaitley claims in Budget that Ganga cleanup has picked up speed. It hasn’t

Neera Majumdar - 1 February, 2018

ThePrint's visits to Kanpur and Varanasi showed that the Ganga is far from being cleaned, and projects under Namami Gange have been progressing sluggishly.

Budget Live: Jaitley gives no income tax benefits, imposes long-term capital gains tax

Arun George - 1 February, 2018

Tracking the latest updates as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Modi government's last Union Budget before the next general elections.

Budget announces Rs 1 lakh crore new funding mechanism for higher education institutes

Anubhuti Vishnoi - 1 February, 2018

Scraps grants-in-aid, asks higher education institutes like IITs, IIMs NITs to take soft loans and pay 25 per cent principal.

How legalising cannabis can help India ease some of its economic burden

Sabah Gurmat - 1 February, 2018

Indian cities are among the highest consumers of marijuana in the world; legalising it will give the government a major new revenue stream.

The feel-good steps the Modi govt can take for India Inc. in this Budget

Rohinton Sidhwa - 31 January, 2018

Sending the right feelers to industry would mean laying down a roadmap for bringing in land and labour reforms, infrastructure development, etc.

In this Budget, ignore science at farmers’ peril

Aruna Urs - 30 January, 2018

The lasting legacy of this government will be that it oversaw the lowest average growth rate of agriculture in almost three decades. As the...

GST, bank recapitalisation & rising exports to boost economy: What the Economic Survey says

Anjali Shukla - 29 January, 2018

This year's Economic Survey has predicted higher growth but has also pointed out the challenges facing the economy.

Lost miracle: How India wasted an opportunity to add $200 billion to its economy

Praveen Chakravarty - 29 January, 2018

The three stars of a ruling party's Parliament majority, development agenda and low oil prices may never align again, that is the biggest takeaway from Economic Survey 2018.

When Modi goes to the mountain: Nice speech but India’s ‘rise’ at Davos is still mere talk

Shekhar Gupta - 27 January, 2018

This world wants to see hard power, not counsel. India at Davos will remain a mutual admiration society until only Indians fill the halls at India sessions while the world gives a miss.

What RSS bodies want from budget: Jobs, higher MSP & sops for small enterprises

Anubhuti Vishnoi - 26 January, 2018

Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Bharatiya Kisan Sangh write to Finance Ministry, suggesting various measures to combat unemployment and farmer distress.

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