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Friday, August 1, 2025
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As GST turns one, there’s good news and still some bad news

Ahead of GST’s anniversary, policymakers say tax collections have risen in the past year and that teething issues have been addressed.

Oil price cut depends on Modi govt’s ability to convince BJP-ruled states: Rajiv Kumar

The NITI Aayog vice chairman says the government must speak to BJP chief ministers as his organisation has no more leverage with the states for a cut in oil

BJP MPs are complaining about Narendra Modi-Amit Shah style & 2019 is around the corner 

After four years of obsequiousness, many BJP MPs have woken up to their irrelevance in the party’s scheme of things, which centre around Modi’s popularity and Amit Shah’s organisational skill.

10 reasons why India’s economy is in the doldrums, according to P. Chidambaram

An analysis by the Congress — days after the Narendra Modi government completed four years — on whether the management of the economy has helped the people of the country.

After poor bypoll show, BJP rushes to placate ally Akali Dal

After sustained demand from Sikh groups, the BJP government launches the Special Financial Assistance for Sewa Bhoj Yojana.

The Rahul Gandhi Defence League is obsessed with the wrong problem

In denial that Rahul Gandhi has an image problem, his supporters can’t see beyond Hindutva.

From vikas to garibi to anti-Congressism: the faltering Modi narrative

Modi can’t carry out an ‘anti-incumbency’ campaign against the Congress when he is the incumbent, he needs a new strategy for 2019. 

Modi government hasn’t fared too badly on the economy. But can’t say the same on politics

The real negatives of the Modi govt are not with regard to the economy but with the undermining of key institutions & damage to the social fabric.

Does the data show India is creating jobs or not?

The pessimist will argue that demonetisation and GST have caused waves of layoffs in the informal sector, but there are arguments by the optimistic, that complex structure of tax has created jobs in formal sector. 

Sugar cess goes against idea of tax reforms through GST, say experts

GST Council said it will help farmers, several states opposed the proposal that has been called discriminatory by experts.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.