Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.
Govt launched 'Make in India' on 25 Sept 2014 to make India manufacturing hub. On its 10th anniversary, PM Modi said it illustrates 'collective resolve of 140 crore Indians'.
However, all is not lost. International media reports that India is breaking records in commercial and residential markets, driven by its thriving service sector.
Reports also discuss how cycling is transforming lives in Bihar, concerns about women's safety after the Kolkata rape-murder & intentions behind now-withdrawn broadcast bill.
Experts say that govt’s PLI scheme has done better than previous measures to boost electronics manufacturing in India, but next phase must focus on value addition.
The analysis of two official databases shows that the formal manufacturing sector barely added any jobs since 2015-16, while the informal portion saw job losses.
Modi wants to offer subsidies for domestic production modelled on recent packages for semiconductor firms and electric vehicle makers, said the officials on condition of anonymity.
Jobs, while they increased by 11.2 crore during the Modi years, are the Achilles’ heel of India’s development as labour participation remains low and the informal sector dominates.
Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.
For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
It’s outrageous to label the growth rate in religious terms. Is he saying that other religions do not belong to India? How can any sane person do this.
Will the writer call Pakistan’s poor growth rate as Islamic ?
The elites failed India since independence with wrong socialistic policies. It was very convenient to label the poor growth rate as Hindu, when the real failure was of Indian socialism. The so called intellectuals with degrees from fancy western universities could not even own up to their policy failures
Under the current extreme left wing dispensation at the Centre, growing at 7 % is a miracle. With a clueless PM and even more clueless FM, be happy with even this. The truth is that irrespective of which political party wins elections, ultimately it is the permanent bureaucracy that rules. A bureaucracy whose recurring theme is self aggrandisement, self perpetuation, discretionary powers and permanent control.
It’s outrageous to label the growth rate in religious terms. Is he saying that other religions do not belong to India? How can any sane person do this.
Will the writer call Pakistan’s poor growth rate as Islamic ?
The elites failed India since independence with wrong socialistic policies. It was very convenient to label the poor growth rate as Hindu, when the real failure was of Indian socialism. The so called intellectuals with degrees from fancy western universities could not even own up to their policy failures
Expect better from the Print
It’s not enough some tell modi . You want to competition with china so less than 10 is foolish
Under the current extreme left wing dispensation at the Centre, growing at 7 % is a miracle. With a clueless PM and even more clueless FM, be happy with even this. The truth is that irrespective of which political party wins elections, ultimately it is the permanent bureaucracy that rules. A bureaucracy whose recurring theme is self aggrandisement, self perpetuation, discretionary powers and permanent control.
Socialism gives only this much of growth.