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Saturday, May 25, 2024
TopicModi government

Topic: Modi government

Govt, RBI will take necessary steps to deal with ‘fear sentiment’ around COVID-19, says CEA

CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian said govt and RBI will respond when necessary and asserted that market reaction is not reflecting fundamentals.

Modi govt shows no urgency to reform financial sector even after biggest bank failure

India urgently needs legislation to tackle bad loans while allowing banks to fail without inducing system-wide panic. But no legislation is imminent.

Indian courts, stop believing everything Modi govt counsels tell you. Trust citizens first

Harsh Mander’s case hearing and the deeply divided debate it sparked shows the fault lines Indian judiciary has to tread in these politically charged times.

Deposits after demonetisation rose by Rs 6 trillion and yet bank credit fell, study shows

Canada-based economics professor's study finds that on the cost side, there is strong evidence that demonetisation reduced employment, especially in informal sector.

With centre-state political standoff, can coronavirus outbreak be effectively fought?

India now has 28 confirmed coronavirus cases. In recent months, the relationship between the Centre and the states has seen a breakdown over several issues.

Link Indian agriculture with global chains, liberalise agro-commodity markets: Experts

On the sidelines of Centre for Policy Research Dialogues 2020, experts urged the Modi govt to take comprehensive reforms in the sector.

This Modi govt proposal could ease Mumbai, Kolkata space crunch, bring much-needed revenue

Shipping Ministry has identified 9,000 acres of port land in Kolkata, Mumbai & Gujarat that it hopes to lease out to private developers.  

Not media, CDS Rawat should be talking to military chiefs about India’s defence reform

Rawat’s position is only first among equals vis-à-vis the service chiefs and he has no command authority. This mandates a consultative process.

Modi govt sees privatisation as answer to ailing state power firms

States with electricity utilities losing more than 15% of revenue due to archaic networks, power theft & sloppy billing, collections will be pushed to privatise.

A ‘blah’ menu, dancing to Bajirao Mastani & Donald at Taj Mahal — Twitter on Trump visit

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

On Camera

Punjab to Andhra to Telangana—state govts’ spending on freebies harming India’s growth story

It’s unfortunate that the increase in the overall debt due to irresponsible freebies is causing the downgrade in ratings by international agencies.

Indian airports currently lag behind global ones in a key revenue stream, but change is in the air

India’s major airports earned average of $4.3/customer in 2023-24 from non-aeronautical sources, much lesser than $7.2-15.9 of global ones, according to rating agency ICRA.

Indian Coast Guard conducts pollution response seminar and mock drill in West Bengal

The event was organized by the ICG at its headquarters coast guard district.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?