At a post-budget conference, the minister took industry leaders to task for not cooperating with govt. Last week, Economic Survey & govt officials had also criticised private sector.
Global media also discusses the India-UK free trade agreement, RBI governor's call to not cut interest rates & targeting of Muslim journalists in Uttar Pradesh.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal said 49.18 lakh employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners will benefit from the decision. It would cost Rs 12,868.72 crore per annum to the exchequer.
The Union Cabinet had in September last year approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for release of 75 lakh LPG connections over three years from 2023-24 to 2025-26.
This will be the third round of talks after the previous rounds of dialogue on 8 &12 February remained inconclusive. The panel will include Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityanand Rai.
Karnataka MP DK Suresh said Thursday that taxes from south were going to north India & Hindi was being 'imposed' on all fronts. BJP calls it 'attack on country’s unity', demands apology.
Agreement signed by Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partners being seen as counter to reducing reliance on China, particularly after Covid-induced supply disruptions.
In San Francisco, the Union minister of commerce met his foreign counterparts to discuss investment opportunities in India & attended ministerial-level talks on clean & fair economy.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Its true , even to to close a business down its a nightmare littered with possibilities of several fines even when you have been able to make nothing. Horrible Horrible place to do business especially if you have good moral values.
The truth is just as the government doesn’t trust citizens, citizens too don’t trust government, then be it ordinary people or corporate czars. The government expects more from the private sector but never keeps it’s side of the bargain. Just running a business in India is a herculean task, what with the plethora of rules and regulations which give arbitrary powers to even the lowest level government clerk. In India the biggest obstacle to business is the government itself. Once you start a business the government has you by the hook with sudden changing rules, with every rule making it even more difficult for businesses. Listen to the government at your own peril.
I am a firm believer in free-market economics. Lowering corporate taxes should have increased employment, but to my dismay, my IT-employed wife lost her job along with several of her colleagues.
Its true , even to to close a business down its a nightmare littered with possibilities of several fines even when you have been able to make nothing. Horrible Horrible place to do business especially if you have good moral values.
The truth is just as the government doesn’t trust citizens, citizens too don’t trust government, then be it ordinary people or corporate czars. The government expects more from the private sector but never keeps it’s side of the bargain. Just running a business in India is a herculean task, what with the plethora of rules and regulations which give arbitrary powers to even the lowest level government clerk. In India the biggest obstacle to business is the government itself. Once you start a business the government has you by the hook with sudden changing rules, with every rule making it even more difficult for businesses. Listen to the government at your own peril.
I am a firm believer in free-market economics. Lowering corporate taxes should have increased employment, but to my dismay, my IT-employed wife lost her job along with several of her colleagues.