Economy - general
Cabinet approves `death-for-child-rapist’ ordinance
21 Apr 2018
The ordinance prescribes death for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12 years, while in case of rape of a girl aged under 16 years, the ordinance prescribes minimum punishment of 20 years in jail
Cabinet approves `death-for-child-rapist’ ordinance
21 Apr 2018
The ordinance prescribes death for those convicted of raping children below the age of 12 years, while in case of rape of a girl aged under 16 years, the ordinance prescribes minimum punishment of 20 years in jail
India may shut 1.36 lakh engineering seats and 110 engineering colleges
21 Apr 2018
Simultaneously, the ministry of human resource development is deploying highly qualified and motivated graduates recruited from IITs and NITs to improve the quality of technical and higher education in the backward areas of the country
India now world’s No 6 economy, pursuing ‘right policies’: IMF
20 Apr 2018
India has “quite a high” government debt to GDP ratio at 70 per cent, but is trying to lower it using “the right policies”, the IMF says, while flagging the usual issues of educational outcomes, infrastructure and labour laws
Cash crunch unabated, supply cut in Rs2,000 notes blamed
19 Apr 2018
Currency is becoming scarce as the supply of Rs2,000 notes has reportedly been stopped, leaving most ATMs to operate at below 50 per cent capacity; and bankers have put the blame squarely on the RBI
India to grow at 7.5 per cent in 2019 and 2020: World Bank
17 Apr 2018
The bank, in its bi-annual South Asia Economic Focus report notes that the Indian economy will expand at 7.5 per cent in 2019 and 2020 thanks a to a sustained recovery in private investment and private consumption
Had cautioned government against hasty demonetisation: Raghuram Rajan
13 Apr 2018
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has reiterated his views that India’s demonetisation exercise was not a good idea and its implementation was ill-planned, adding that he had cautioned the government about it, when the idea was brought up
Heavy rain brings Taj Mahal pillar tumbling down
12 Apr 2018
This was a disaster waiting to happen, as it has long been known that India’s best-known monument is suffering serious damage due to pollution but the buck was being passed around on who is supposed to take what steps to conserve it
Jammu bandh cripples normal life
11 Apr 2018
ADB sees India growing at 7.3% this fiscal and 7.6% in next
11 Apr 2018
In its Asian Development Outlook, 2018, ADB said growth in India will pick up as the new tax regime improves productivity and banking reform and corporate deleveraging take hold to reverse a downtrend in investment