God save India's economy: P Chidambaram on Nishikant Dubey's GDP comment
Dec 03, 2019, at 01:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey's comment where the parliamentarian dismissed the significance of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is currently reeling in the country at 4.5%.
Centre to announce Rs 100 lakh crore infra projects over the next five years to boost economy
Dec 01, 2019, at 04:41 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Government will announce a series of infrastructure projects this month as part of its plan to invest Rs 100 lakh crore over the next five years in the sector, the finance minister said on Saturday, in a bid to push the sagging economy of the country, media reports said.
Rs 1,03,492 crore gross GST revenue collected in Nov 2019
Dec 01, 2019, at 02:29 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collected in November 2019 is Rs 1,03,492 crore, of which Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) is Rs 19,592 crore, State Goods & Services Tax (SGST) is Rs 27,144 crore and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) is Rs 49,028 crore.
Manmohan Singh should not advice on economy: Nirmala Sitharaman
Oct 18, 2019, at 01:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Hitting back at Manmohan Singh over his criticism of the Narendra Modi government, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the former Prime Minister should not give any advice at least on economy.
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad withdraws remarks on economic slowdown
Oct 13, 2019, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi: Amid criticism for citing box office collection of three recently released Bollywood movies to dismiss reports of the economic slowdown in the country, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said his statement was 'twisted out of context'.
Indian economy fine, 3 films made 120 cr on single day: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Oct 13, 2019, at 12:24 pm
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IBNS): Amid severe criticisms over the country's poor economic condition, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the economic state is absolutely fine or else there wouldn't have been a business of Rs. 120 crore at the Box Office on Oct 2, which is a national holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanti.
PM Modi, FM Sitharaman clueless about economy: Congress
Oct 12, 2019, at 06:21 pm
New Delhi, Oct 12 (UNI) Intensifying the attack on Narendra Modi government over the state of economy, the Congress on Saturday alleged that the current dispensation is guilty of the ‘monumental mismanagement’ of the Indian economy and they obsessed with targeting political opponents.
Economic slowdown temporary, fundamentals are strong: Javadekar defends Modi govt. on 100 days
Sep 08, 2019, at 07:17 pm
New Delhi, Sep 8 (UNI) Describing the economic slowdown as a temporary phase due to some cyclic reasons, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said the fundamentals of our economy are strong and we are sure that investment will increase, domestic demand will go up substantially.
All round mismanagement led to economic slowdown: Manmohan Singh
Sep 01, 2019, at 01:42 pm
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IBNS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government for the poor economic situation of the country at present and said "the state of the economy today is deeply worrying" due to "all round mismanagement."
Noteban was a courageous step taken for betterment of economy: PM Narendra Modi
Apr 05, 2019, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi, Apr 5 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the demonetisation decision taken by his government in 2016 needed huge courage which resulted in betterment of the Indian economy in the long run.
India is the economic hope of the globe: Vice President Naidu
Feb 27, 2018, at 01:56 am
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that India is the economic hope of the globe and that the picture is both fascinating and complex as our economy is fast expanding.
Arun Jaitley slams Rahul Gandhi over his Gabbar Singh Tax remark
Oct 24, 2017, at 11:13 pm
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his remark on GST and said only those who were used to scams will have problems with legitimate tax.
Government is committed to continuous development of the Indian economy: Singh
Jul 04, 2017, at 11:18 pm
New Delhi, July 4 (IBNS): Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers and Welfare Radha Mohan Singh said that the government is committed to the continuous development of the Indian economy. India can become one of the world's major economic powers by developing the enterprises related to agriculture, where the products can be stored, processed and are brought to the market.
My apprehension came true, says Mamata on dip in GDP growth rate
Jun 02, 2017, at 01:12 am
Kolkata, June 1 (IBNS): Attacking the Centre once again for the demonetisation and its negative impacts on Indian economy, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her apprehension proved to be true regarding the severe loss in jobs and decline in productivity, at the time when India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate slipped to 6.1% in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016-2017.
Indian economy is not in a good state: Manmohan Singh
Jan 30, 2017, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IBNS): Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the current situation of Indian economy is not good.
Currency Ban: Jaitley slams Rahul Gandhi
Jan 08, 2017, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): Two months after the government on Nov 8 announced banning of old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday attacked Rahul Gandhi over attacking the move and said the Congress vice-president only thought about disrupting the next session of Parliament while Prime Minister Narendra Modi planned about technology driven cleaner economy.
Modi thanks Indian diaspora for supporting govt's move against black money
Jan 08, 2017, at 09:11 pm
Bangalore, Jan 8 (IBNS): Prime MInister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the Indian diaspora for sup[porting the government on the move take by it against black money.