India's economic soar: A decade of unparalleled growth beyond expectations
Mar 05, 2024, at 04:28 am
India's economy is surging ahead of the pack, according to Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Narendra Modi, Qatar Amir discuss space collaboration, economic cooperation
Feb 16, 2024, at 10:18 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi met the Qatar Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at Amiri Palace in Doha on Thursday when they discussed topics ranging from economic cooperation to space collaboration.
American investor Ray Dalio says India has the highest potential growth rate
Sep 19, 2023, at 09:46 pm
American investor Ray Dalio has said India has the highest potential growth rate.
Aug 12, 2023, at 04:10 pm
Indian and Angolan officials decided to strengthen the relationship in several sectors, including defence and science and technology, while participating in the inaugural Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between the two countries on Friday.
World Bank predicts 'sharp slowdown' for global economy this year despite improvement
Jun 07, 2023, at 01:20 pm
The global economy is likely to experience a significant slowdown this year, under the influence of elevated interest rates, the ongoing repercussions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the persistent impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said in its latest outlook.
Govt strengthened fundamentals of economy in last nine years: PM Modi
Mar 07, 2023, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the entire world is witnessing the impact of India's fiscal and monetary policy during the Coronavirus pandemic and credited the efforts of the government in strengthening the fundamentals of India's economy in the last 9 years.
Maharashtra's economy currently moving towards 1 trillion: Devendra Fadnavis
Feb 09, 2023, at 06:06 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed the belief that the economy of Maharashtra is currently moving towards 1 trillion and in the next 4-5 years the country's economy will be the third largest in the world.
PM Modi launches mega employment drive in backdrop of Covid-19 impacts on economy
Oct 22, 2022, at 07:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday highlighted the negative effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the economy launching the mega employment drive, dubbed as Rozgar Mela in Hindi, ahead of key assembly elections in the country.
'Intensify vaccination, ensure momentum of economy': PM Modi tells states on Omicron spread
Jan 14, 2022, at 02:34 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a comprehensive high-level meeting with state chief ministers and Lt. governors of union territories to review the COVID-19 situation amid the Omicon variant's spread and vaccination progress.
Power CPSEs register 45 pc growth in Capex Investment over previous year
Dec 20, 2021, at 02:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in the power sector registered 45 percent growth in investment on capital expenditure investment over previous year, the power ministry has said.
PM Modi chairs UNSC open debate, says barriers must be removed for maritime trade
Aug 10, 2021, at 03:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a UN Security Council open debate and said barriers must be removed for trade on sea routes, which are currently being misused for piracy.
India should have done much better during COVID-19 second wave: Gautam Adani
Jul 13, 2021, at 07:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Businessman Gautam Adani has said India, which was devastated by COVID-19 second wave, should have performed better in tackling the crisis, besides cautioning people from falling prey to "voices that demoralise our nation".
Economic inequality is increasing in society, alleges Congress
Mar 23, 2021, at 09:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress on Tuesday, in the lower house of Parliament, charged the government for failing to bring economic equality in the society, rather, accused them of increasing the gap between the rich and poor.
Economy returning to track faster than expected: Prakash Javadekar
Nov 05, 2020, at 01:06 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Government on Wednesday said signs are now becoming clear that the country's economy is getting back on track faster than expected and that India will rebuild the world's fastest-growing economy by defeating the Covid-19 pandemic.
Aug 29, 2020, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who a couple of days ago called Novel Coronavirus pandemic an "act of God" that has affected the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Assam Economic Advisory committee submits report outlining roadmap post COVID-19 lockdown
Jun 01, 2020, at 08:41 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The Advisory Committee for revitalisation of economy of Assam, constituted in the backdrop of the situations arising out of COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown, under the chairmanship of former Additional Chief Secretary Subhash Das has submitted its report to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati on Monday.
Ignoring problem is not solution: Rahul Gandhi targets Modi govt over Coronavirus again
Mar 13, 2020, at 01:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Relaunching an attack on the Narendra Modi government over the outbreak of the deadly Novel Coronavirus, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday said ignoring a problem, which he accused the Centre of doing, can never be the solution.
Modi government does not acknowledge word 'slowdown': Manmohan Singh on economy
Feb 19, 2020, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an apparent dig at the present regime over the falling economy, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi government does not acknowledge the word "slowdown", media reports said.
Economy in deep crisis, need to increase consumption and investment: P Chidambaram
Feb 10, 2020, at 02:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that the Indian economy is in deep crisis and the government should take steps to increase consumption and investments in many sectors.
Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM Modi, Nirmala Sitharaman over economy
Jan 29, 2020, at 10:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the annual budget on Feb 1, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over falling economy.
We must prepare ourselves for government attack on IMF, Gita Gopinath: P Chidambaram
Jan 21, 2020, at 01:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed India's economic growth for 2019-2020 to below five per cent, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said an attack on IMF and its chief economic adviser Gita Gopinath by the ruling dispensation was imminent.
PM Modi meets various groups in pre-budget exercise
Jan 09, 2020, at 07:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met various stakeholders as part of the pre-budget exercise and called for a focussed effort from all stakeholders in order to achieve the target of 5 trillion dollar economy in India.
I am not Savarkar, won't apologise, says Rahul over 'Rape in India' row; Sonia gives call for battle
Dec 14, 2019, at 03:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: An aggressive and spirited Rahul Gandhi at the Congress' Bharat Bachao Rally at Ramlila Maidan here on Saturday said he won't apologise for his "Rape in India" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi bringing Veer Savarkar's name in the midst of the massive row.
Modi government destroyed economy: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at 'Bharat Bachao Rally'
Dec 14, 2019, at 12:27 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while speaking at her party's "Bharat Bhachao Rally" here, on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government has destroyed the Indian economy.
'Stubborn' Modi government is clueless on economy: P Chidambaram in post-bail presscon
Dec 05, 2019, at 02:25 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In an unsparing attack on the current regime over the struggling economy, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the Modi government is clueless on economy because of its stubbornness.
Abhijit Banerjee meets PM Narendra Modi, describes his thinking about India as 'quite unique'
Oct 22, 2019, at 03:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Nobel prize winner Abhijit Banerjee, who is currently in India, on Tuesday met PM Narendra Modi here and said the BJP leader's thinking about India was 'quite unique'.
Mughals, Britishers weakened Indian economy: Yogi Adityanath
Sep 28, 2019, at 12:51 pm
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has recently blamed the Mughal and British rules in India for the country's poor economic state, media reports said.
Urjit's resignation 'severe blow to economy': Manmohan Singh
Dec 10, 2018, at 11:10 pm
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IBNS): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Urjit Patel's resignation as the RBI governor on Monday was "a severe blow to the nation's economy".
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.
We made peace overtures, Pakistan responded with Pathankot, Uri : Arun Jaitley,
Jun 01, 2017, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi, June 1 (IBNS) : Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that though India made peace overtures in recent years Pakistan thwarted every bid with responses such as Pathankot and Uri, where audacious terror attacks were carried out, reports said.