Union Budget 2019 Live: With today's budget, the Modi government seeks to reverse weakening growth and investment to regain India's fastest growing economy tag

As Jet Airways ran out of funds, it had shut down its operations on April 17 this year which leads to a sudden rise in domestic and international airfares

Railway Board has notified five centralised employment notifications in 2018-19 for new and future vacancies likely to arise in two years, covering 1,56,138 vacancies

Amitabh Kant was appointed as the CEO of Niti Aayog, the policy think tank, on February 17, 2016.

According to sources, key issues like creation of jobs, boosting exports amid trade wars and initiating more structural reforms too were focus of the interactive session

This is the second time BMS is opposing the policy moves of the re-elected NDA government. Last week, the organisation had opposed the government's plans to speed up the enactment of Labour Codes.

The policies that contributed to formalisation include the introduction of the GST, demonetisation, EPF and ESIC reforms, Skill India initiatives, Fixed Term Contract Reform, as well as the Maternity Benefit reform.

Kant also said that there is a need for legislation to promote the circular economy in the country. Several countries have recognised the centrality of the circularity as the new paradigm for sustainable development.

An insight into what has driven India's economic choices over the past 70 years

The list, which includes land and industrial plants of state-owned enterprises NTPC, Cement Corporation of India, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. and Steel Authority of India Ltd., has been passed on to the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management