Even as the new paradigm in post-RERA scenario ensures that the Indian real does flourish, we also need to factor in ground realities that will play a major role in shaping it into an economy of trillion dollars.

PM Modi-Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meet: The Saudi Arabia Prince who is on a 30-hour India visit, is scheduled to participate in bilateral talks with India spanning counter-terrorism, tourism, trade and investment and more.

Tariq Bajwa, the Governor of Pakistan's central bank, yesterday announced that the country's economy has been set on the right path with the help of friendly countries but the numbers tell a different story

The revoking of the Most Favoured Nation to Pakistan is just the beginning of the pain for Pakistan. After decades of treating its dangerous neighbour with kid gloves, India is waking up to Chanakya's famous aphorism: \"The antidote of poison is poison, not nectar.\"

Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that while there have been instances of revision in data which raise questions on its credibility, there was a need for a non-interference in the work of the statistics commission.

Hitachi Group is coming together to work faster, smarter and towards a sustainable tomorrow for India, contributing consistently to an ever evolving digital economy.

The country's interim Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal, speaks to Business Today's Prosenjit Datta, Rajeev Dubey and Anilesh S. Mahajan about the Budgets fiscal math, the role of states in the new income support scheme for farmers and the government's plans to fulfil its promises in an election year. Edited excerpts:

Rajeev Jain has the unique ability to think like a customer and come up with marketable products.

The Minister highlighted that post-GST, tax rates have come down to 12 per cent which was 20 per cent earlier. To boost the affordable and mid-segment housing, availability of credit is essential for growth, he added.

The concept of reservation is based on the fallacy that wealth and opportunity are a zero-sum game.

The digital economy in India was growing 1.5 times faster than the global average.

On the bright side, the Interim Budget puts more disposable income in the hands of the middle class, farmers and the workers in the unorganised sector and is expected to boost the economy with a spur in demand and consumption. 

\"New routes like gold monetary reserves, which are already popular in countries like Italy, could be explored. RBI may require more guidance as to how to go about it,\" said Rajaraman.

\"India faces short-term uncertainty due to the imposing of various taxes and levies on solar products, the cancellation of tenders and tariff renegotiations.\"

The RBI has reduced repo rate (at which RBI lends to banks) by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent, a move that will translate into softening interest rates.