The Modi government, already backed into the corner over unemployment, absconding defaulters, rupee depreciation, fuel prices and more, would not want more bad news on the NPA front at this juncture.

While Vajpayee is known for his dignity, his unfailing courtesy, his wit and oratorical skills and ability to take opposition parties along, the economic contribution of his government is often overlooked.

Vajpayee is no more, but no one can doubt his contribution on economic, political and diplomatic fronts.

The Prime Minister mentioned some of the key policy decisions such as GST and Benami Law that were discussed for years but did not see the light of the day till his government came to power.  

Over 63 per cent of respondents who were aware about the regulation and its requirements reported that they were non-compliant.

The dividend payout in 2016-17 was Rs 30,659 crore for the fiscal ended June 2017. The dividend was low last year on account of additional expenses incurred on printing of new currency notes following demonetisation in November 2016.

During the Budget presentation in February, then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had projected the fiscal deficit target at 3.3 per cent of GDP for the financial year 2018-19.

Imran Khan's priority will be to get the economy back on track.

Historical precedents do not support the popular belief that governments turn profligate in poll years.

Before he became Prime Minister, Narendra Modi vowed to bring all illicit money stashed away in foreign countries, and promised that poor people in the country would get Rs 15 lakh each.

Tata Sons, the investment holding company of the $100-billion Tata Group, has approved a Rs 10,161-crore investment plan that focuses on the conglomerate's finance, insurance, defence, realty and retail units - all areas that its chairman is aggressively betting on.

The government's attempt to sell Air India has failed but its broad public asset management strategy is showing results.

With around 93 per cent of the registered taxpayers set to benefit from the GST Council's decision to allow quarterly return filing for businesses with turnover of up to Rs 5 crore, India Inc not only foresees increased compliance but also improved ease of doing business.

Providing solace to flyers, full-service carrier Jet Airways and budget airline IndiGo and Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines joint venture Vistara on Tuesday said they will re-accommodate the passengers who miss their flights due to monsoon rains in Mumbai.

Almost all experts and commentators including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley believe that India cannot have a single rate GST, but six GST rates - 0%, 3%, 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% -- is nowhere near the kind of GST this government set out to implement.

The Modi government will present a vote-on-account instead of a full Budget in February ahead of 2019 General Elections and does not need to present an Economic Survey. Considering this, a chief economic advisor might not be appointed till April 2019.

Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway have picked well-known author and Harvard professor Atul Gawande to transform the healthcare they give their employees.

The government and India's private hospital chains have strongly disagreed over the pricing of the 1350 procedures that the government plans to cover under the Ayushman Bharat (National Health Protection Scheme).

Announced in the Budget 2018, the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission was touted as the 'world's largest government funded health care programme'.