GDP growth has slid, public finances are messy and there is a jobs crunch. What the government needs to do to boost the economy.

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

As the NDA government enters its final year, there is a long unfinished agenda that it may not be able to implement by 2019.

Central observers - Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and national general secretary Bhupendra Yadav -- will remain present at the meeting to elect the chief minister.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday presented Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha.