BT's panel of experts on how to fire up the four engines of the economy - and where to find the money

Part II of this two-part article continues to relook at misadventures that derailed the Indian economy, threatening dreams of millions of \"aspirational\" Indians. Instead of a serious and meaningful debate, India continues to grapple with constant and systemic \"misdirection\" in multiple sense of the word

This is Part I of two-part article revisiting critical economic decisions that eventually led to minus 23.9% growth in Q1 of FY21. Blaming exogenous factors (pandemic) or intense lockdown is merely an excuse to divert attention from government's ineptitude and thwart meaningful debate

Former finance minister P Chidambaram says the government should also increase spending on infrastructural projects and start massive public works programmes to boost economic activity

Employees' Union of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has expressed resentment at the government run telco's plan to retrench another 20,000 contractual workers

There is a need to take knowledge related to agriculture and its practical application to school level, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi

NEP 2020 does not address the fundamental flaws in Indian education system: poor public investment, ad hoc and low-paid teachers, segregation of students on socio-economic status and low quality of school education. Rhetorical flourish doesn't bring transformative changes

India's current efforts in restructuring its tax system should eventually eliminate the need for compliance - something similar to what the tax administration department of UK, is trying to achieve through its Making Tax Digital initiative

The April-July period of the current fiscal witnessed 46 per cent growth in work execution (in terms of person-days), coupled with an increase of 12 per cent in average wage under MGNREGA, shows CRISIL report

Qantas' head of domestic operations Andrew David said outsourcing ground handling jobs at the country's biggest airports would save an estimated A$100 million each year in operating costs

At present, FDI is permitted under the automatic route in LLPs that are operating in sectors where 100 per cent foreign direct investment is allowed through the automatic route and there are no FDI-linked performance conditions

India Stock Market Highlights: Kotak Bank, followed by Asian Paints, HDFC duo, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, PowerGrid, Titan, Infosys and TCS were among the laggards

LIC posted a sharp rise in premium income in July and August after reporting subdued performance in the first quarter of FY21. The growth in premium income was driven by surge in sales of bigger pension and term assurance policies

Addressing a webinar on \"Unlocking of India's Potential in Space Sector,\" Sivan said the whole aim of reforms is enabling the private players to carry out the space activities which is otherwise being done by ISRO

Despite an ambitious target, public expenditure on infrastructure - the only functional engine of the economy - is dwindling. That spells bad news for economic recovery

This is the first time in the history of Indian Parliament since 1952 that such an arrangement will be in place, where 60 members will be seated in the chamber and 51 in the galleries of Rajya Sabha and the remaining 132 in the chamber of Lok Sabha

The National Flag Guard comprising 32 men and one officer each from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Delhi Police will present 'Rashtriya Salute' at the time of unfurling of the National Flag by the prime minister

The Western world and the big pharma are upset. They say Russia has not done adequate safety and efficacy studies and the claim is based on testing on less than 100 human volunteers

Effective from August 13, the faceless assessment scheme aims to obliterate the human interface between the income tax department and the taxpayer

The committee members will take the decision on vaccines that will be effective for Indian citizens. The task force will also chalk out a budget and discuss how capital can be raised for procurement, distribution of the vaccine