The Bombay Plan, authored by the doyens of industry in 1944 first envisioned state planning, state ownership and control of industries to make India \"self-sufficient\" long before Nehru's ideas took root

The government has taken several measures in the last six-and-a-half years to boost agriculture production and farmers' income, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Stock Market Updates Today: Sun Pharma, ITC, HDFC were trading among the top losers today while RIL, L&T, Maruti were among the top gainers

RBI's database, reports and other evidence show India is credit surplus; large industrial houses have high debt stress, and that easy credit poses serious macro-financial risks to the economy

During 2020-21, a total of 2,200 FPO produce clusters have been allocated for formation of FPOs, which also include specialised FPO produce clusters such as 100 for organic, 100 for oil seeds

At 21% recovery, IBC has performed worse than UPA-era debt recovery mechanisms panned for inefficiencies. The idea of a bad bank is also likely to fail if political interference and poor bank governance continue

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the budget should be seen in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the announcement of Rs 27 lakh crore Atma Nirbhar Bharat scheme

Little attention to direct income support, health and education deprivations, and revival of small businesses will keep the demand and production of goods and services depressed in FY22

Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

Talking about the KCC drive, the Finance Ministry recently said in a tweet that banks had issued 1.8 crore Kisan Credit Cards with a credit limit of Rs 1.68 lakh crore as of January 8, 2021

India has no data on jobs lost and businesses shut; no estimate of how many would have slipped into poverty or how income, health and education inequalities would have risen due to the pandemic. How will the Budget 2021 allocate resources appropriately to revive growth and bring development?

For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

The Agri warehousing and Agri-NBFC sectors have a lot of expectations from the upcoming budget as the growth of these two sectors is essential for the growth of agriculture in the country

The government gives guaranteed return to private companies in its business dealings and considers their profit-motive good and desirable. Why the same doesn't hold true for farmers?

Misdirected stimulus that relies heavily on liquidity infusion when demand is depressed and incentivising loan defaults by routinely writing off NPAs threaten financial stability and economic recovery

Govt. committed to #FinancialInclusion to all citizens. As on 6/1/21, #PMJDY accounts cross 41 Cr. and Zero Balance Accounts decline to 7.5% from 58% in March 2015. Clearly showing the use and adaption by every account holder, the Finance Ministry said

Despite continuous and comprehensive attention to industry, its contribution to income (GDP) and employment didn't touch 25% and 14%, respectively. It is time to give equal, if not more, attention to services and agriculture that consistently contribute the most to income and employment, respectively

A Japanese embassy official said the latest agreement was signed by Suzuki Satoshi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to India and CS Mohapatra, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Finance on January 8

Equity markets are entering the New Year with hope. Here's what lies ahead

The six large PSBs have just seen consolidation. While the integration of IT infrastructure, people and branches will be a big headache, the market will be looking at synergies and gains