The S&P BSE Sensex index first hit 25,000 in 2014 after the BJP-led NDA government came to power with a record majority

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

Suffering poor financial health, Central government has not given a concrete answer on who will bear the cost of vaccinating Indians - Centre, states, or the people themselves

After using technology to transform Indian banking and steering Infosys past its biggest crisis, K.V. Kamath, former Chairman, ICICI Bank, helped multilateral lender New Development Bank scale up massively during his five-year stint

Banerjee sought to know where the money of the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund is and wondered why no audit was conducted in it

The new Parliament building, which is triangular in its design, will come up at plot number 118 of the Parliament House estate

As India marches from one economic disaster to another, policy and planning appear to be victims of whims and fancies as and when they strike

It'll be Kumar's fourth term as the Bihar chief minister; he will take oath tomorrow. There is some suspense whether Sushil Kumar Modi will continue as deputy CM or if BJP will choose a new face

This is a nebulous idea designed to mean anything and everything under the sun without the burden of economic logic, facts and evidence

Multiple factors are responsible for this; some are well-known, like data fudging and man-made disasters of demonetisation, GST, and stringent lockdown; others are lost sight of, like lack of institutional support and intellectual rigour and frivolous approach to serious crisis

Bihar election results: Though leaders close to Nitish have reiterated that 'Brand Nitish' has not been affected, they acknowledged that Bihar election results reflect a strong anti-incumbency.

According to the ECI trends at 12 pm, the BJP is leading in 72 seats, whereas JD (U) in leading in only 46 seats

Highlighting various schemes launched by the government, Modi said under the Swamitva scheme, farmers will be issued property cards, which will not only help them get loans, but the \"game of grabbing their properties will also end\"

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On the fourth anniversary of demonetisation, PM Modi in a tweet defended the note ban move, saying it helped reduce black money, increase tax compliance and given a boost to transparency

The Congress leadership has suggested that states where it is in power should pass laws of their own to counter the Central legislations

The chief minister announced this on Twitter, hours after the Punjab assembly unanimously passed four bills and adopted a resolution against the Union government laws

India has learnt that growth in GDP does not automatically translate into growth in jobs and that GDP growth does not necessarily mean well-being of a vast majority of population. It needs to put these experiences into work and frame appropriate policy responses to the job crisis

Part I of this two-part article traces the growth of temporary employment in government and the practice of keeping a larger number of posts vacant even in the face of a severe job crisis

The government has been under attack for bringing in new farm laws which are aimed at providing marketing freedom to farmers for selling their produce