Tag: economic
Chidambaram Takes A Dig At PM, Says 'Modi Gave Us A Headline And A Blank Page'
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a massive financial package to revive, reform and make the country self-reliant, while at the same time welcoming foreign capital and strengthening of supply chains, former Union Finance Minister P. Chidbambaram said his reaction to the move is "a blank as yesterday PM gave us a headline and a blank page".....
Budget 2022: FM Sitharaman Tables Economic Survey; GDP Estimate For FY23 Is At 8-8.5%
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday tabled the Economic Survey in Parliament along with the statistical Appendix. The Economic Survey has provided details pertaining to the state of the economy ahead of the Union Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2022. ....
Dubai Finalises Pact With Haryana For Economic Growth
The tour of Dubai by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has yielded results as the Dubai government has finalised a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state for cooperation in economic activities like investment promotion and land development, including real estate development, industrial parks, IT parks and multi-purpose towers, etc. ....
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch Opposes Complete Ban On Firecrackers In Delhi
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM), the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, on Saturday strongly opposed a complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital during Diwali, terming it "inappropriate" and "hurtful" to Hindus. ....
Economic Survey Pegs India's GDP Growth Rate At 6.5-7 Pc For 2024-25
The Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday projected India’s GDP growth rate at 6.5 to 7 per cent for 2024-25 as it sees the economy on a strong wicket. ....
Retail Inflation At 5.4 Pc In FY24, Lowest Since Pandemic: Economic Survey 2023-24
Timely policy interventions by the government and the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) price stability measures helped retail inflation stand at 5.4 per cent -- the lowest since the pandemic, the Economic Survey 2023-2024 said on Monday. ....
Budget Aims To Lift Overall Consumption To Stimulate Economic Growth
The Union Budget 2025-26 ultimately aims to lift overall consumption which is the need of the hour to stimulate economic growth, said a report on Sunday. ....
Sex Ratio Improved To 1,020 Females Per 1,000 Males: Economic Survey
The number of females per 1,000 males in the country has risen from 991 in 2015-16 to 1,020 in 2019-21, as per the Economic Survey tabled in the Parliament on Monday. ....
BJP Conspiring To Divert Attention From Economic Disaster: Mamata Banerjee
The ruling BJP is resorting to various conspiracies to divert attention from the economic crisis in the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday.....
Sri Lanka Under State Of Emergency Again Amid Its Worst Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today declared a state of emergency giving security forces sweeping powers for the second time in five weeks to deal with escalating anti-government protests. A spokesman for the President said he invoked the tough laws to "ensure public order" after trade unions staged a nationwide strike Friday demanding his resignation over a worsening economic crisis.....
