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Anamika said that support of local businessmen, traders show that everyone is fed up with GST and it should be revoked.

Delhi Congress women’s wing to protest against GST

The women’s wing is all set to kickstart the protest by burning the effigy of Goods and Services Tax in Sadar Bazaar’s Barah Tuti Chowk.

30 Sep 2017 2:59 AM

Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha. (Photo: PTI)

5 points Yashwant Sinha made in his piece on economy

Sinha was Finance Minister in 1991 when India had faced balance of payments crisis.

29 Sep 2017 4:33 PM

India’s economy slipped to three year low of 5.7 per cent in first quarter of 2017 fiscal year.

Indian economy stares at depression amid raging Sinha-Jaitley debate

Economic expansion has slowed to its lowest level in three years with GDP coming in at 5.7 per cent in June.

29 Sep 2017 11:33 AM

Jaitley refrained from taking 84-year-old Yashwant’s name, but reminded him how he and the then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had taken the finance portfolio from him. (Photo: PTI/File)

Jaitley wouldn't have been FM if I was job aspirant, asserts Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant, in an article in the Indian Express, had blamed Jaitley and the Narendra Modi-led government for the “sinking” economy.

29 Sep 2017 9:52 AM

Jayant Sinha defended the government's economic policies on Thursday in what many saw as an attempt by the government to have Yashwant Sinha cornered by his own son. (Photo: PTI/File)

Absolutely out of my own conscience: Jayant Sinha on his article

Jayant said his difference of opinion with his father was a 'very serious discussion' and that it should not be seen 'in a personal way'.

29 Sep 2017 7:46 AM

Will the BJP act on Sinha’s words?

Sinha felt it was his moral duty as a citizen to speak up in the hope that the ruling party may attempt course correction.

29 Sep 2017 2:03 AM

Yashwant Sinha was finance minister during earlier NDA rule. (Photo: File)

Govt confuesd development can be done through welfare schemes: Sinha

Former finance minsiter says for development non-performing asset of banks should be cleared.

28 Sep 2017 5:06 PM

Shatrughan Sinha also said that Yashwant's article should be taken seriously and he should be appreciated for speaking up against the wrong. (Photo: PTI/File)

Hit the nail right on head: BJP's Shatrughan Sinha backs Yashwant Sinha's remark

He further said he was of the opinion that everything that has been written by Yashwant is entirely in the party and national interest.

28 Sep 2017 1:26 PM

Yashwant said that there has been a gradual decline in the Indian economic system. (Photo: PTI/File)

Can't blame Cong, BJP had ample chance: ex-FM defends his article

On Wednesday, the former finance minister launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Central Government's economic policy.

28 Sep 2017 12:55 PM

Lauding Modi's recent decisions, Jayant said that GST, demonetisation and digital payments were game-changing efforts to formalise India’s economy. (Photo: PTI/File)

Yashwant Sinha's son defends Centre, says GST, note ban game-changers for India

This comes a day after senior BJP leader, Yashwant Sinha launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Central Government's economic policy.

28 Sep 2017 11:44 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

Policy flip-flops may risk Modi's 'Make in India' drive

GE won $2.6 bn contract to supply 1,000 diesel locomotives; rail ministry says it wouldn’t need diesel.

28 Sep 2017 11:28 AM

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union minister Piyush Goyal. (Photo: rajnathsingh.in)

BJP refutes Yashwant Sinha's remark, says Indian economy fastest growing in world

Singh, who was responding to a question on Sinha's remarks, said no one should forget these facts about the country.

27 Sep 2017 5:22 PM

Mukesh Ambani is chairman of Reliance Industries whose telecom arm Reliance Jio has disrupted the sector. (Photo: PTI)

In ten years, India will be a $7 trillion economy: Ambani

RIL chairman at India Mobile Congress says pace of growth of India's mobile industry is unparalled.

27 Sep 2017 1:19 PM

Real estate sector has been one of major contributors of India's economic growth.

India slips rank in WEF's most competitive economy index

Out of 137 economies, Switzerland tops list, followed by US and Singapore in second and third places.

27 Sep 2017 11:05 AM

Nomura says a fiscal stimulus may not be so much to boost India's economic growth.

Nomura blames higher spending for India's fiscal woes

Japanese brokerage opposes stimulus saying a pump priming maybe counterproductive at this time.

27 Sep 2017 9:40 AM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Bullet trains can help revive economy, says Arun Jaitley

Bullet trains can help in regenerating the economy and building new townships and smart cities, says Arun Jaitley.

25 Sep 2017 7:16 AM

‘The economy is at a stage where it needs govt’s handholding’

Borrowing cost of the government will go up and across the board the interest rates will go up in the capital markets,

24 Sep 2017 4:37 AM

India's GDP is also expected to climb up with the rise in number of young workforce. (Photo: Representational/AP)

India's young will help it topple China as economic giant

India's workforce set to climb from 885 million to 1.08 billion people in next 20 years, says Bloomberg report.

18 Sep 2017 10:34 AM

Construction sector is major contributor to GDP growth. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

GST to hit informal sector; GDP growth to moderate: UN

Study lowers country's growth projection to 6.7 per cent for 2017 from 7 per cent in 2016.

15 Sep 2017 10:30 AM

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says he wants to come back to India if the need be. (Photo: AP)

Let India grow at 8-10 pc for 10 yrs before chest-thumping: Rajan

Rajan was only central bank governor in two decades who did not get a second term.

08 Sep 2017 4:56 PM

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