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A view of the Lok Sabha, which on Thursday passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017. (Photo: PTI/File)

Budget session to start on Jan 29, Budget to be presented on Feb 1

The first phase of the session will be from January 29 to February 9. After a recess, Parliament will meet again from...

5 Jan 2018 3:26 PM IST

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

Budget non-populous, special scheme without substance: Green body

Presenting his 5th straight budget in the Lok Sabha, Arun Jaitley had said air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region was a...

4 Feb 2018 11:21 AM IST

Dharmakirti Joshi

The Budget is not based on crazy assumptions, but on realistic ones'

The fiscal account came under strain despite the government exceeding its divestment target after many years, says...

4 Feb 2018 4:17 AM IST

Agriculture is one of those sectors where we have seen no reforms, whether in terms of export-import policies or domestic constraints.

Economic Survey glosses over the problems that lie ahead for India

In agriculture, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shrill rhetoric, there has been no major investment by the State...

1 Feb 2018 6:47 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

Consumer confidence dips in March, says RBI survey

However, household's assessment of the current as well as the future price situation have broadly remained unchanged.

7 April 2018 5:51 AM IST

Among the top 8 cities, Hyderabad residential real estate market has performed better in most fronts.

The real reason why India has a high-cost economy

The average per capita income in Delhi, according to the latest state economic survey, is Rs 3.65 lakhs, or about Rs...

3 Oct 2019 1:34 AM IST

The government can choose to pay a certain amount, which can be calculated as the poverty line threshold multiplied by the number of people in a household and then scaled up for a month.

Universal Basic Income: A worthwhile experiment

Various employment schemes at the Central and state levels should be done away with and the people provided a basic...

20 Jan 2019 4:46 AM IST

Economic survey 2016-17 has proposed the creation of a public sector asset rehabilitation agency (PARA) to resolve such large and complex cases.

Per capita income of Delhi 3 times more than national average

The economic survey showed increase in supply of electricity in Delhi from 37,484 million units in 2014-15 to 38,510...

24 Feb 2019 8:06 AM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

A cautionary tale for our decision-makers

Overlay this construct with the income-tax data for the same year and the situation becomes even worse.

14 Feb 2019 1:53 AM IST

The MEAs comments came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow Pakistani soil to be used for terror. (Photo:AP)

Pak economic growth expected to hit 3.3 pc, well below target of 6.3...

Survey indicates that livestock is the only sector whose growth went little above official target while all other...

9 Jun 2019 1:27 PM IST

Indias renewable power capacity soared by almost 150 per cent in the last 5 years to 77.6 GW.

Renewable energy capacity to reach 260 GW by 2024

India is formulating a policy to build a 30 GW local capacity for manufacturing solar cells.

20 July 2019 7:47 AM IST

Krishnamurthy Subramanian Chief Economic Adviser.

Budget data snafu: No answers in sight

The Budget over-estimated the 2018-19 revenue receipts by 9.6 per cent.

10 July 2019 2:19 AM IST