PM Modi says India will become fastest growing major economy this year
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said India was expecting 7.5% growth this year, which will make it the fastest growing major economy, and added that transformative changes are taking place in every sector in the emerging 'New India'.
'India looks lot like Sri Lanka,' says Rahul Gandhi sharing graphs on economy
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday compared India to crisis-hit Sri Lanka in a tweet slamming the government over the economy as he shared graphs on unemployment, fuel prices and communal violence between the two countries.
'Manage economy, not headlines': Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi over rupee fall
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the largest single-day drop in the value of the rupee and asked him to 'focus on managing our economy, not media headlines.'
India taking massive steps towards economic progress: PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat
New Delhi/IBNS: India is taking massive steps towards economic progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, noting that the country achieved the export target of $ 400 billion.
India aspiring to be number one country in the world: Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Imphal/UNI: India is aspiring to become the number one nation in the world under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public reception at Hapta Kangjeibung there today.
'How to completely destroy economy': Rahul Gandhi's latest jibe at Centre
Kolkata/IBNS: In his latest jibe at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday cited figures collated by renowned economist Kaushik Basu - which project India's GDP below the most among a selection of 11 Asian nations, including China.
India 'slid rapidly' from development model to strife-hit state in economic despair: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid massive unrest and economic slowdown in the country, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the current situation is grim and that India has 'slid rapidly from being a model of economic development to a strife-ridden majoritarian state in economic despair.'
Modi and his ideas destroyed India's economy: Rahul Gandhi on Yes Bank crisis
New Delhi/IBNS: Targetting the government over the crisis in Yes Bank, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ideas had destroyed the economy of the country.
Current state of economy is deeply worrying: Yechury
Kalaburagi/UNI: National General Secretary of CPI (M) Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party led dispensation at the Centre for 'mismanagement', which has led to the alleged current economic crisis in the country.
Kind of cleaning govt did after 2014 'unbelievable': Nirmala Sitharaman
Chennai/IBNS: The kind of cleaning in the system that the BJP-led government had to carry out after coming to power in 2014 was "unbelievable" and it undertook the exercise without any grudge or worry, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday, reports said.
Economy in incompetent hands, growth rate to sink further: P Chidambaram
Ranchi/UNI: Former Union finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who has been released on bail after over three months of incarceration, on Friday unleashed a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the present economic scenario, saying the country's economy is in deep trouble in incompetent hands.
God save India's economy: P Chidambaram on Nishikant Dubey's GDP comment
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey's comment where the parliamentarian dismissed the significance of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is currently reeling in the country at 4.5%.
Centre to announce Rs 100 lakh crore infra projects over the next five years to boost economy
Mumbai/IBNS: Government will announce a series of infrastructure projects this month as part of its plan to invest Rs 100 lakh crore over the next five years in the sector, the finance minister said on Saturday, in a bid to push the sagging economy of the country, media reports said.
Rs 1,03,492 crore gross GST revenue collected in Nov 2019
New Delhi/UNI: The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collected in November 2019 is Rs 1,03,492 crore, of which Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) is Rs 19,592 crore, State Goods & Services Tax (SGST) is Rs 27,144 crore and Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) is Rs 49,028 crore.
Manmohan Singh should not advice on economy: Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi/IBNS: Hitting back at Manmohan Singh over his criticism of the Narendra Modi government, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the former Prime Minister should not give any advice at least on economy.