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India’s Growth To Be Highest Amongst Advanced, Emerging G20 Nations: Moody’s
NEW DELHI: Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday said India’s growth at 6.5 per cent this fiscal will remain the highest amongst the advanced and emerging G-20 countries, supported by tax measures and continued monetary easing, and the country will continue to attract capital and withstand any cross-border outflow. In its...
Railways Records 1.68 Per Cent Growth In 2024-25
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways registered a 1.68 per cent growth in originating freight loading to 1,617.38 million tonnes in the 2024-25 fiscal against 1,590.68 million tonnes in 2023-24, the rail ministry said on Tuesday. “Loading for domestic coal registered a growth of 7.4 per cent whereas domestic containers...
Sewer Deaths Expose National Crisis: Requiring National Action
By Raju Kumar Despite strict laws banning manual scavenging, sanitation workers across India continue to lose their lives while cleaning sewers and septic tanks. The situation is particularly alarming in Madhya Pradesh, where 16 such deaths have been recorded between 2021 and 2024. According to the Safai Karmachari Andolan...
It’s Time To Cap The Number Of Seats In Lok Sabha
By Nantoo Banerjee If in the United States, the world’s second largest federal democracy, the number of seats in the House of Representatives could remain capped at 435 since 1913, there is no reason to justify the latest delimitation exercise to freshly fix the number of seats and boundaries...
Decoding Major Tasks Of CPI(M) At 24th Party Congress In Madurai On April 2-6
By Nitya Chakraborty The Communist Party of India (Marxist) begins its five day session of 24th Congress on April 2 at Madurai in Tamil Nadu. The 24th congress, held after every three years is expected to frame the road map of the party for the next three years...
Modi Govt Must Act To Prevent Illegal Immigration From India To U.S.
By Kalyani Shankar Illegal immigration from India to the United States is emerging as a significant issue between the two countries. India has one of the highest numbers of illegal immigrants in the US, with an estimated 750,000 people. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two countries have built...
India’s Present Growth Model On The Basis Of GDP Is Imperfect
By Dr. Gyan Pathak UN Geneva’s Beyond Lab’s movement around ‘Beyond GDP’ has many lessons for India, the country whose ruling establishment has recently created a hype around its GDP growth. Quoting the IMF data, the government said India’s economy has reached $4.3 trillion in 2025, which was $2.1...
Stage Set For 24th CPI(M) Party Congress In Madurai
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Madurai City in Tamil Nadu is all set to host the CPI(M)’s 24th Party Congress on Wednesday, April 2. The historic city, which has witnessed many a struggle against casteism and exploitation of the poor and downtrodden, has literally turned red with thousands of party...
Opposition Parties In Kerala Suffer A Stinging Judicial Rebuff
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Another attempt to discredit Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter Veena suffered a major setback when the Kerala High Court rejected pleas by Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan and late RTI activist Girish Babu for a probe against the CM. The duo had sought...
India To Grow At 6.5 Per Cent In Fy26: EY Report
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is likely to grow at 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year starting April 1, EY Economy Watch said, emphasising that a well-calibrated fiscal strategy that supports human capital development while maintaining fiscal prudence could significantly enhance long-term growth prospects. The March edition of...
Direct Benefit Transfers 16% Lower At Rs 5.8 Lakh Crore In FY25
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s transfer of assorted subsidies and sops to the beneficiaries through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) fell by 16% year-on-year to approximately ₹5.8 lakh crore in FY25, reflecting reduced leakages and a slower pace of implementation in certain schemes.DBT transfers had reached a record ₹7.16 lakh...
FTA, BIT Likely To Figure In FM’s UK Engagements
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the UK for a three-day trip starting April 8, where issues related to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) are expected to be discussed during the scheduled meetings. The Finance Minister’s key engagement in the UK will...
M&E Deal Activity To Gain Pace In FY26
NEW DELHI: After a season of big deals in FY25, media and entertainment (M&E) companies are likely to focus their attention on filling up small, but crucial gaps in their portfolio through mergers and acquisitions in FY26. Segments such as content creation, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming and sports could...
India’s External Debt Rises To $717.9 Billion
NEW DELHI: India’s external debt increased by 10.7 per cent to $ 717.9 billion at the end of December 2024 from $ 648.7 billion in December 2023, as per the data released by the finance ministry. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, there is a 0.7 per cent increase in external...
Modi Govt’s Myopic Policy Has Landed Bangladesh Into Lap Of China
By Nitya Chakraborty The inevitable has happened. Narendra Modi government’s myopic policy on handling the interim government of Bangladesh headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus has led this important neighbour of India into Chinese lap. The Xi Jinping-Yunus meeting held in Beijing on March 28 gave its final seal of...
Trump’s Distaste For Order Does Not Spare Even The Most Respected Institutions
By K Raveendran For all those who prefer order to chaos and method to madness, Donald Trump remains an unending enigma. His entire political career seems to thrive on a disruption strategy that is difficult to anticipate, yet somehow calculated in its unpredictability. In the economic arena, where conventional...
Indian Workforce Lost A Year, ELI Scheme For Decent Job Proved Non-Starter
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Indian workers’ dream of getting decent job in 2024-25 under the Employment Linked Incentive Scheme, which was part of the Prime Minister’s Package for Employment and Skilling has completely shattered, since the Centre failed to even launch the scheme. At the fag end of the...
Sluggish Real Earnings Growth Hitting Consumption By Middle Class
By Krishna Jha No matter what the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation may claim, the fact is India’s economy is falling apart. It is hit directly by incompetence and absence of a coherent strategy of the government. Over the past six months, a significant debate has emerged regarding...
