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Ishan Bakshi

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Jan Dhan Yojana powers Modi Sarkar's financial inclusion drive
Rediff.com11 Mar 2019

There were concerns that simply opening a bank account wouldn't constitute meaningful...

How the fiscal deficit, revenue target numbers stack up in Budget
Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

Ehile the Centre had projected tax revenues to touch 12.1 per cent of GDP in FY19,...

Credit growth of private and non-PCA banks surges, says RBI report
Rediff.com7 Jan 2019

Bad loans, however, continued to rise in the micro, small and medium enterprises category

Fiscal deficit hits 115% of FY target
Rediff.com28 Dec 2018

For the first eight months of the current financial year, the figure stood at Rs 7.17...

What's driving EPFO payroll data?
Rediff.com3 Dec 2018

As beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojna have to be EPF...

'Demonetisation was a massive, draconian, monetary shock'
Rediff.com30 Nov 2018

The decision to do away with Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes accelerated the slowdown in...

CPI calculation: MPC member Ravindra Dholakia raises 3 concerns
Rediff.com27 Nov 2018

As the MPC is mandated to target CPI inflation rate at 4 plus minus 2 per cent, any...

State GST collections are more than Centre's
Rediff.com12 Nov 2018

The shortfall in the Centre's GST collections has raised concerns over it meeting the...

Mumbai still home to most of India's richest
Rediff.com2 Oct 2018

Pharmaceuticals, along with software and services, also added the most new entrants on...

Investment picks up to a seven-quarter high of 14.4% in Q4
Rediff.com1 Jun 2018

Economists, however, caution against interpreting the data as a broad-based revival

Modi @ 4: PM's dream of 'financial inclusion' takes shape
Rediff.com29 May 2018

Recently, the government announced yet another ambitious scheme aimed at providing...

Can terms of reference of Finance Commissions be changed?
Rediff.com9 May 2018

With the creation of the state of Telangana, additions were made to ToRs of the 14th...

Govt to mop up Rs 3.02 trn from cess, surcharges
Rediff.com8 Feb 2018

The 14th Finance Commission had recommended that states' share in the divisible tax...

Why govt's indirect tax collection target looks impossible
Rediff.com22 Jan 2018

The budgeted indirect tax collection target is Rs 9.26 trillion, and the Centre has...

Run-up to Budget 2018-19: India's medium-term fiscal outlook looks grim
Rediff.com12 Jan 2018

Lower revenue collection puts upward pressure on government borrowing, ensuring that it...

Budget 2018: What the real estate sector wants from FM Jaitley
Rediff.com12 Jan 2018

The year 2018 is likely to be steady in terms of institutional investment into real estate

This is Moody's advice for Modi
Rediff.com8 Dec 2017

'We forecast real GDP growth to moderate to 6.7 per cent in the year ending March...

Achche din eludes both Centre and states
Rediff.com28 Nov 2017

Data released earlier by CAG shows capital expenditure by the Centre had contracted 9.2...

Why banking transaction tax may not be evasion-proof
Rediff.com20 Nov 2017

According to the NIPFP, there is the possibility that even if the banking system...

800,000 super-rich Indians account for 8.6% of national income
Rediff.com13 Sep 2017

From 1980 to 2014, the top 1 per cent captured 29 per cent of total growth, as much as...