Ishan Bakshi &Amp;Amp; Jayshree P Upadhyay

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Rahul's NYAY: Where will the money come from?
Rediff.com27 Mar 2019

Experts say the party is undoing what it achieved through MNREGA by targeting...

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,...

2 members of National Statistical Commission quit over jobs data report
Rediff.com30 Jan 2019

With the two members quitting, the NSC now has only two members -- Chief Statistician...

How 'briefcase' firms are robbing the govt of GST tax
Rediff.com17 Jan 2019

A government report revealed that fake companies floated with fake addresses, issued...

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

Does pan-India launch of Rythu Bandhu scheme make sense?
Rediff.com4 Jan 2019

Telangana govt currently provides the state's 5.83 million farmers an income support of...

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...

Should interest rates be cut? A tough decision for MPC
Rediff.com26 Jul 2018

Some say the MPC will raise the rate, while others are of the view that there is...

Can Project Sashakt take off in time to prevent NPAs from moving to IBC?
Rediff.com19 Jul 2018

The cut-off date the RBI chose was March 1, 2018. This meant that by the end of August...

MSP hike likely to fuel inflation by 50-90 bps
Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the decision could cost the government roughly Rs...

How well is GST really doing?
Rediff.com2 Jul 2018

Is the curated and limited data put out by the central government sufficient enough to...

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code gets off to a slow start
Rediff.com12 Jun 2018

The first of a two-part series explores how the proceedings under the IBC have taken...

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...