Govt forms cabinet committees on security, economic affairs; includes allies

The Modi government on Wednesday constituted various cabinet committees, including the country's highest decision making bodies on security, economic and political affairs. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Modi Firmly In Control Of Ministers

The strong message from the prime minister is of continuity of policies he considers right with strong emphasis on execution, points out T N C Rajagopalan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

Modi's top 4 retain portfolios; Nadda gets health, Shivraj agri

Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries -- home, defence,......

Modi 3.0: Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur out; allies in

Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi is set to give a message of continuity in his new term by inducting most key faces of his outgoing government in the Council of Ministers to be sworn on......

Come March 13, there will be no limits on cash withdrawals

The current limit of Rs 24,000 per week has been raised to Rs 50,000 for savings accounts effective from February 20, said the RBI. The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said the weekly limit on......

Coming soon! Plastic currency notes

The government on Friday informed Parliament that a decision has been taken to print plastic currency notes and procurement of material has started. "It has been decided to print banknotes based on......

'People are withdrawing money and not spending it'

'We have adequate currency. Day by day, the queues will shorten.' As reports come in about the inconvenience caused to the Indian people by demonetisation, Union Minister of State for Finance......

FDI inflows jump 53% in last 2 years, says Jaitley

Many sectors have been opened up for foreign direct investment over the years starting from 1991. India saw a record 53 per cent increase in FDI in last two years as the investment climate......