Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday sought the Parliament nod for additional spending of Rs 2.35 lakh crore, which include cash outgo of Rs 1.66 lakh crore, primarily to meet......
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com lists 11 Modi flagship schemes that may have been gamechangers in the Lok Sabha election. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi with Bharatiya Janata Party......
Reaching out to different sections of society, including farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the well-being of ‘annadaata’ is a priority for the government and their......
Taking a sceptical view of Micro Units Development Refinance Agency Yojana launched by the Centre to support farming and micro-level enterprises, Shiv Sena on Monday sought to know when the......
President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
While GST and insolvency laws are among the major achievements of the Modi government, the list of failures include demonetisation, toxic banks, manufacturing hiccups and most prominently bizarre......
The NDA govt launched the Mudra scheme to give unsecured loans of up to Rs 10 lakh to small enterprises with the objective to provide self-employment Under attack from the Opposition on the lack......
He assured the startups that both the banking system and the government will make the resources available to them Government, in the Budget next month will announce a friendly tax regime that will......
With five months of financial year 2015-16 left, the time is right to assess the progress of announcements made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget for 2015-16. The......
Even if Mudra steps in to play its main role of refinancing at some stage, the responsibility for the bad loans remains with the banks, notes Debashis Basu. About a month ago, Business......