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 3.0 mantris off to quick start, priority for 100-day action plan

Signalling both change and continuity, India's new government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third consecutive term, got into work gear on Tuesday with cabinet ministers and......

Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

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,......

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......

In a first, FM authors a section of Economic Survey

For the first time, Subramanian said, "the Economic Survey has embraced Big Data, and we mine this data to shed new light on the flow of goods and people within India." Breaking from the......

59 government U-turns on demonetisation

The finance ministry and the RBI have performed many somersaults in these last 42 days.N Sundaresha Subramanian reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com While he was addressing the nation 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......