Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented a budget that appeared to be a salve for the tribulations of demonetisation: He hiked outlays for the world’s largest employment generation scheme
In its first admission, the government has accepted that the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016
The world’s fourth-largest producer of greenhouse gases now warming the world at an unprecedented pace, India–which currently is failing to meet its targets or even transfer to industry a clean-energy tax
The growth of its industries, services and overall economy is 5.9%, which lags the
national average of 7.6%, the unemployment rate among its youth is 16.6% while the
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to offer additional tax breaks to the salaried
class, increase government spending to boost flagging demand and prepare the ground
Indian women aged between 15 and 50 are most prone to fire-related deaths compared to women in any other country–18 times more than Pakistani women and 38 times
Mehsana (Gujarat): As far as the eye can see, line after line of solar panels stretch out in the midday sun beating down on the village of Chandrasan here in this eastern Gujarat district, which squeezes in 80 more people per sq km than India
While healthcare has largely been a neglected issue in past Indian general elections, major parties started talking about health in their manifestos from 2004.
The 2017-18 budget is an opportunity for the government to concentrate on improving school education for over 260.5 million children who enrolled in elementary and secondary schoo
An unnamed taxpayer owed the government Rs 21,870 crore for the assessment year 2014-15, which was 11% of income tax to be paid by all Indians, according to 2016 data, the latest available, from the Income Tax department.
Mumbai, Bhiwandi & Ahmedabad: Dilapidated, dirty and depressed, a town that was once called the Manchester of Asia smells of textile starch, thinners, garbage and sewage.