Page 8 - Economy Interviews

'Vision-setting Budget for Viksit Bharat 2047,' says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister spoke on issues ranging from the private sector's role in job creation to coalition needs in making Budgets, at her North Block office

Shouldn't have fiscal incentive or disincentive towards savings: DEA secy

We are moving in the direction of fiscal prudence as well as finding adequate money for priority expenditure, he says

Top firms' profit drop led to cut in corporation tax forecast: Revenue secy

In conversation with Shrimi Choudhary, the senior bureaucrat discusses several tax-related announcements in the Union Budget

Govt cannot go alone in skilling, pvt sector crucial: Finance Secretary

Finance secretary discusses the Union Budget's emphasis on employment, skills, and state-level reforms

Panel of secretaries working on simplification of FDI rules: Piyush Goyal

A reduction in the basic customs duty of gold to 6 per cent (from 15 per cent) will reduce smuggling, said Union minister Piyush Goyal

Not pessimistic but mindful of challenges: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

Says that he was upbeat but cautious about the growth prospects of India while projecting a 6.5-7% GDP growth rate for 2024-25

Centre, states must collaborate for global investment in India: Mukesh Aghi

Mukesh Aghi talks about the recent Lok Sabha elections, expectations from the coming Budget, changes in India's regulatory environment.

Mission is to push Indians to see Majestic Blue Ball: Gopichand Thotakura

Thotakura discusses his aspirations for an orbital space journey to see India from the space, collaborating with an Indian space startup, and becoming an inspiration for many in the future

No country can ignore ratings by credit rating agencies: Subbarao

RBI may be looking at the bigger picture, and companies at their balance sheets, says former RBI governor D Subbarao on draft provisioning norms

India will be able navigate even if global tensions increase: Hardeep Puri

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri discusses India's oil economy management amid escalating West Asia tensions and affirms BJP's strategic electoral stance in Punjab

Rs 6,800 cr disbursed to beneficiaries of PLI scheme in FY24: DPIIT Secy

Singh says that PLI schemes on textiles, bulk drugs, food products and solar PV modules are likely to be tweaked

Fusion Strategy can deliver low-cost solutions to masses: V Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan argues that AI and real-time data should be leveraged to radically transform physical products and the companies that make them

'Our estimates & those on Tendulkar formula show poverty fall over 12 yrs'

The rate of poverty decline in percentage points was higher in urban areas in the Rangarajan-Dev estimates over this period than in SBI research

India can reverse mkt access to EFTA if FDI commitments not met: Artieda

$100 billion FDI is a massive number. It took my breath away, said Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda

Any change in withdrawal stance will unsettle markets: Ashima Goyal

'Withdrawal' is now well understood to imply that the repo rate remains disinflationary and is aimed at bringing inflation towards the target, Goyal said

Indian economy still growing below its potential, says Jayanth R Varma

Varma says if the economy is not overheating, there is no need of a high real interest rate, which can choke growth

System in place to fix reconciliation row over tax payments: Revenue secy

Malhotra speaks of the Paytm probe, goods and services tax on online gaming companies, and revenue projections

60% may shift to new tax regime in FY24: CBDT chairman Nitin Gupta

'No extension of concessional corporation tax rate for new manufacturing units'

We're on course to reaching inflation target of 4% in FY25: CEA Nageswaran

Our potential growth rate is somewhere between 6.5 and 6.8 per cent and it is not 6 per cent as the international agencies used to estimate, he says

The impetus should originate in states: Union minister Pralhad Joshi

In an interview with Nitin Kumar, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi says the government has taken proactive steps to develop a secure supply chain for critical minerals