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India will grow at 7-8% next year, Rajan's views will change: Shekhawat

Union Minister Gajendra Shekhawat on Friday said former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan will soon come to change his views on Indian economy, which, according to Rajan, will be lucky to have a growth rate of 5 per cent next year. Countering Rajan's assessment of Indian economy, Shekhawat said that all major institutions, including the World Bank, have predicted that the country's growth rate next year will be between 7 and 8 per cent. Rajan had on Wednesday joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra.' In an interaction during the Yatra, Rajan had said that the next year will be difficult for the Indian economy, which is going to be hit by economic downturn worldover. Indian interest rates have also gone up, but exports have been slowing. India's inflation problem is also going to be negative for growth. The country would be lucky if it grows at 5 per cent next year, Rajan had said in his assessment of the country. Shekhawat in his rebuttal to Rajan said only Rajan can explain the reaso

Presidential poll: BJP's 14-member panel to manage NDA candidate' campaign

The BJP formed a 14-member committee for next month's Presidential poll. Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has been made convener and Vinod Tawde and C T Ravi are co-conveners

Politics over ERCP won't solve problem: Jal Shakti Minister Shekhawat

The project aims to harvest surplus water, available during the rainy season in rivers in southern Rajasthan such as Chambal and its tributaries including Kunnu, Parvati, Kalisindh

Kejriwal's dreams to progress in other states will be crushed: Union min

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat took a jibe at AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal saying that he will be taught such a lesson that his dreams to progress in other states will be crushed

Over 90 million rural households receiving tap water: Jal Shakti Ministry

In Goa, Haryana, Telangana, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, every rural household has tap water supply, said a statement issued by the ministry

BJP will form next govt in Punjab: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

"Work and only work translates into electoral victory," Shekhawat said

PM chairs meeting of Council of Ministers, presenations made on projects

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers wherein presentations were made on focussed implementation and monitoring of various projects

Meet Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, a minister who keeps both oars in the water

"Did you test the water in your taps before you decided to get an RO?" Shekhawat asks. He says testing water quality is his primary mission

Jal Jeevan Mission: Shekhawat to chair conference of NE ministers on Sep 16

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on will chair a one-day conference to discuss the planning, implementation and progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the eight north-eastern states.

Govt to ensure tap water connection for every household by 2024: Shekhawat

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is working to ensure that every household in the country has a piped water connection by 2024.

BJP names in-charge for polls; Pradhan for UP, Shekhawat for Punjab

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has been given the charge of the Goa polls

Gajendra Shekhawat appointed BJP in-charge for Punjab Assembly polls

The BJP on Wednesday appointed Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat its in-charge for the Punjab Assembly polls, which are due to be held early next year.

Question is whether it was engineered: Shekhawat over 'attack' on Mamata

Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday expressed doubt over the incident

Some were making 'toolkit' against India when we were making PPEs: Minister

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday said while India was making PPE kits for the world, some people were busy "making tool kit against Indians"

Have assured Uttarakhand CM of all assistance: Jal Shakti minister

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday said that he has spoken to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and assured him of all assistance, after a massive glacial burst led to flash floods in Chamoli district. He said the ministry is keeping an eye on all the possible developments. A glacier has broken off in Uttarakhand & breach of a barrage has been reported. I have spoken to the CM Sh. Trivendra Singh Rawat ji and assured him of all assistance. We are keeping an eye on all possible developments. Praying for everyone's safety!, Shekhawat tweeted. More than 150 labourers working in a power project are feared dead, officials said after a glacier ruptured at Joshimath, leading to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of this ecologically fragile Himalayan region. Homes were swept away as the waters rushed down the mountainside in a raging torrent. An alert was sounded due to fears of damage to .

TMC slowing Bengal's development for 'narrow political interests': Shekhawat

Alleging the Mamata Banerjee govt did not implement central schemes for its narrow political interests, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said this approach was hampering the state's development

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhwat tests positive for coronavirus

Water resources minister says he is getting admittted in a hospital on the advice of doctors

Minister Shekhawat launches IVR-based training course on ODF Plus programme

Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the 'Swachh Bharat Mission Academy', an IVR-based training course with modules on Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus programme

Rajasthan HC provides relief to union minister Shekhawat in scam case

Shekhawat has been named along with his wife and others in the complaint related to the Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society scam

Modi's Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy

Iyer was given a year's extension to take on the task of providing drinking water to all households by 2024 in February this year.