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At 112 seats, BJP-led NDA is now just 10 short of majority mark in RS

If the trend of BJP increasing its tally continues, NDA can hope to gain majority by November when 10 seats from UP and one from Uttarakhand fall vacant

Looking beyond crises

Lack of strategic vision in the NDA has caused it to fail at economic management

Three UPA-era initiatives prove crucial in Modi govt's war on Covid

While they provide a social security for India's poor and destitute, all three have undergone significant changes for better or worse, under the NDA regime

Budget 2020: One more step towards the $5-trillion economy dream

Budget 2020 takes on the current growth challenges, while maintaining a continuity in the broad direction of the govt policies

Budget 2020: Railways left high and dry with very little investment push

Gross budgetary support shows funds will rise by just Rs 2,163 cr in FY21 despite emphasis on infra

A new, alien animal

The aviation sector in India has undergone a structural change - from one dominated by personalities to one dominated by well... nothingness

UPA, NDA and perfect storms

It will be interesting if corruption becomes to the NDA in 2022 what inflation had become to the UPA by 2012

BPCL stake sale a test case for Modi govt's second shot at privatisation

Here are some of the issues on the table

Shekhar Gupta: Do Indian Muslims matter?

Indian Muslims have been denied their rightful place in the power structure as punishment for their voting choices. This is self-defeating

Slowdown due to wrong policy moves like demonetisation, GST: Amit Mitra

Economic growth hit a six-year low of 5 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year

Give govt time to restore normalcy in J&K as situation 'very sensitive': SC

The MHA confirmed a protest in the Valley reported by some media outlets, but said no bullet was fired

Shiv Sena effect: NDA allies pitch for better coordination, demand convener

Various NDA allies, including newly appointed LJP president Chirag Paswan, desired to have a convener or coordination committee to sort out differences

Congress labels RCEP third 'jolt' to economy after demonetisation and GST

RCEP deal had been facing 'increasing' resistance from domestic industry, farmer groups, civil society organisations and opposition political parties

Govt had a chance to strengthen the economy five years back: H M Desarda

The amount coming from toll tax is also not more than Rs 7,000 crore, he noted

Expanding powers

Recent decisions have extended govt's reach

How Narendra Modi govt plans to bring a cultural shift in bureaucracy

PM Modi spent nearly two days interacting with a diverse group of nearly 400 civil servants

Modi's win good for reforms, will improve foreign capital flow: S&P

S&P Global Ratings Monday said following a decisive victory for the incumbent government, there will be continuity as well as policy stability and will result in improvement in foreign capital flows for corporates in India. According to S&P Global Ratings, the victory for the ruling government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India's national elections removes one significant source of uncertainty for corporates in India. S&P said Indian corporates remain hostage to a number of worries surrounding a slowdown in global growth and trade wars. But now, the continuity of government -- which was widely cited as an additional source of uncertainty in the run-up to the elections -- is no longer one of them. "The potential for reforms following the victory is likely to maintain buoyancy in local funding markets and improve the flow of foreign capital for corporates in India," it said in a statement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP has won 303 seats out of 542 in ...

Narendra Modi's flagship schemes: From empowerment to populism?

The number of houses built and inspected in villages crossed 10 million by 2018-end, with about 3.2 million houses built in 2016-17 at its peak

Unpopular thoughts to end the year with

Why is farm loan waiver such a bad idea? And why did policymakers jettison the idea of inheritance tax?

Upendra Kushwaha quits, slams Modi for 'betraying' backward classes

The Bihar BJP came out with a point by point rebuttal of the allegations.