Economic Reforms
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PM Modi hails President Murmu's address as a 'resonant outline' for Viksit Bharat
India | Jan 31, 2025, 04:08 PM ISTPM Narendra Modi hailed President Droupadi Murmu's address to Parliament as a "resonant outline" for Viksit Bharat, highlighting India's economic reforms, infrastructure growth, healthcare advancements, and digital transformation.
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Manmohan Singh death: CWC members pay tributes to former PM in Delhi
India | Dec 27, 2024, 11:32 PM ISTManmohan Singh dies: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh died at the age of 92 on Thursday night at AIIMS, New Delhi. Known as the architect of economic reforms, Singh served as India’s 13th PM from 2004 to 2014.
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Ratan Tata’s 1996 letter to PV Narasimha Rao praising economic reforms goes viral
Trending | Oct 16, 2024, 09:04 AM ISTA handwritten letter from Ratan Tata to former PM PV Narasimha Rao has gone viral, praising Rao’s pivotal role in India’s economic liberalisation in 1996. Shared by Harsh Goenka, the letter highlighted Tata’s gratitude for Rao’s “courageous and far-sighted” reforms that integrated India.
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Union Budget 2024: Timeline of major milestones that shaped Indian economy
Budget | Jul 22, 2024, 08:04 PM ISTIn over 77 years of India's independence, the nation has taken giant leaps to become the fifth-largest economy in the world. As the country awaits what the budget brings, here are some of the most significant events that changed the course of our economy.
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S&P upgrades India's ratings: What led to this upgrade and what are different types of ratings?
Business | May 30, 2024, 06:31 PM ISTS&P Global Ratings has upgraded India's credit rating outlook from stable to positive, citing policy stability, deepening economic reforms, and high infrastructure investment as crucial drivers of sustained long-term growth. The sovereign rating remains at 'BBB-', the lowest investment grade.
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Argentina: Thousands protest outside Congress against President Milei's 'shock therapy' reforms
World | Dec 21, 2023, 08:17 PM ISTThousands of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest against the government's austerity plans, after Milei signed a decree outlining reforms to privatise state-owned companies and ease government regulation. Earlier, Argentina's peso was devalued by over 50 per cent.
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PV Narasimha Rao 'father of economic reforms' in India: CJI NV Ramana
India | Aug 21, 2021, 12:22 PM ISTSC judge Justice L Nageswara Rao and former SC Judge justice Raveendran will be the life Trustees of Arbitration Centre and they will co-opt some more members in future, Justice Ramana said.
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Economic Package: FM Sitharaman to address press conference at 4 PM today
Business | May 13, 2020, 11:25 AM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will address a press conference at 4 PM today. Sitharaman is likely to provide the breakup of Rs 20 lakh crore economic package which was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
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US Commerce Secy looks forward to economic reforms with Modi's 'strong, decisive mandate'
World | Jun 14, 2019, 09:50 AM ISTUS commerce secretary Wilbar Ross mounted a strong defence of American trade policies and said: "We will continue to work diligently with the Indian government and our private-sector partners to eliminate barriers to US products."
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Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses Rahul Gandhi of misleading people on economic reforms
India | Nov 20, 2018, 11:21 PM ISTThe Union minister further said 2.24 lakh fake companies were caught after demonetisation was announced.
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2018-19 not likely to be 'populist', will reflect govt's commitments: PMEAC
Business | Dec 10, 2017, 11:57 AM ISTThe government, Roy said, will come with yet another good budget, which is likely to be presented on February 1.
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S&P keeps India's sovereign rating unchanged at 'BBB-minus'; govt says action unfair
Business | Nov 24, 2017, 07:05 PM ISTStandard & Poor's on Friday maintained its sovereign rating on India stable at ‘BBB-’ while keeping its outlook for India stable.
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5 key economic reforms by PM Modi that led Moody's upgrade India's govt bond rating to Baa2
Business | Nov 18, 2017, 10:38 AM ISTReforms pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recent years form the primary basis of the rating upgrade by Moody's Investor Service.
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'Feel Good' factor behind PM Modi's unfazed popularity across India : Pew Research
India | Nov 16, 2017, 01:40 PM ISTMore than eight out of ten people believe that economic conditions are ‘good’, an assessment which is 19 percentage points higher than what was immediately before the 2014 general elections.
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PM Modi's overwhelming public support remains unchanged in North India, rises in West and South India: Pew Survey
India | Nov 16, 2017, 11:46 AM ISTPM Modi’s favourable rating is 31 percentage points higher as compared to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, which is 30 points more than that of Rahul Gandhi.
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India moves up by one place in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index, ranks 130th among 190 countries
Oct 25, 2016, 11:28 PM ISTIndia continues to rank low at 130th position in terms of Ease of Doing Business, managing to move up by only a single rank.
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Govt’s urge to control, judiciary’s urge to expand inconsistent with economic reforms: Arun Jaitley
Jul 25, 2016, 02:51 PM ISTAdvocating a role of facilitator for the government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the government’s urge to control everything has to be restrained in a liberalised economy. “Government then have to become facilitators.
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There is a crisis of confidence in the govt: Former PM Manmohan Singh
National | Feb 13, 2016, 07:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said there is a crisis of confidence in the government and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must give "every Indian" the confidence that he cares for people's
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IMF hopeful of India implementing 'critically important' reforms
Feb 05, 2016, 11:53 PM ISTWashington: Bullish on India, IMF chief Christine Lagarde has said she is hopeful that the Indian government would be able to implement a series of "critically important" economic reforms including GST for unleashing the country's
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Reform to transform: PM Modi underlines govt's goal for India
National | Jan 29, 2016, 10:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Elucidating India's progress over the past year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India has increased by 39 per cent in the last 18 months in