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First, let there be investment

The 2019 Economic Survey’s focus on investment as a key driver of economic growth is very welcome.

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Define your environment

The BJP’s thumping majority has led well-meaning strategic analysts in diverse fields of finance, labour, agriculture and diplomacy to writing in editorial pages, giving suggestions on policymaking

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Rahul says govt treats farmers as inferior, Rajnath Singh points to Congress years

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned the “double standards” of the Union government in giving tax concessions and waivers to the rich while criticising the Budget for not having any

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Economy doesn’t need PM or FM to double: Chidambaram

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday tore into the BJP government for not announcing any “bold” decisions or “structural reforms” in the Union Budget to fast-track growth despite a huge m

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Under fire for Budget, Govt says it sets the roadmap for 10 years

During a debate on the Union Budget in the Rajya Sabha, Opposition leaders on Thursday accused the government of presenting a Budget that was rich on intent but which lacked the required details.

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Green body raps Delhi panel, orders shutting of all polluting dairy units in capital

Pulling up the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for covering up its “inaction” by imposing penalties on other statutory bodies, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) this week directed it to cl

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DTC fleet to get boost after Delhi govt nod to procure 1,000 buses

The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which has been unsuccessfully attempting to get new buses since 2008, is going to take another shot at augmenting its fleet, with the AAP government Thursday

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Lifting 271 mn out of poverty in 10 yrs, India fastest, Jharkhand No. 1 area: UN

India has registered the fastest absolute reduction in the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) value among ten countries, spanning every developing region, whose combined population is two billion

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Village commons: Landless Dalits of Punjab seek unfettered rights of cultivation

ON JUNE 8, 225 members of the gram sabha of Tolewal in Sangrur district’s Malerkotla tehsil passed a resolution to lease out 25 bigha (about 5.25 acres) of the village’s panchayat land reserved for

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Where India stands in battle against measles, how Sri Lanka eliminated it

Sri Lanka has made health history after spending three years free of any new measles cases (The Indian Express, July 10), and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that the deadly childh

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