Lok Sabha

General

01 May, 2019

Lok Sabha polls: How cash-rich BJP is leaving Congress, other rivals in the dust

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is flush with cash, giving his Hindu nationalist bloc a massive advantage ......

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Finance

24 April, 2019

Policy Tracker: Did PM Modi's FDI reforms manage to lure foreign investors?

Just a few months after taking charge as the head of the first majority government in nearly three decades, Prime ......

General

02 April, 2019

What is India's key opposition party Congress promising to do if it wins in elections?

India’s principal opposition Congress party has promised a minimum income guarantee scheme and a separate farmers’ budget among a slew ......

Others

15 March, 2017

Why big-bang legislative reforms may have to wait despite BJP's win in state polls

In the past week since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a staggering 312 out of the 403 seats in ......

General

04 August, 2016

GST: How the one-tax regime will work in practice

The Rajya Sabha’s approval to the constitutional amendment for ushering in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has officially set ......

General

18 July, 2016

Monsoon session: Will Narendra Modi govt be able to push GST through?

As the monsoon session of Parliament kicks off on Monday, all eyes are on whether the government can finally get ......

Infrastructure

06 May, 2016

DGCA to audit air fares on 20 busy routes

Taking cognisance of an uproar in Parliament on 2 May by the Opposition over high air fares, the Directorate General ......

General

23 February, 2016

President appeals to let Parliament function, stays away from spelling financial expectations

President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday urged political parties to let the budget session of Parliament function thereby allowing the National ......