IMF says India’s decision to cut corporate tax rates will improve investment

However, the global body said New Delhi should continue fiscal consolidation and secure long-term stability of fiscal conditions.

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· 15 hours ago

‘Recalling what went wrong is necessary’: Nirmala Sitharaman continues spat with Manmohan Singh

She added that the Indian economy was ‘still growing as the fastest’ though the International Monetary Fund projected a reduced growth rate.

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· Yesterday · 11:44 am

India worked on fundamentals of its economy, but more structural reforms needed, says IMF

Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the country was taking step to consolidate banks, which should help resolve some matters.

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· Yesterday · 07:59 am

Centre is obsessed with trying to blame opponents for economic slowdown, alleges Manmohan Singh

The former prime minister said this prevented the government from looking for a solution to ensure the economy’s revival.

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· Oct 17, 2019 · 03:14 pm

India has ‘capitalist-respecting environment’, Nirmala Sitharaman tells investors in US

The finance minister said the details of the government’s policy to attract more investments in Jammu and Kashmir would be available very soon.

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· Oct 17, 2019 · 11:52 am

‘Worst phase’ of Indian banks was under Manmohan Singh, Raghuram Rajan, claims Nirmala Sitharaman

The finance minister alleged that during Rajan’s tenure as the RBI governor, loans were given just based on phone calls from crony leaders.

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· Oct 16, 2019 · 02:01 pm

One chart shows how dramatically India’s GDP growth rate projections have fallen this year

On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund slashed India’s Gross Domestic Product rate from 7% to 6.1%.

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· Oct 16, 2019 · 06:30 am

‘Good economics points to one direction’ while Modi government points to another, says P Chidambaram

The former finance minister asked the Centre to listen to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s warnings about the economy.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 10:48 pm

Hope NYAY scheme that Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee helped with becomes reality: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Monday congratulated Banerjee and called his win a ‘spectacular achievement’.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 03:04 pm

GDP growth slowdown ‘is a very serious concern’, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee tells CNBC-TV18

The economist said the government should conduct pilot studies and evaluate poverty alleviation policies before implementing them.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 08:23 pm

Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband says Centre is in ‘denial mode’ about economic slowdown

In an op-ed article in ‘The Hindu’, economist Parakala Prabhakar advised the BJP to ‘wholly embrace’ the PV Narasimha Rao-Manmohan Singh economic architecture.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 04:36 pm

Wholesale price inflation eases to 0.33% in September, shows government data

The government will separately release data on consumer inflation at 5.30 pm.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 01:11 pm