Currently, the liquidity in the banking system is estimated to be in deficit of Rs 2.42 lakh crore
 February 27, 2024 05:23 PM IST    The average for the most well-off 5 percent in urban areas still falls short of Rs 21,000. One percent of India’s population is 14 million. A consuming class of 2 percent of the population would be roughly as large as Belgium and the Netherlands put together. Indians shouldn’t be happy with the statistical reduction in poverty. Growth in industrial demand and a mass market depend on growing purchasing power with the masses. A growth strategy, with special focus on education, making India’s youth employable and generating income at a high level of productivity, is needed
 February 16, 2024 08:20 AM IST    From the recession wave in Britain and Japan, job cuts by Cisco and Morgan Stanley to Coinbase turning black, SpaceX's shift to Texas, and Apple's new developer tool, here's a look at recent business developments around the world.
 February 14, 2024 03:37 PM IST    "We are talking of PDA- 'picchde, Dalit and alpsankhyak'. Ranjan and Bachchan are not among the PDA. I am not going to cast my votes against this 'dhokha' (deceit)," Patel told PTI.
 January 30, 2024 07:27 PM IST    Speaking at a rally in Purnea district, where his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered during the day, Gandhi also said Dalits and backward classes don't get due representation in all sectors of the country.
 January 24, 2024 02:57 PM IST    Whatever proposal I gave them (Congress), they have refused all, says Banerjee on seat-sharing talks.
 January 22, 2024 11:31 AM IST    The Prime Minister had also presided over the ‘bhumi poojan’ of the Ram temple in Ayodhya in 2020.
 January 20, 2024 05:40 PM IST    Future growth in Reliance will be driven by digital and retail businesses, with the entire benefit of its capex flowing in over the next few quarters
 January 20, 2024 04:28 PM IST    In a communication sent to the government, the Commission noted that the shelf life of EVMs was 15 years and one set of machines could be used to conduct three cycles of elections in their life span if simultaneous polls were held.
 January 17, 2024 03:01 PM IST    It is not the revival of Congress but a flight of malcontents within his own party towards sister YS Sharmila Reddy, who has an equal claim to the YSR legacy, that will worry Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Sharmila as a vote-cutter could help TDP as it goes about mopping anti-incumbency
 January 05, 2024 11:46 PM IST    Voting was held peacefully across booths, said officials. The counting of votes will take place on January 8.
 December 26, 2023 06:41 PM IST    2023 saw the launch of the Ladli Behna Yojana under which a fixed monetary aid is deposited in the bank accounts of women in the state every month. The scheme launched by then CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
 December 26, 2023 11:17 AM IST    According to government sources, the chief minister will flag issues related to pending projects and dues from the Central government.
 December 20, 2023 11:23 AM IST    The MP government’s pre-poll announcements and schemes are estimated to increase expenditure by at least 10 percent. The cash-strapped Mohan Yadav government urgently requires loans of around Rs 25,000 crore to meet ex-CM Shivraj Singh's promises to voters
 December 19, 2023 01:12 PM IST    Congress can use its spell in the opposition to give greater representation to these two communities across its party hierarchy from the CWC down to the block level. Additionally, it needs to work with people belonging to these two communities for their socioeconomic akin to the Sangh Parivar
 December 18, 2023 06:12 PM IST    All projects awarded by the NHAI have been clubbed into two categories called Bundle 13 and Bundle 14 and were expected to be awarded in September 2023.
 December 18, 2023 11:43 AM IST    Vishnu Deo was talking to reporters at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur after returning from New Delhi.
 December 16, 2023 09:07 PM IST    Sources said Kamal Nath was asked to tender his resignation soon after the poll results were out.
 December 15, 2023 01:30 PM IST    Along with him, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were also sworn in as the deputy chief ministers.
 December 15, 2023 11:38 AM IST    For over 20 years, Vasundhara Raje foiled RSS attempts to place those rising from its ranks in the CM’s chair. The epic battle has finally concluded with Bhajanlal Sharma’s elevation. The appointment of others from the RSS stable like Prem Chand Bairwa as Deputy CM and Vasudev Devnani as Speaker spells the dawn of a new era in Rajasthan
 December 15, 2023 08:21 AM IST    Along with Sharma, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa, who were named as deputy chief ministers in the recently held BJP legislature party meeting, will take oath.
 December 14, 2023 09:31 AM IST    Vishnu Deo Sai was sworn in as chief minister on Wednesday, while two party MLAs Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma took oath as deputy chief ministers.
 December 13, 2023 04:15 PM IST    After a historic win for the BJP in the assembly elections, Chhattisgarh is all set to get its new CM. Vishnu Dev Sai taking oath as the new chief minister of the central Indian state.
 December 13, 2023 01:40 PM IST    A tribal chief minister for Chhattisgarh is BJP’s way of disorienting Congress further after its upset defeat in the central Indian state. The traction that Congress enjoyed among the tribal community courtesy Indira Gandhi has dissipated and PM Modi has taken her place in the community’s affections
 December 13, 2023 11:52 AM IST    The 58-year-old leader was administered the oath of office by Governor Mangubhai Patel at the Lal Parade Ground in state capital Bhopal.