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Eco Survey captures India’s fight against COVID-19, its strong economic fundamentals: PM Modi

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Eco Survey captures India’s fight against COVID-19, its strong economic fundamentals: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Economic Survey, which was tabled in Parliament earlier in the day, captures India’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and its strong economic fundamentals. It emphasises on the huge potential for economic growth, the importance of further scaling up innovation and the way ahead in key … Read more

Tech tonic for growth: Will Sitharaman’s bahi-khata have what’s been missing from Budgets so far?

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Tech tonic for growth: Will Sitharaman’s bahi-khata have what’s been missing from Budgets so far?

Millions lost their jobs, walked thousands of miles to get home, starved, got sick, died. The lockdown following the Covid-19 pandemic was the worst catastrophe for India since the ‘Spanish flu’ influenza epidemic a century ago. Just how bad is documented by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Financial Stability Report (FSR; bit.ly/3oP9DBT) … Read more