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Economic survey 2018-19: Data 'of the people, by the people, for the people' must become govt's mantra
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Data "of the people, by the people, for the people" must become the mantra for the government, which needs to view data as a "public good" and make necessary investments, Economic Survey said on Thursday
Union Budget 2019: Going for growth, government set to borrow more, reveals economists' poll
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India’s government will turn on the fiscal taps in the federal budget on Friday and revise its borrowing target slightly higher for this year and next, prompted by a slowing economy and weak jobs growth, a Reuters poll of economists showed

Congress manifesto's oxymoronic promises show Rahul is a curious mix of misplaced idealism, reckless populism
Sreemoy Talukdar • .
Rahul Gandhi’s ideas remind one of the Fabian socialism of his great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru and the socialist experiments of his grandmother Indira Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi's minimum income promise a half-baked scheme that hides key details and misleads public
Sreemoy Talukdar • .
Rahul Gandhi’s announcement of the minimum income guarantee scheme is a formal acceptance of defeat
Rahul Gandhi's minimum income scheme is 'Garibi Hatao' 2019, will be mere talking point unless he becomes PM
Sanjay • .
Way back in 1971, Indira Gandhi rode to power at the Centre on a lofty Garibi Hatao (remove poverty) slogan. Forty-eight years later, her grandson and Congress president Rahul Gandhi has done something similar

GDP growth rate is disappointing; RBI can lower rates further, but it is unlikely to push investment
Madan • .
When the growth numbers for 2016-17 and 2017-18 were scaled up under difficult times like demonetisation and GST, it was hard to reconcile the numbers with the underlying conditions in the market.
A new crop of NGOs, comprising the privileged youth of today, is fighting on behalf of India's have-nots
Shekinah Jacob • .
The best part of this large army of NGOs who are waging a war against an inequitable system on behalf of the have-nots, is that the have's are leading it from the front. And having a blast while they are at it
Delhi govt to launch mobile app for filing self employment loan applications
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The app will not only help applicants file a request for loans with the DSFDC but also enable them to keep track of the process.

Supreme Court directs Chandigarh administration to provide care and assistance to 10-year-old rape survivor
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The Supreme Court Friday fixed the responsibility on the Chandigarh administration for providing necessary care and assistance to a 10-year-old rape victim who had recently delivered a child after being denied abortion by the top court
Supreme Court to hear petitions on Aadhaar-related matters in November
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would hear a batch of petitions on Aadhaar-related matters in November after the Centre informed that it will extend till 31 December the deadline to furnish Aaadhar to avail benefits of social welfare schemes.