NEW DELHI, July 31 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, smarting from setbacks in the April-June general election, is now being berated for last week’s budget by the country’s swing voters, the middle class, putting his party on the defensive ahead
NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government resisted the temptation of spending trillions of rupees on schemes for the poor in its last budget before elections and instead stuck to the path of fiscal consolidation to attract investors.
NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised economic reforms to drive growth in a speech on the government’s budget on Thursday, the last before a national election due by May. India’s economy, the fastest growing among major nations,
NEW DELHI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Thursday present the last federal budget of the current Narendra Modi-led administration before the country heads for polls in the summer. Industry lobby bodies are suggesting the government continue