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How Nehru led to agrarian distress and what could be the way forward for inclusive growth

pankajprasad - 9 February, 2019

Nehruvian model of capital intensive growth had a similar effect on the rural populace of India as Mao’s Great_Leap_Forward had on China’s rural inhabitants

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RBI Policy: Repo rate cut by 25 bps, GDP projected at 7.4%, EMIs may come down

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2019

The RBI has also brought down the Repo rate by 0.25 basis points bringing it from 6.5% to 6.25%

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Common man saves 27% on taxes after implementation of GST under BJP government

Dhairya Roy - 4 February, 2019

GST has resulted in a reduction in tax of most household items, bringing down the monthly household expense

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Leading job website, ‘Naukri’, releases survey of recruiters, predicts 20% increase in hiring between January and June 2019

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2019

Naukri.com, one of India's premier job portals, has published the findings of its Hiring Outlook survey which depict a very bright scenario for employment opportunities in the country between January to June 2019.

Media spreads half-truths about central government debt under Modi

Shantanu - 20 January, 2019

On January 19th 2018, several media houses reported how the central government debt had increased massively under the Modi government

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Rate of WPI inflation falls to eight-month low of 3.8% in the month of December

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2019

The food inflation in December was almost nil at 0.07%, down from 3.31% in November.

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Facts, No Fiction: Recent farm loan waiver prove that Congress hasn’t learnt from its past mistakes that drove fiscal deficit up

Karan - 22 December, 2018

Populist policies like farm loan waiver of the Congress indicate two things; unwillingness to learn from past economic mistakes and the lack of a sound policy agenda to resolve some of the long-standing issues of Indian farmers.

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Much ado about nothing: Demystifying the needless hue and cry over the RBI

shwetashalini - 20 December, 2018

Nothing justifies this misinformation campaign attempt at political point scoring even though there is no credible point which Congress can harp on to while making those claims.

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