New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Shaktikanta Das, Principal Secretary-2 to the Prime Minister, said on Friday that India is headed to be the fastest growing economy in the world, despite geopolitical tensions and trade barriers.Delivering the Inaugural Bibek Debroy Memorial Lecture, Das highlighted that the shifting geopolitical winds and trade policies are reshaping the global economic order. Traditional multilateralism, once a cornerstone of global governance, is increasingly being sidelined by geopoli…
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New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Zomato sacks close to 5,000 gig workers a month due to cases involving fraud, while another 150,000 to 200,000 workers leave the fast food delivery platform on their own, its parent firm Eternal’s founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal said.In a video podcast with YouTuber Raj Shamani, Goyal said that those who choose to leave the platform consider gig work as a temporary job.Several gig workers operating on quick commerce and food delivery platforms, including Zomato, had gone …
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) India’s social protection coverage has risen sharply from 19 per cent in 2015 to 64.3 per cent in 2025, taking the country to the second rank in the world after China in providing social protection to its citizens.After the increase in the number of social welfare schemes for the poor, the latest labour reforms announced by the government this year are expected to enhance this security further.India has been conferred with the prestigious International Social Security …
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The economic reforms undertaken by the government in 2025 reflect a clear shift towards outcome-based governance, reducing friction for citizens and businesses, enhancing transparency and efficiency and laying the foundation for sustained, inclusive economic growth.By simplifying taxation, modernising labour laws, strengthening MSMEs, boosting rural employment and advancing digital payments, these measures collectively foster trust, resilience and global competitiveness …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) 2025 has emerged as a defining year for India’s governance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure, with deep and irreversible reforms across the economy, labour, energy and welfare, Akhilesh Mishra, CEO of BlueKraft Digital Foundation said on Monday.In a detailed post, Mishra said the year was not about small or incremental changes, but about undoing decades of hesitation in economic decision-making.”The reforms carried out in 2025 reflected a fundamental shift in…
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government rolled out a spate of Big Bang economic reforms in 2025, aimed at accelerating growth and creating more employment in the country as India retained its tag as the world’s fastest-growing economy amid the global slowdown.The hectic winter session of Parliament saw the approval of proposals to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance and opening the nuclear power sector to private players. These came close on the heels …