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Opinion: Modi Is Recycling Champion Of India - by Yashwant Sinha
India has some of the smartest economists in India and abroad, two of them are Nobel laureates. Is the government consulting them or even listening to them? They have offered free advice in the past and also on the present crisis facing the Indian economy. So far, such advice has fallen on deaf ears.
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5% Growth Estimate For Indian Economy Is "Imaginary", Says Yashwant Sinha
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday questioned estimation that the economy will grow at 5 per cent in 2019-20, saying the figure is "imaginary" and raised doubt about the Modi government's capability of tackling economic issues.
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Economy In Deep Crisis, Witnessing ''Death Of Demand'': Yashwant Sinha
India's economy is in a "very deep crisis", witnessing "death of demand", and the government is befooling people, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Sunday.
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Yashwant Sinha's "Fudged Figures" Swipe At Finance Minister On Economy
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "fudging" Budget numbers to conceal real fiscal deficit. Ms Sitharaman relied on estimates used in the Interim Budget of February 1, though the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) had later provided revised estimates till July 5, when the annual budget was p...
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"Weird Statements": Yashwant Sinha Slams Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's claim that rise of Ola and Uber affected the automobile sector, asking why the sales of trucks should also decline.
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Opinion: Anguished, But My Predictions On Economy Came True - By Yashwant Sinha
Now that the cataclysmic events of the last few days are behind us, we could turn our attention, once again, to the state of our economy, which had receded into the background.
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Yashwant Sinha "Applies" For Prime Minister's Job. Says I Can "Deliver"
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha has a new candidate in mind for Prime Minister as he talks about setting India's economy right in the next five years - Yashwant Sinha. "I'm the closest," Yashwant Sinha remarked when NDTV asked who he had in mind for the top job.
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Yashwant Sinha Alleges Many BJP Lapses In Handling Jay Shah Case
After his recent slapdown of the government's handling of the economy, former union minister Yashwant Sinha today said that his party has "lost the moral high ground" due to a corruption scandal involving the son of its chief Amit Shah.
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GST Revision 'Utterly Fails' To Solve Problems, Says Congress
Keeping up the pressure on the government for the disruption caused due to the Goods and Services Tax, the Congress on Saturday welcomed the "interim relief" cleared by the GST council yesterday but stressed the government had "utterly failed" to address the structural problems of the tax regime.
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If We're 'Pessimistic Handful', Why React To Us: Yashwant Sinha On PM Jab
Yashwant Sinha, former finance minister, says that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes he is among a group of habitual nay-sayers, "why do you take notice of us?" Speaking to ndtv.com today, Mr Sinha, who is a member of the ruling BJP, said that he has evidence that his white-hot criticism of the government's economic policies has landed with ...
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PM Modi Must Take Blame For Jobs Crisis: Yashwant Sinha To Foreign Media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running out of time to turn around India's $2.3 trillion economy before impending elections, leaving the party reliant on "good marketing" to win over voters, said Yashwant Sinha, former finance minister and member of the ruling BJP.
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Yashwant Sinha's 'Treacherous Activities Reaching Tolerance Point', Says BJP
The BJP on Thursday hit out at party leader Yashwant Sinha over his remarks concerning party leaders and about the government's handling of the economy, saying his "treacherous activities are reaching the tolerance point".
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PM Modi Defends Economy, Says Slowdown 'Exaggerated By Pessimists'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday refuted criticism of his government's handling of the economy, stating a "handful of people" are trying to spread a contagion of pessimism based on the slowdown of the last economic quarter, when growth slowed to 5.7 per cent, the lowest in three years.
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Notes Ban 'Largest Money-Laundering Scheme Ever': Arun Shourie To NDTV
Arun Shourie, former union minister, was categorical today in blaming the economic slowdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock outlawing of high-denomination notes a year ago. "It was the largest money-laundering scheme ever, conceived and implemented entirely by the government," Mr Shourie told NDTV today
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Economy Suffering From 'Minor Cold', Says NITI Aayog's Bibek Debroy
Bibek Debroy, who heads the new Economic Advisory Council set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took swipes at BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's critique of the economy and said what the former finance minister called a "serious emergency" was actually a "minor cold".
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Opinion: Modi Is Recycling Champion Of India - by Yashwant Sinha
India has some of the smartest economists in India and abroad, two of them are Nobel laureates. Is the government consulting them or even listening to them? They have offered free advice in the past and also on the present crisis facing the Indian economy. So far, such advice has fallen on deaf ears.
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5% Growth Estimate For Indian Economy Is "Imaginary", Says Yashwant Sinha
Former Union finance minister Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday questioned estimation that the economy will grow at 5 per cent in 2019-20, saying the figure is "imaginary" and raised doubt about the Modi government's capability of tackling economic issues.
-
Economy In Deep Crisis, Witnessing ''Death Of Demand'': Yashwant Sinha
India's economy is in a "very deep crisis", witnessing "death of demand", and the government is befooling people, former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Sunday.
-
Yashwant Sinha's "Fudged Figures" Swipe At Finance Minister On Economy
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "fudging" Budget numbers to conceal real fiscal deficit. Ms Sitharaman relied on estimates used in the Interim Budget of February 1, though the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) had later provided revised estimates till July 5, when the annual budget was p...
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"Weird Statements": Yashwant Sinha Slams Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's claim that rise of Ola and Uber affected the automobile sector, asking why the sales of trucks should also decline.
-
Opinion: Anguished, But My Predictions On Economy Came True - By Yashwant Sinha
Now that the cataclysmic events of the last few days are behind us, we could turn our attention, once again, to the state of our economy, which had receded into the background.
-
Yashwant Sinha "Applies" For Prime Minister's Job. Says I Can "Deliver"
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha has a new candidate in mind for Prime Minister as he talks about setting India's economy right in the next five years - Yashwant Sinha. "I'm the closest," Yashwant Sinha remarked when NDTV asked who he had in mind for the top job.
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Yashwant Sinha Alleges Many BJP Lapses In Handling Jay Shah Case
After his recent slapdown of the government's handling of the economy, former union minister Yashwant Sinha today said that his party has "lost the moral high ground" due to a corruption scandal involving the son of its chief Amit Shah.
-
GST Revision 'Utterly Fails' To Solve Problems, Says Congress
Keeping up the pressure on the government for the disruption caused due to the Goods and Services Tax, the Congress on Saturday welcomed the "interim relief" cleared by the GST council yesterday but stressed the government had "utterly failed" to address the structural problems of the tax regime.
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If We're 'Pessimistic Handful', Why React To Us: Yashwant Sinha On PM Jab
Yashwant Sinha, former finance minister, says that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes he is among a group of habitual nay-sayers, "why do you take notice of us?" Speaking to ndtv.com today, Mr Sinha, who is a member of the ruling BJP, said that he has evidence that his white-hot criticism of the government's economic policies has landed with ...
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PM Modi Must Take Blame For Jobs Crisis: Yashwant Sinha To Foreign Media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running out of time to turn around India's $2.3 trillion economy before impending elections, leaving the party reliant on "good marketing" to win over voters, said Yashwant Sinha, former finance minister and member of the ruling BJP.
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Yashwant Sinha's 'Treacherous Activities Reaching Tolerance Point', Says BJP
The BJP on Thursday hit out at party leader Yashwant Sinha over his remarks concerning party leaders and about the government's handling of the economy, saying his "treacherous activities are reaching the tolerance point".
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PM Modi Defends Economy, Says Slowdown 'Exaggerated By Pessimists'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday refuted criticism of his government's handling of the economy, stating a "handful of people" are trying to spread a contagion of pessimism based on the slowdown of the last economic quarter, when growth slowed to 5.7 per cent, the lowest in three years.
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Notes Ban 'Largest Money-Laundering Scheme Ever': Arun Shourie To NDTV
Arun Shourie, former union minister, was categorical today in blaming the economic slowdown on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's shock outlawing of high-denomination notes a year ago. "It was the largest money-laundering scheme ever, conceived and implemented entirely by the government," Mr Shourie told NDTV today
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Economy Suffering From 'Minor Cold', Says NITI Aayog's Bibek Debroy
Bibek Debroy, who heads the new Economic Advisory Council set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took swipes at BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha's critique of the economy and said what the former finance minister called a "serious emergency" was actually a "minor cold".
