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Congress Chintan Shivir Is Nothing More Than A Formality, Says Senior Leader While Resigning

Sunil Jakhar said that there is a crisis in front of the Congress to save its existence. Congress should also form a committee to discuss how the party's condition in UP has become so bad

Congress May Re-Appoint Rahul Gandhi As Its President

BW Online Bureau

National

Possibility to re-assign Rahul Gandhi as Congress President from May 13 to 15

Only Congress Governs For Poor, Middle Class Families' Welfare: Rahul

BW Online Bureau

Economy

Cooking gas LPG prices were on Saturday hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates in just over six weeks following the firming of international energy rates

Congress Is In DNA Of Jharkhand, And BJP Wants To Ruin It : Rahul Gandhi

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National

Rahul Gandhi said that Congress works for the poor, Dalits and small businessmen of Jharkhand and will continue to do so

Uttarakhand Polls; Modi Accuses Congress Of Using Gen Rawat's Cut-outs For Votes

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National

Portraying the Congress as a party as a single-minded pursuit for power, the Prime Minister said that it can never comprehend the cost of "sacrifices."

The Average Indian family’s income Gone Down; That is The Real economic Indicator: Praveen Chakravarty, Data Analytics Chairman, Congress

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Economy India

Praveen Chakravarty, chairman of Congress' data analytics department, speaks with BW Businessworld on the range of issues that impact Indian economy. He talks about the real yardstick of measuring economic well being which is more about the falling average income and so the distress among the average Indian. He speaks on the untimely monetization of the critical asset and talks about the lack of sound macroeconomic policy for the emerging India. On the welfare, he sights the MGNREGA--and without such scheme, country would have faced riot- like situation.

This Govt. Is Clueless, My Advice Is Borrow And Spend-- P. Chidambaram

Manish Kumar Jha

Economy Policy

The economic growth statistics of the last financial year underplay some economic indicators like FDI and GST collection. The GDP numbers released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) show a 7.3 per cent contraction of the Indian economy over FY2020-21 ‒ the worst in over 40 years. Along, we must subject FDI to a closer analysis. Where are we headed in terms of economic planning and how do we reorient our growth story? And, crucially, what about India's youth dividend turning in bubble? Former Union Finance Minister and Congress member of Parliament, P. Chidambaram discusses these and other lacunae in planning with BW Businessworld’s Manish Kumar Jha.