Category: Prime Minister Modi and his Cabinet 2019

India’s Modi to name ruling party chief Shah as finance minister: media

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to name Amit Shah, the chief of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the country’s new finance minister after taking his oath of office for the second time on Thursday, according to several Indian media reports. […]

Sensex rises as PM Modi’s cabinet takes shape; oil marketers lead gains

Indian shares rose on Friday boosted by optimism from a newly formed cabinet with investors awaiting portfolio distribution due later in the day, while weak oil prices pushed up oil marketing companies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath of office on Thursday for his second innings along with […]

Exclusive: India to see ‘big-bang’ reforms in Modi’s second term, says NITI Aayog official

NEW DELHI – In the first 100 days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ economic reforms that should please foreign investors are likely to be pursued, according to a top official at the government’s main think tank. The reforms will include changes in […]

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