The government is trying to boost domestic demand among its vast middle class as food inflation dents disposable income.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invoked the Hindu goddess of wealth to elevate India’s poor and the middle class, a possible sign the government may introduce measures to lift sagging consumption in the budget due the next day.

As campaigning for elections to the Delhi Assembly entered the last lap, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday highlighted the many “benefits” of the Union Budget presented a day earlier, calling it “the most middle class-friendly Budget in the history of the country”.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces the challenges of reviving growth and giving relief to a middle class hit by rising living costs, while also preparing for an uncertain year of global trade,

Launching a scathing attack at the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the 'AAP-DA' (disaster) government has ruined Delhi over the past eleven years. He assured the people that if the BJP forms government in Delhi,