ECONOMY
Union Budget sticks to fiscal prudence, showers sops on new...
- Feb 02, 2023
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in the Parliament on Wednesday, the NDA government’s last full Union Budget...
Economic Survey pegs FY23 real GDP growth at 7% and at 6.5%...
- Feb 01, 2023
The Economic Survey 2022-23, which was tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Tuesday, projected baseline GDP growth of...
Over half of households surveyed across 309 districts...
- Jan 30, 2023
More than half of households in a survey conducted online across 309 districts expected a decline in their income by up to 25 per cent and dip in...
Wheat and paddy purchase in quantity and quality surges in...
- Jan 25, 2023
Procurement of wheat and paddy in quantity and value terms had risen significantly in the last eight years on account of a hike in the Minimum...
Supply chain tweak set to benefit India amid likely global...
- Jan 17, 2023
A global recession was likely in 2023, but pressures on food, energy and inflation might be peaking, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Monday in...
December 2022 CPI inflation dips to 5.72%; IIP for November...
- Jan 13, 2023
Retail inflation remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance level of 6 per cent for the second consecutive month in December...
Remittances into India rise by 12% to $100 billion in 2022,...
- Jan 11, 2023
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that remittances sent to the country by overseas Indians were about $100 billion for 2022,...
Fall in nominal GDP growth in FY24 set to upset...
- Jan 10, 2023
Nominal GDP growth is likely to fall in 2023-24, hurting tax collections and putting pressure on the Union government to reduce the Budget gap by...
Government cautions on unemployment data put out by private...
- Jan 06, 2023
The government has responded to recent media reports on India’s unemployment rate, saying that results of surveys by private companies or...
Supreme Court finds no flaws in demonetisation in a 4:1...
- Jan 03, 2023
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld by a 4:1 majority the Centre’s 2016 decision to demonetise the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. The...
Higher merchandise trade deficit pushes Q2 CAD up to 4.4%...
- Dec 31, 2022
The country’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) widened to 4.4 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2022-23 on higher...
Amid global uncertainties, RBI set to continue battle...
- Dec 31, 2022
After remaining above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) comfort level of 6 per cent for most part of this year, retail inflation is slowly easing,...
Government tweaks GST rules, makes changes related to ITC...
- Dec 28, 2022
GST taxpayers will be required to reverse by November 30 the input tax credit (ITC) claimed in the previous financial year in case their suppliers...
Farm and allied sector exports soar by almost 12% in...
- Dec 27, 2022
Export of agricultural and allied commodities rose by 11.97 per cent to $30.21 billion during the April-October period of current financial year, the...
Amid global concerns, India looks set for more foreign...
- Dec 26, 2022
India may attract eyes of overseas investors in 2023 as well on account of measures such as rollout of the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme...
PAN to be inoperative if not linked with Aadhaar by March...
- Dec 26, 2022
The Income Tax (I-T) Department on Saturday issued an advisory that those Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) which were not linked with Aadhaar by the...
SEBI ban on trade in seven commodity futures to stay for...
- Dec 23, 2022
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has extended suspension on derivatives trading of seven commodities for one more year till December...
Russia replaces Iraq as India’s top oil supplier in...
- Dec 15, 2022
Russia has for the first time emerged as top oil supplier to India, replacing Iraq as refiners last month snapped up oil from Moscow, fearing a price...
Over 5.57 lakh companies deleted from records due to...
- Dec 14, 2022
More than 5.57 lakh companies were struck off the records in the last five years due to non-compliance with various provisions of the companies law,...
November CPI inflation will nudge RBI to stop rate hike...
- Dec 13, 2022
The November inflation print of 5.88 per cent provided impetus to end the rate hike cycle, economists at the country’s largest lender SBI said on...
RBI raises Repo Rate by 35 bps to 6.25%, slashes FY23...
- Dec 07, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday hiked the key Repo Rate by 35 basis points (bps) to 6.25 per cent in...
Rajan cautions central bankers to watch out for a shift to...
- Dec 03, 2022
The global economy could go back to a low-inflation regime, and central bankers pursuing restrictive monetary policies should keep that in mind, said...
Poor performance of manufacturing, mining drag Q2 GDP down...
- Dec 01, 2022
Economic growth slowed down to 6.3 per cent in the July-September quarter of FY23, dragged down mainly by poor performance of manufacturing and...
Amid din over GM and hybrids, natural crops can help reap a...
- Nov 30, 2022
It has been one step forward and two steps back for Indian genetically-modified (GM) corps. In mid-October, the Union Ministry of Environment,...
NITI Aayog chief Suman Bery worried over return of Old...
- Nov 28, 2022
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Suman Bery on Sunday expressed concern over the revival of Old Pension Scheme by some States. He said that it would burden...
Rising corporate loans show signs of a start of new private...
- Nov 22, 2022
Banks are expanding lending to domestic corporations at the fastest pace in more than eight years. This is a sign of a new private investment cycle...
Centre willing to get petrol, diesel under GST, but States...
- Nov 15, 2022
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday that the Central government was ready to bring petrol and diesel under...
October retail inflation set to be less than 7%, predicts...
- Nov 13, 2022
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said that there was no need to change the inflation target despite the central bank’s failure to keep it...
Big spending cuts ahead as government committed to FY23...
- Nov 10, 2022
Spending by the Central government in this financial year could be less than budgeted for the first time in three years, two sources with direct...
Indo-Chinese bilateral trade surges past $100 billion in...
- Oct 27, 2022
Bilateral trade of India and China continued to boom, crossing $100 billion for the second year in the first nine months of 2022. India’s trade...
Recession likely in 2023, opine 66% of Indian CEOs, 82%...
- Oct 18, 2022
Around 66 per cent of CEOs in India anticipate a recession in the next 12 months compared to 86 per cent CEOs globally, a private survey shows....
September CPI inflation heats up to 7.41%, surging for nine...
- Oct 13, 2022
Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to a five-month high of 7.41 per cent for September, up from 7.00 per cent in August....
Spending 5% of GDP per year can ensure full employment,...
- Oct 12, 2022
The government needs to invest at least 5 per cent of GDP, or Rs 13.52 lakh crore, per year and enact a Right to Work legislation to ensure full...
Data localisation among top issues in the way of India-UK...
- Oct 10, 2022
Data localisation and UK companies being allowed to bid for Indian government contracts were among the issues causing a possible deadlock in the...
RBI to start pilot project on digital rupee soon, issues...
- Oct 08, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said that it would soon commence a pilot launch of the digital rupee for specific use cases as it tests...
Weak rupee apart, low stock in vaults to turn gold costlier...
- Oct 05, 2022
Gold-supplying banks have cut back shipments to India ahead of major festivals in favour of focusing on China, Turkey and other markets where better...
Pain for rupee will linger longer as US Fed remains focused...
- Oct 02, 2022
The rupee plunged to a record low of 81.94 against the dollar last month. The Indian currency has slid by almost 9 per cent against the greenback...
With 50 bps hike, Repo Rate at 5.90%; RBI cuts FY23 growth...
- Oct 01, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday raised the benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.90 per cent. The rate hike is aimed at...
Rates of small savings schemes hiked to align with high...
- Sep 30, 2022
The government on Thursday raised rates on some small savings schemes by up to 30 basis points (bps) in line with the hardening interest rate in the...
Illicit trade in five industries costs exchequer Rs 58,521...
- Sep 23, 2022
The exchequer is estimated to have lost Rs 58,521 crore in taxes in 2019-20 due to illicit trade in goods in five key industries, including FMCG,...
Rage Against Revdi: Debate on freebies overlooks larger...
- Sep 21, 2022
In the midst of the festival season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got India hooked on to revdi. The revdi in question here was, of course, not the...
India paying double the price for LNG as Russian fuel flow...
- Sep 20, 2022
India has purchased some of the nation’s most expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments ever after vital Russian deliveries were...
August retail inflation shoots up to 7%, factory output in...
- Sep 13, 2022
Retail inflation inched up to 7 per cent in August from 6.71 per cent in July mainly due to higher food prices, government data showed on...
Rising digital payments point to higher consumption,...
- Sep 12, 2022
Rising credit card and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments indicated towards an increase in consumption amid recovery in economic activities...
“India’s fiscal prudence has paid off, while West is...
- Sep 11, 2022
India’s prudent fiscal policy has paid off. On the other hand, US, UK and EU are facing a double whammy of unprecedented inflation and negative...
Exports in August shrink by 1.15% to $33 bn, trade deficit...
- Sep 04, 2022
India’s exports contracted by 1.15 per cent to $33 billion, and trade deficit more than doubled to $28.68 billion in August, a preliminary data...
Muted Q1 growth despite a favourable base effect portends a...
- Sep 03, 2022
Economic growth numbers for the first quarter (Q1) of 2022-23 were quite disappointing. At 13.5 per cent, the Q1 Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Q1 FY23 GDP expands by 13.5%, gets a big boost from...
- Sep 01, 2022
The economy grew by 13.5 per cent in the April-June quarter this financial year – the fastest in the last four quarters – on account of better...
Central banks should focus on fighting inflation, leaving...
- Aug 27, 2022
Rising inflation globally has brought the role of central banks under sharp scrutiny with many experts pointing to their failure in reading the exact...
From a basket case, India has made dramatic strides to...
- Aug 16, 2022
Indian economy’s tryst with destiny has been nothing short of awe-inspiring. Abject poverty, severe food shortage, a lack of industries and a...
Finance Ministry looking to scrap deductions, exemptions in...
- Aug 15, 2022
The Finance Ministry is proposing to review soon exemption-free new tax regime with a view to making it more attractive for individual income...
Corporate Tax collections in 2021-22 year on year soar by...
- Aug 13, 2022
The Income Tax Department on Friday said that Corporate Tax collections in the first four months of the current financial had grown by 34 per cent...
Oil price rises past Rs 98 per barrel as IEA sees higher...
- Aug 12, 2022
Oil prices rose by over 1 per cent on Thursday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its oil demand growth forecast for this year as...
Eight core sectors expand by 12.7 per cent year on year in...
- Jul 30, 2022
Output of eight core infrastructure sectors expanded by 12.7 per cent in June against 9.4 per cent in the year-ago period, according to official data...
India’s imports from China jump by 29% in the past five...
- Jul 29, 2022
India’s total imports from China increased by nearly 29 per cent in the past five years. Compared to 2017-18 and 2021-22, the annual imports from...
June retail inflation eases marginally to 7.01%, but still...
- Jul 13, 2022
Retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) marginally eased to 7.01 per cent on an annual basis in June from 7.04 per cent in...
India only economy among the world’s top ten to post...
- Jul 12, 2022
India’s robustness amid testing times of COVID-19 and geopolitical spillovers remains intact. The Indian economy improved from the sixth position...
Emkay sees PLI scheme adding 4% of GDP in incremental...
- Jul 06, 2022
The government’s Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has the potential to add nearly 4 per cent of GDP in terms of incremental annual...
Exports in June surge by 16.8% to $37.94 billion; trade...
- Jul 05, 2022
India’s exports witnessed an increase of 16.8 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to $37.94 billion in June. Trade deficit too ballooned to a record...
Relaxed FCRA rules permit Indians to receive up to Rs 10...
- Jul 03, 2022
The Union Home Ministry has amended certain rules related to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), allowing Indians to receive up to Rs...
Govt eyes Rs 1 l cr from Export Tax on petroleum products,...
- Jul 02, 2022
The government on Friday slapped Export Tax on petrol and diesel. The tax has been levied against the backdrop of some refineries making...
GST @ 5: Calm After The Storm
- Jul 01, 2022
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has completed five years. Numerous policy changes and procedural and technological overhauls – many of...
Decision on levying tax on casinos, lottery & GST...
- Jun 30, 2022
The GST Council on Wednesday deferred a decision on levying a 28 per cent tax on casinos, online gaming, horse racing and lottery, pending more...
Goods and services set to get costlier as GST Council...
- Jun 29, 2022
The GST Council on Tuesday approved changes in the tax rates on some goods and services with a view to rationalising the levy. On Day 1 of the...
Coal Ministry receives 38 bids for commercial mines auctions
- Jun 28, 2022
The Coal Ministry on Monday said that it had received a total of 38 bids during three rounds of commercial coal mine auctions. The online bids...
India’s imports of Russian oil soar by 50%, account for...
- Jun 24, 2022
India’s crude oil imports from Russia have jumped by over 50 times since April and now make up for 10 per cent of all crude oil bought from...
Indians’ money in Swiss banks surge to 14-year high in...
- Jun 17, 2022
Funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, jumped to a...
Wholesale inflation in May surges to a record high of...
- Jun 15, 2022
Wholesale price-based inflation rose to a record high of 15.88 per cent in May on rising prices of food items and crude oil.The Wholesale Price Index...
Lower spike in food prices slightly cools down May CPI...
- Jun 14, 2022
Retail inflation eased slightly in May to 7.04 per cent, after touching an eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April. However, it remained above the...
Capital goods and consumer durables push IIP in April up by...
- Jun 11, 2022
India’s factory output growth, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), surged by 7.1 per cent in April 2022 on the back of growth...
Economists see further rate hikes by RBI, industry leaders...
- Jun 09, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday hiked the policy Repo Rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.90 per cent. The central bank also raised the...
RBI raises Repo Rate by 50 bps to 4.90%, estimates...
- Jun 09, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday hiked the policy Repo Rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.90 per cent. The central bank also raised the...
The Plunging Rupee
- Jun 06, 2022
The rupee is in a free fall. The Indian currency is depreciating at a fast pace against the dollar. It has raced past a record low of Rs 77.7...
EPF deposits will fetch 8.1% interest for FY22 – the...
- Jun 04, 2022
The Central government on Friday approved 8.1 per cent rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) deposits for 2021-22, according to an...
Goods exports in May rise by 15.46% to $37.29 bn, trade...
- Jun 03, 2022
India’s merchandise exports rose by 15.46 per cent to $37.29 billion in May on account of healthy performance by sectors like petroleum products,...
GDP grows by 8.7% for FY22, GVA in FY22 expands by 8.1%
- Jun 01, 2022
Growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) slowed to 4.1 per cent in January-March 2022 period, while for the full year 2021-22, growth stood at 8.7 per...
New consultation paper on cryptocurrency will be out soon,...
- May 31, 2022
The Centre was planning a fresh consultation paper on cryptocurrency soon, though a law on the digital assets was likely to take more time, Secretary...
Govt allows duty-free imports of crude soybean, sunflower...
- May 25, 2022
The government on Tuesday exempted Customs Duty and Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess on 20 lakh metric tonnes yearly import of crude...
Petrol, diesel prices drop as government slashes Excise...
- May 22, 2022
Under pressure, the government on Saturday cut Excise Duty on petrol by a record Rs 8 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 6 per litre to give relief...
GST Council’s recommendations not binding on Centre,...
- May 20, 2022
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the GST Council recommendations were not binding on the Centre and the States and were only persuasive in a...
Cabinet’s big push for green energy, 20% ethanol blending...
- May 19, 2022
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved advancing the target of blending 20 per cent ethanol in petrol by 5 years to 2025-26. It also allowed more...
WPI inflation – in double digits for past 13 months –...
- May 18, 2022
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation spiked to a record high of 15.08 per cent in April on rising prices across segments from food to...
Wheat export ban aimed at checking price rise, curbing...
- May 15, 2022
There was no dramatic fall in wheat output this year, but unregulated exports had led to a rise in local prices said government officials, speaking...
Overheated food and fuel prices push up April CPI inflation...
- May 13, 2022
Driven by rising food and fuel prices, retail inflation soared to an eight-year high of 7.79 per cent in April this year. This may prompt the Reserve...
Economic activities show that FY23 has started off on a...
- May 09, 2022
FY23 has embarked on a high economic activity, with the PHDCCI Economy GPS Index surging to an all-time high of 145.5, supported by robust GST...
Private traders step up wheat purchases as export demand...
- May 04, 2022
The Centre’s wheat procurement declined by 44 per cent to 162 lakh tonnes till May 1 of the current Rabi marketing year on higher exports and low...
RBI raises Repo Rate, CRR to combat surging inflation,...
- May 04, 2022
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in an off-cycle meeting...
“Not right to compare outstanding loan with value...
- May 01, 2022
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao on Saturday said that comparing the outstanding loan amounts with the value realised...
Demand for oil set to peak in five years with uptick in...
- Apr 30, 2022
Oil demand could reach its peak in the next two to five years, McKinsey & Company’s Global Energy Perspective 2022 stated on Friday....
More than 45 crore – population of US and Russia combined...
- Apr 26, 2022
India’s job creation problem is morphing into a greater threat: A growing number of people are no longer even looking for work. Frustrated at...
Liquidity set to tighten over a few months amid rising...
- Apr 20, 2022
Financial conditions were going to tighten in the country over the next few months due to the likely increase in capital outflows, driven by rising...
Egypt gives nod for wheat import from India, set to buy 1...
- Apr 16, 2022
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that Egypt, which is one of the largest importers of wheat from Ukraine and Russia, had...
CPI inflation for March shoots up by 6.95%, mainly...
- Apr 13, 2022
Consumer price-based inflation jumped to 6.95 per cent in March, mainly on account of costlier food items, according to government data released on...
Total tax collection at Rs 27.07 lakh crore in FY22 beats...
- Apr 09, 2022
India’s tax collections soared to a record high of Rs 27.07 lakh crore in the financial year ended March 31 as mop-up from income and other direct...
RBI keeps policy rates untouched, introduces SDF, assures...
- Apr 08, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the benchmark interest rate, the Repo Rate – the rate at which the RBI lends to banks – unchanged...
Indian Railways clocks record freight loading of 1,418.1 mt...
- Apr 03, 2022
Indian Railways achieved its highest-ever freight loading in the financial year 2021-22, it said on Saturday. The national transporter loaded 1,418.1...
20 lakh cheques of about Rs 18,000 crore stuck at clearance...
- Mar 29, 2022
Bankng services were impacted partially for the second day on Tuesday as a section of bank employees came in support of the nationwide strike called...
Financial advisory firm asks investors to review portfolios...
- Mar 25, 2022
With global recession looking increasingly likely this year, investors should review their portfolios sooner rather than later to mitigate avoidable...
India reaches $400-billion export target in FY22 for the...
- Mar 24, 2022
India achieved its target of reaching $400 billion from exports in the current financial year on Wednesday – a first-of-its-kind record...
RBI chief assures of ample liquidity as central bank gears...
- Mar 22, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would ensure abundant liquidity in the market for the credit system to function normally, Governor Shaktikanta Das...
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida announces $42-billion investment...
- Mar 20, 2022
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday announced a 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) investment in India over the next five years during a...
Russia-Ukraine war set to hamper Indian banks’ growth,...
- Mar 17, 2022
Indian banks might face some headwinds from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, which could lead to higher inflation and some stress for borrowers, S&P...
ATF price hiked steeply by 18.32%, jet fuel breaches Rs 1...
- Mar 17, 2022
Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price saw its steepest all-time hike on Wednesday. The rate was increased by 18.32 per cent to a record Rs...
Government closely watching crude oil prices and will...
- Mar 16, 2022
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that the government was working towards making calibrated...
CPI inflation for February spurts to 6.07%, remains above...
- Mar 15, 2022
Retail inflation surged to 6.07 per cent in February, over and above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) threshold of 6 per cent, data released by...
Russia-Ukraine War set to deeply impact Indian economy,...
- Mar 09, 2022
India is likely to rank among the worst affected emerging economies by the Russia-Ukraine crisis as a surge in global prices of commodities is set to...
Finance Ministry to watch revenue receipts and expenditure...
- Mar 05, 2022
Keen to keep government deficit within stated targets, the Finance Ministry will start daily monitoring of revenue receipts, including tax...
Q3 GDP grows by 5.4%; economic growth for FY22 estimated at...
- Mar 01, 2022
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the October-December 2021 quarter (Q3) grew by 5.4 per cent. GDP for the entire financial year of 2021-22...
Investigation into NSE’s co-location case shifts to...
- Feb 22, 2022
As a multi-agency probe into the NSE case gathers pace, the grant of preferential server and data access to select brokers and their suspected misuse...
India, UAE ink FTA; bilateral trade between the two to...
- Feb 19, 2022
India and the UAE on Friday signed a free trade agreement (FTA) to give a fillip to bilateral trade and economic ties. The agreement, dubbed as...
Exports in January expand by 25.28% to $34.50 billion;...
- Feb 16, 2022
India’s exports in January rose by 25.28 per cent to $34.50 billion on account of healthy performance by sectors such as engineering, petroleum and...
Retail inflation spurts to 7-month high of 6.01%, breaches...
- Feb 15, 2022
Retail inflation rose to 6.01 per cent in January on an annual basis and breached the RBI’s upper tolerance level. The rise in inflation was mainly...
RBI keeps policy rates unchanged, assures of accommodative...
- Feb 11, 2022
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday held its key lending rates steady at record-low levels for the 10th straight meeting to support a...
India got $339.55 billion FDI in the past five years
- Feb 10, 2022
India had received foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows worth $339.55 billion in the last five years, Union Minister of State for Commerce and...
Cut-off yield for State Development Loans surges sharply by...
- Feb 09, 2022
Ahead of the monetary policy announcement on Thursday, wherein the MPC is likely to begin liquidity tightening with a marginal Reverse Repo Rate...
Budget 2022-23 bets big on capex to drive economic growth;...
- Feb 02, 2022
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday presented the Union Budget 2022-23 amid the shadow of COVID-19, which seemed to be weakening in its...
Budget should focus more on boosting demand; sharp fiscal...
- Jan 29, 2022
A Wall Street brokerage has warned that any sudden and sharp fiscal consolidation steps in the upcoming Union Budget can throttle nascent and uneven...
First signs of slowing production cast their dark shadow on...
- Jan 28, 2022
India’s economic momentum remained stable in December even as the first signs of slowing output growth have appeared across some...
CPI inflation for December shoots up by 5.59%; November IIP...
- Jan 13, 2022
The country’s retail inflation, which is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to a five-month high of 5.59 per cent in December....
Nine sectors provide 3.10 crore jobs in September 2021...
- Jan 11, 2022
Total employment generated by nine select sectors stood at 3.10 crore in the July-September 2021 quarter, which was 2 lakh more than that of the...
FY22 GDP may grow by 9.2% amid surging COVID-19 cases,...
- Jan 08, 2022
The Indian economy remains on track to regain its position as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, according to official estimates released...
Commodity prices went through the roof in 2021, but...
- Jan 02, 2022
Commodities surged the most in over a decade in 2021 as a rebound in demand from pandemic lockdowns was met with constrained supplies, fuelling...
Core sector grows by 3.1% in November Y-o-Y, led by coal...
- Jan 01, 2022
Output of eight core sectors in November grew by 3.1 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), according to data released on Friday. It had grown by 7.5 per...
India-China bilateral trade crosses $100 billion in 2021...
- Dec 25, 2021
India and China achieved a major milestone this year when their bilateral trade crossed the landmark figure of $100 billion. But it did not generate...
RBI puts off card tokenisation deadline by six months to...
- Dec 24, 2021
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday extended card tokenisation deadline by six months to June 30, 2022, amid requests from industry...
CPI inflation in November rises to 4.91%, triggered by a...
- Dec 13, 2021
Benchmark inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), firmed up to 4.91 per cent year on year in November on the back of a rise in...
Growth cycle not durable, high inflation & current account...
- Dec 11, 2021
The current growth cycle being witnessed in the country was not durable and would peak by the first half of 2022, Japanese brokerage Nomura said on...
RBI keeps Repo Rate unchanged at 4%, assures accommodative...
- Dec 08, 2021
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent at the end of a three-day Monetary Policy Committee...
India one of the most unequal countries in the world: World...
- Dec 07, 2021
India is now among the most unequal countries in the world, according to updated data used in the World Inequality Report. Inequality, which has been...
At Rs 1,31,526 crore, November GST collections second...
- Dec 01, 2021
Gross GST revenue collected in November came in at Rs 1,31,526 crore. This was an improvement over the Rs 1,30,000 crore collected in the month of...
Eight core sectors expand by 7.5% in Oct; fiscal deficit at...
- Dec 01, 2021
Output from the country’s eight core sectors grew by 7.5 per cent in October against 0.5 per cent contraction in the year-ago month, government...
Q2 FY22 GDP grows by 8.4%, economic expansion crosses...
- Nov 30, 2021
The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 8.4 per cent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021-22, mainly due to waning low base...
Prime Minister Modi announces withdrawal of three farm...
- Nov 19, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his biggest policy reversal since assuming power in 2014 on Friday by scrapping controversial farm laws ahead of...
Exports in October surge by 43% to $35.65 billion, trade...
- Nov 15, 2021
India’s exports rose by 43 per cent to $35.65 billion in October, while trade deficit widened to $19.73 billion during the month, official data...
Crude petroleum, energy, manufactured products fuel October...
- Nov 15, 2021
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation spiked to 12.54 per cent in October, mainly due to a rise in prices of manufactured products and crude...
Prime Minister Modi holds high-level meeting on...
- Nov 13, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting on cryptocurrencies and other related issues. Officials from the Reserve Bank...
October retail inflation inches up marginally by 4.48%,...
- Nov 12, 2021
The country’s retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose marginally to 4.48 per cent in. Separately, the country’s...
In a Diwali gift, Modi government cuts Excise Duty on...
- Nov 03, 2021
The Union government announced Excise Duty reduction on petrol and diesel on Wednesday on the eve of Diwali. A Ministry of Finance release informed...
October gross GST collection hits Rs 1.30 lakh crore, tax...
- Nov 01, 2021
The Union Ministry of Finance announced on Monday that the gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collection for October 2021 stood at more than...
RBI relaxes current account rules for borrowers with less...
- Oct 29, 2021
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday eased current account rules for bank exposures less than Rs 5 crore. This allows lenders to open current...
Income Tax portal unavailable for 12 hours this weekend due...
- Oct 22, 2021
If you were planning on filing your Income Tax return (ITR) this weekend using the tax department’s new tax filing portal, then you should know...
Gig workers in big demand to cater to festive demand surge
- Oct 21, 2021
Amid the ongoing festival season in the country, the hiring of gig workers has zoomed across sectors. Businesses have begun opening up, leading to an...
WPI inflation eases to 10.66% in September, remains in...
- Oct 14, 2021
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation fell in September 2021 to 10.66 per cent from 11.39 per cent in August 2021, monthly data released by the...
September retail inflation relaxes to 4.35%; industrial...
- Oct 12, 2021
Retail inflation in the country eased to 4.35 per cent in the month of September from 5.3 per cent witnessed in August, government data released on...
Much of the PSUs headed for privatisation were actually...
- Oct 09, 2021
Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on Saturday defended the government’s privatisation policy and said that most of the public sector...
K V Subramanian quits as CEA after end of tenure, announces...
- Oct 08, 2021
Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) K V Subramanian on Friday announced that he was stepping down from his post, following the completion of his three-year...
RBI keeps Repo, Reverse Repo rates unchanged at 4% & 3.5%...
- Oct 08, 2021
Amid uneven growth recovery and concerns over a spike in inflation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday...
India’s wheat exports set for a four-fold leap in 2021 on...
- Oct 07, 2021
India’s wheat exports in 2021 could quadruple from a year ago to the highest level in eight years as a rally in global prices and higher freight...
Petrol scores a century again in Delhi & Mumbai, diesel...
- Oct 05, 2021
Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 25 paise a litre and diesel by 30 paise, sending retail rates to all-time high levels. With international oil...
GST mop-up in September 2021 crosses Rs 1-lakh-crore mark
- Oct 01, 2021
Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection remained above the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark for third straight month in September at over Rs 1.17 lakh...
