Economy

Economy

18 July, 2019

ADB trims India's GDP growth forecast

The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday developing Asia is on track to meet the lender's growth expectations for this ......

Economy

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: A trillion-dollar push for infrastructure investment

In a massive push for boosting infrastructure, the Union government announced on Friday that it intends to invest Rs 100 ......

Economy

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Healthcare sector left wanting more despite sizeable increase in outlay

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday nearly tripled the allocation for India's universal healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat and ramped ......

Economy

05 July, 2019

Budget 2019: Highlights

Expectations were high as Nirmala Sitharaman took the podium to present the first Union budget on Friday following the Narendra ......

Economy

05 July, 2019

Live Blog: Finance minister Sitharaman makes maiden budget speech

India’s new finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, is all set to present her first budget today, as the Narendra Modi government ......

Economy

04 July, 2019

GDP growth may nudge up to 7% this year: Economic Survey

India is likely to grow at 7% in the current fiscal year but will have to accelerate growth to 8% ......

Economy

01 July, 2019

India's infrastructure output grows 5.1% in May

India's infrastructure output grew 5.1% in May from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday. Infrastructure output, which comprises eight ......

Economy

01 July, 2019

Delayed monsoon raises concerns over rural consumption demand in India

India had its driest June in five years due to a delay in monsoon rains, the weather department said late ......

Economy

01 July, 2019

Govt considers granting RBI more powers to regulate NBFCs

The Indian government is considering giving more powers to the central bank to regulate the struggling shadow banking sector, Finance ......

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Economy

01 July, 2019

Two years of GST: Will Modi govt now expand the tax regime's scope?

India marks the second anniversary of the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Monday, with the government ......