Economy

Economy

04 April, 2019

After SC order, RBI to issue fresh circular on bad debt resolution

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday it would issue a revised circular on the resolution of stressed ......

Economy

04 April, 2019

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 6%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Thursday, in a widely expected move ......

Economy

03 April, 2019

Indian firms feel the pinch amid falling inflation, high interest rates

Indian businesses are getting squeezed. As economic growth slows and inflation sinks they have little ability to raise prices without ......

Economy

01 April, 2019

India's infrastructure output grows 2.1% in February

India's infrastructure output grew at 2.1 percent in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday. During April-February, the ......

Economy

29 March, 2019

India's April-February fiscal deficit at 134% of target for 2018-19

India's April-February fiscal deficit touched 8.51 trillion rupees ($123.07 billion), or 134.2 percent of the budgeted target for the current ......

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Economy

27 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Why Indian students seem to be getting the rough end of the stick

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made some ambitious promises in its manifesto for the 2014 general elections. One notable pledge ......

Economy

18 March, 2019

Rupee at seven-month high, further gains on the cards

The Indian rupee rose to its highest in more than seven months on Monday, boosted by strong dollar inflows while ......

Economy

15 March, 2019

India's trade deficit narrows in February on lower oil, gold imports

India's trade deficit narrowed to $9.60 billion in February, dragged down by a fall in gold and oil imports, the ......

Economy

15 March, 2019

Over 100 economists, academics accuse Modi govt of interfering with data agencies

More than 100 economists and social scientists have alleged that the Indian government is interfering with the country’s statistics-gathering agencies, ......

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Consumer

13 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Have the Modi govt's plans to tackle farm distress come a cropper?

While announcing the interim Union Budget last month, the then acting finance minister Piyush Goyal had said that families owning ......