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Economy

12 April, 2019

India's retail inflation rises to 2.86% in March; industrial output up 0.1% in Feb

India's consumer prices rose at a faster pace than anticipated in March, but remained below the central bank's target for ......

Economy

11 April, 2019

Policy Tracker: India's fastest-growing states are not what you might think

India goes to the polls on Thursday, with 142 million voters across 19 states and two union territories electing a ......

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

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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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 ......

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Economy

08 March, 2019

Policy Tracker: Why India's export woes go beyond a possible trade war with Trump

US president Donald Trump started the week by firing the first shot in what could escalate into a full-fledged trade ......

Finance

05 March, 2019

Does India offer enough opportunities to PE, VC funds and their investors?

India’s fast-growing economy, large consumer market and economic reform make for a compelling investment story. However, market volatility, a weak rupee ......

Economy

28 February, 2019

India records slowest GDP growth in five quarters

India's economy lost momentum in the approach to a general election, with the annual growth rate slipping to 6.6 percent ......

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Finance

19 February, 2019

In numbers: How healthy is corporate India's cash flow position?

On 5 February, global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service cut Bharti Airtel’s rating to junk grade. It cited, among other ......

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Consumer

09 January, 2019

In Charts: How top agri companies have outperformed a growth-challenged sector

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), a government agency, earlier this week released some encouraging growth numbers about the country’s economy. According ......