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Economy

23 December, 2019

Flashback 2019: The year when the economy took a hard right turn towards turmoil

Soon after winning a second term in May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target to boost the Indian economy’s ......

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Finance

11 September, 2019

India Inc shifts capex cycle into higher gear, but can it keep up the pace?

Indian companies’ capital expenditure (capex) cycle, a harbinger of growth, picked up pace in the last financial year buoyed by ......

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Markets

10 September, 2019

How choppy stock markets shrunk India's billion-dollar valuation club

India's stock markets have been on a roller-coaster ride over the past few months. While benchmark indices surged to record ......

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Consumer

11 July, 2019

Why the perceived slowdown in India's consumer demand is not as bad as it seems

Slowing consumer demand has been dominating the narrative around the state of the Indian economy and some indicators, especially motorcycle ......

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Finance

12 June, 2019

Budget 2019: Why reviving job creation, Make in India should top priority list

Just a week after assuming office for a second five-year term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted two key cabinet committees--one ......

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Consumer

10 June, 2019

Cash handouts aside, how Budget 2019 can ease farm distress, boost rural consumption

On 31 May, just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office for a second term, ......

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Economy

31 January, 2019

Could doubts over India's economic and jobs data erode investor confidence?

Earlier this week, two of the country’s top statisticians--PC Mohanan, the chief of the National Statistical Commission and his colleague ......

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Finance

13 February, 2018

Will macro headwinds knock India of​f​ its growth path?

Calendar 2017 was a year of contradictions for the Indian economy. Even as economic growth slipped in the aftermath of ......