The Reserve Bank of India seal on a gate outside the RBI headquarters in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The country is poised to remain the fastest growing major economy in the world even in FY26, the Reserve Bank said on Thursday (May 29, 2025). The benign inflation outlook and a “moderation” in GDP […]
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Growth in industrial activity in the country slowed to an eight-month low of 2.7% in April 2025, dragged down by lower activity in the mining & quarrying, electricity, primary goods, infrastructure & construction, and consumer non-durables sectors. According to the Index of Industrial Production for […]
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About 90 out of 100 senior tech professionals earning between ₹45 lakh and ₹70 lakh per annum today carry “a solid fear of losing jobs on their faces,’’ observed an IT sector recruiter who had interviewed them for various positions in the last one month. This fear seems to be spreading rapidly among techies. Following […]
Continue ReadingImage for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s GDP is expected to moderate to 6.3%, as against earlier estimate of 6.6%, due to moderation in consumption in FY24, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday. Growth is likely to be constrained by slower consumption growth and challenging external conditions, […]
Continue ReadingIndia’s trade deficit with China touched $71.56 billion in the first ten months of 2022-23. Image for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images India’s trade deficit with China has touched $71.56 billion in the first 10 months of 2022-23, just $1.7 billion short of the record high of $73.31 billion in 2021-22, as per data […]
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Claims of a spike in poverty and inequality in India during the COVID-19 pandemic are patently false as such claims are based on uncomparable different surveys, according to a paper co-authored by eminent economist Arvind Panagariya. The paper also noted that inequality fell in the country during Covid years, both in rural and urban areas […]
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The Moody’s Corporation headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters Moody’s Analytics on March 7, said India’s domestic economy, rather than trade, is its primary engine of growth and the slowdown in economic activity late last year will only be temporary. The government data released last week showed India’s gross domestic product […]
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Moody’s has revised its 2023 growth projections. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Global rating major Moody’s Investors Service has scaled down its GDP growth forecast for India’s economy to 6.8% for 2022-23, from an earlier projection of 7%. At the same time, it has raised the growth projection for 2023-24 to […]
Continue ReadingTotal GST revenues between April 2022 and January 2023 stand at ₹14.9 lakh crore. File | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues grew 12.7% in January 2023 to hit almost ₹1.59 lakh crore, the second highest monthly collections on record, as per revised figures from the Finance Ministry. Earlier estimates […]
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The Reserve Bank of India need not keep raising rates until prices fall as it risks overshooting the inflation-adjusted real rate, which at around 1% now is appropriate for the economy, an external member of the country’s monetary policy committee said. The 250 basis points of rate hikes since May 2022 need to be allowed […]
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