Economic Indicators

India's tea production, in November 2017, stood at 118.9 million kg.

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected October's CPI inflation rate would edge up to 3.46 per cent from September's 3.28 per cent.

The festival of Dhanteras today has failed to cause an uptick in sales in Mumbai and Delhi.

Trade balance stood almost flat at $8.98 billion in September 2017 against $9 billion in September 2016.

RBI forecast slower economic growth of 6.7% in the year, down from its earlier projection of 7.3%.

India's April-June external debt rose to $485.8 billion due to an increase in foreign investment inflows into debt markets.

India's economic growth slipped to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent in the April-June quarter.

India's GDP growth slowed to 5.7 per cent in April-June this year, down from 6.1 per cent in preceding three months.

Gold prices hit a fresh one-year high early on Friday as the dollar sagged on the back of weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data and the euro firmed.

In its annual report, the RBI had disclosed that almost 99% of the scrapped currency notes have come back into the system.

The cabinet reshuffle raised the strength of the Union Council of Ministers from 73 to 76.

Favourable domestic conditions are mainly expected to enable a quicker pace of overall economic activity during the year, RBI noted.

Bulk of the FDI came in from Singapore, Mauritius, the Netherlands and Japan.

While India ranks among the top three in the emerging market basket in terms of GDP, it barely makes it into the top15 in terms of MSCI index weight.

Nomura expects the GST-related activity disruption to wane, and growth and inflation to trend higher in the next 6-12 months