India Economy

Expectations that Omicron may turn out to be more of a flash flood than a wave have brightened near-term prospects, RBI has said in its bulletin

Government has received about Rs 6,600 crore as dividend tranches from a dozen central public sector enterprises including GAIL, NMDC and Power Grid

India entered 11 trade agreements in the 10 years under previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On Modi's watch, it hasn't signed even one

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held talks with Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and discussed projects and investment plans by India that would strengthen the economy of the island nation.

The rate of inflation, based on the monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 13.56 per cent for December 2021, compared to 1.9 per cent in the corresponding month of 2020, government data showed on Friday, January 14. Along with this, retail inflation also rose to 5.59 per cent in December, tracking a sharp rise in food prices. The next WPI in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the online Davos Agenda summit of the World Economic Forum on the first day of the five-day event beginning January 17, joining a host of other global leaders who will share their visions for 2022 on the state of the world.

The wholesale price-based inflation bucked the 4-month rising trend in December 2021, and eased to 13.56 per cent, mainly on account of softening in fuel, power and manufacturing items even though food prices hardened.

Optimism and confidence are ruling high amongst Indian businesses as a significant percentage of industry leaders are positive about India's economic growth and expansion, despite the surge in Covid-19 cases, says a survey.

India is expected to grow at a rate of 6.5 per cent 2021-22, a fall from the 8.4 per cent GDP forecast in the previous financial year, the UN has said

The financial stability and development council led by RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday reviewed the economic situation in the country

Internet shutdowns around the world expanded 36 percent to over 30,000 hours in 2021 that cost the global economy $5.45 billion (roughly Rs. 40,300 crore), according to a report by Top10VPN. India emerged amongst the top three countries where the cost of Internet shutdowns came as the highest last year to $582.8 million (roughly Rs. 4,300 crore).

Developing nations brought to their knees by earlier waves of Covid-19 -- Brazil, India, Indonesia and others -- are only now contending with the highly-contagious omicron variant that has been ripping for weeks through Europe and North America. Wit

Though the growth was there on year-on-year basis, it was the lowest in nine months

A miss in the disinvestment target may cause the fiscal deficit to rise at Rs 16.6 lakh crore or 7.1 per cent of the GDP in the current financial year

India's economic growth is expected to be 8.3 per cent in the current financial year and 8.7 per cent in 2022-23, according to a World Bank report

Expectations that Omicron may turn out to be more of a flash flood than a wave have brightened near-term prospects, RBI has said in its bulletin

Government has received about Rs 6,600 crore as dividend tranches from a dozen central public sector enterprises including GAIL, NMDC and Power Grid

India entered 11 trade agreements in the 10 years under previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On Modi's watch, it hasn't signed even one

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday held talks with Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and discussed projects and investment plans by India that would strengthen the economy of the island nation.

The rate of inflation, based on the monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 13.56 per cent for December 2021, compared to 1.9 per cent in the corresponding month of 2020, government data showed on Friday, January 14. Along with this, retail inflation also rose to 5.59 per cent in December, tracking a sharp rise in food prices. The next WPI in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the online Davos Agenda summit of the World Economic Forum on the first day of the five-day event beginning January 17, joining a host of other global leaders who will share their visions for 2022 on the state of the world.

The wholesale price-based inflation bucked the 4-month rising trend in December 2021, and eased to 13.56 per cent, mainly on account of softening in fuel, power and manufacturing items even though food prices hardened.

Optimism and confidence are ruling high amongst Indian businesses as a significant percentage of industry leaders are positive about India's economic growth and expansion, despite the surge in Covid-19 cases, says a survey.

India is expected to grow at a rate of 6.5 per cent 2021-22, a fall from the 8.4 per cent GDP forecast in the previous financial year, the UN has said

The financial stability and development council led by RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday reviewed the economic situation in the country

Internet shutdowns around the world expanded 36 percent to over 30,000 hours in 2021 that cost the global economy $5.45 billion (roughly Rs. 40,300 crore), according to a report by Top10VPN. India emerged amongst the top three countries where the cost of Internet shutdowns came as the highest last year to $582.8 million (roughly Rs. 4,300 crore).

Developing nations brought to their knees by earlier waves of Covid-19 -- Brazil, India, Indonesia and others -- are only now contending with the highly-contagious omicron variant that has been ripping for weeks through Europe and North America. Wit

Though the growth was there on year-on-year basis, it was the lowest in nine months

A miss in the disinvestment target may cause the fiscal deficit to rise at Rs 16.6 lakh crore or 7.1 per cent of the GDP in the current financial year

India's economic growth is expected to be 8.3 per cent in the current financial year and 8.7 per cent in 2022-23, according to a World Bank report