Economy - general
Consumer price inflation falls to a 3-year low of 3.41% in December
13 Jan 2017
Analysts see this as the effect of demonetisation that squeezed prices of vegetables, especially vegetables
Millions in India jobless, 93% lack social security: WEF
12 Jan 2017
While India has significant demographic potential, its capacity to create employment poses a serious challenge, the report said
Growth and economic stability are inalienable: Urjit Patel
12 Jan 2017
Borrowing even more and pre-empting resources from future generations by governments cannot be a short cut to long-lasting higher growth, the RBI governor said
WB cuts India’s growth outlook to 7% post demonetisation
11 Jan 2017
The Bank expects India to regain its momentum, with growth rising to 7.6 per cent in FY 2018 and strengthening to 7.8 per cent in FY 2019-20
Per capita income seen at Rs81,805 in FY17
07 Jan 2017
India’s GDP expected to grow at 7.1% in current fiscal
07 Jan 2017
Perhaps the largest contribution to current GDP growth comes from the central government’s expenditure, which grew by 25.3 per cent during April-November 2016-17
Watal committee suggests payments regulator outside RBI
28 Dec 2016
The committee has suggested making regulation of payments independent of RBI by either creating a new payments regulator or by making the RBI’s board of payment and settlement systems (BPSS) more independent