Economy - general

India’s economy strong, outlook stable despite Moody’s: govt

08 Nov 2019

Moody’s Investors Service changed its outlook on India’s sovereign rating to negative from stable while keeping the foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings unchanged at Baa2, citing slower growth, which it attributed to lower government and policy effectiveness

Over 50% of S Asian youth lack skills for 21st century jobs: Unicef

01 Nov 2019

Over 50% of adolescents in India are malnourished: Unicef

01 Nov 2019

The Unicef report, ‘Adolescents, Diets and Nutrition: Growing Well in a Changing World’ says that growing incomes and increased spending on food have translated to greater consumption of fried foods, junk foods, sweets and aerated drinks by 10 to 19-year-olds in every Indian state, increasing the risk of diabetes and heart disease

ASI finds remains of a 2000-year-old trade centre in Andhra Pradesh

01 Nov 2019

Core sector industrial production plummets 5.2% in September

31 Oct 2019

India to sign Kartarpur Corridor agreement despite Pakistan’s $20 fee demand

22 Oct 2019

Ayodhya case: Muslim parties tell SC how to mould relief in secret submission

22 Oct 2019

Pak demand of $20 fee stalls online registration for Kartarpur pilgrimage

21 Oct 2019

CJI Ranjan Gogoi recommends Justice SA Bobde as his successor

18 Oct 2019

2 in 3 cos may shift to new corporate tax regime immediately

16 Oct 2019

IMF lowers India’s FY20 GDP growth forecast to 6.1%

16 Oct 2019

The country, however, retains the tag of the world's fastest growing economy alongside China, says IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook report

India's consumer price inflation shoots up to 3.99% in September

15 Oct 2019

India’s wholesale price inflation barely shows at 0.33% in September

14 Oct 2019

Ayodhya under Section 144 curbs as hearing in land dispute nears end

14 Oct 2019

World Bank lowers India's FY20 GDP growth projection to 6%

14 Oct 2019

The World Bank report also noted a widening of the current account deficit to 2.1 per cent of GDP in 2018-19 from 1.8 per cent a year before, mostly reflecting a deteriorating trade balance

India’s industrial production down 1.1% in August

11 Oct 2019

WEF global competitiveness index moves India down 10 places to 68th

10 Oct 2019

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 5.15% to revive growth

04 Oct 2019

With the growth in gross domestic product slumping to 5.0 per cent in Q1 of FY20, the monetary policy committee decided to continue with an accommodative stance, while ensuring that inflation remained within the target of 4 per cent within a band of +/- 2 per cent

FIR lodged against celebrities who wrote to PM on mob lynching

04 Oct 2019

Cash, jewellery worth nearly Rs200 cr seized at Mumbai’s Borivali railway station

03 Oct 2019

India-US trade deal has to evolve: Piyush Goyal

03 Oct 2019

While both countries do not see any structural issues, there are conflicting interests of bringing down trade deficits and protectionist trade policies that hamper a trade deal

Core sector industrial production declines by 0.5% in August

30 Sep 2019

Centre to soon come out with updated National Water Policy

30 Sep 2019

Heavy rains and flash floods leave at least 17 dead in Pune

26 Sep 2019

ADB cuts India’s FY19 GDP growth to 6.5%, keeps FY20 growth at 7.2%

26 Sep 2019

India will remain one of the fastest-growing economies in the world this year and next year as the government continues to implement policy reforms and interventions to strengthen economic fundamentals, said ADB chief economist Yasuyuki Sawada