Economy - general
Over 300 engineering colleges face closure
02 Dec 2017
GDP grows faster at 6.3% in Q2 despite GST muddle
30 Nov 2017
With an estimated growth of 6.3 per cent in fiscal second quarter, against the 5.7 per cent growth in the previous quarter (April-June), GST and the earlier demonetisation seem to have little impact on GDP growth
Core sector output expands 4.7% in October
30 Nov 2017
Populist policies may dent economic growth: Raghuram Rajan
27 Nov 2017
India needs to focus on a broad-based, inclusive, economic growth generating more employment rather than addressing grievances that would only render the society more divisive, Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said
S&P dashes hopes of upgrade, keeps India at BBB-
25 Nov 2017
Keeping India's ratings on hold, Standard & Poor’s said, "Ratings are constrained by India's low wealth levels, measured by GDP per capita, , which we estimate at close to $2,000 in 2017, which [is] the lowest of all investment-grade sovereigns that we rate"
India to seek membership of EBRD
23 Nov 2017
GST core slabs may merge, 28% slab to remain
21 Nov 2017
The government could combine the 12 per cent and 18 per cent slabs under the GST into one in the near future, possibly keeping the core rate around 15.5 per cent as suggested by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian last year
GST collections at Rs 95,131 crore in October
20 Nov 2017
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