Economy - general
Consumer price inflation zooms to 2.36% in July
14 Aug 2017
CPI inflation reversed a three-month declining trend and spurted to 2.36 per cent in July from 1.54 per cent in June, amidst a sudden spike in the prices of fruits and vegetables and higher prices of some food articles
India's industrial output contracts 0.1% in June
11 Aug 2017
Economic Survey: Highlights of reform measures
11 Aug 2017
Mid-term Survey pegs GDP growth just above 6.75%
11 Aug 2017
The anxiety created by the deflationary impulse of demonetisation, stressed farm revenues, farm loan waivers, fiscal tightening and declining profitability of core sector should combine to depress GDP growth, says the government’s Mid-term Economic Survey
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6% as industry slackens
02 Aug 2017
RBI said that despite the demonetisation drive, surplus liquidity conditions persisted in the system, exacerbated by front-loading of budgetary spending by the government
Right to privacy can’t be secondary to economic rights: SC
02 Aug 2017
"Can two square meals be promised in return for barring people from protesting, forming an association or giving up other fundamental rights? This can never be" the Supreme Court observed during the ongoing hearing on the right to privacy
Core sector output barely grows at 0.4% in June
01 Aug 2017
PM Modi inaugurates Kalam Memorial in Rameswaram
27 Jul 2017
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