Economy - general

09 Feb 2016

08 Feb 2016

With GDP growth for the October-December quarter at 7.3 per cent, a tad lower than 7.4 per cent in the preceding quarter, it is highly unlikely that the economy ends the year with a growth rate of 7.6 per cent

04 Feb 2016

03 Feb 2016

03 Feb 2016

03 Feb 2016

The Nikkei/Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 54.3 in January from 53.6 in December, the seventh straight month above the 50-level that distinguishes growth from contraction

02 Feb 2016

02 Feb 2016

02 Feb 2016

India said today it is readying travel guidelines for pregnant women passengers coming from and going to Zika-affected countries as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an international emergency over the mosquito-borne virus

02 Feb 2016

In its first bi-monthly policy statement of the year, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan kept the key repo and other rates unchanged, saying there was enough liquidity in the market and any loosening would depend on steps taken in the Union Budget

01 Feb 2016

Core sector output growth, which showed a volatile trend since April this year, recorded cumulative growth of 1.9 per cent in April-December this fiscal

30 Jan 2016

30 Jan 2016

Most of the 30 economists surveyed by Reuters felt that finance minister Arun Jaitley could let his borrowing targets slip in the next Budget, while they also felt that better infrastructure was more important than tax reforms

30 Jan 2016

Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan has warned against generating economic growth through debt, as a deviation from fiscal consolidation will hurt economic stability

30 Jan 2016

GDP growth rate for 2013-14 declined even more at 6.6 per cent against 6.9 per cent estimated earlier as per the first revised estimate of national income for 2014-15

29 Jan 2016

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that claims of India being the fastest-growing economy are not reflected by bank credit growth, jobs and consumer demand, which paint a less healthy picture

28 Jan 2016

28 Jan 2016

Deutsche Boerse’s MNI India Business Sentiment Indicator rose for the first time in three months, from 60.7 in December to 61.8 in January as domestic orders strengthened, though the construction sector fell

25 Jan 2016

21 Jan 2016

While there isn’t anything in the global economy to support market tantrums, Reserve Bank governor Raghuram Rajan says there is some anticipation that as central banks start reducing an accommodating stance, asset prices will find the appropriate level

20 Jan 2016

20 Jan 2016

Amid soaring valuations and a discount-driven business model that focuses on generating revenues rather than profits, India’s ecommerce firms are no longer an attractive destination for global venture capitalists

16 Jan 2016

15 Jan 2016

15 Jan 2016

A report by a US think-tank says the number of scientists and engineers born in India and working in the US has grown by 85 per cent between 2003 and 2013, and they are also likely to have higher academic qualifications than their American counterparts