Himanshi Bhardwaj

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says India's export target is achievable despite subdued global trade growth, citing strong domestic businesses, MSMEs and new FTAs

Investment announcements rose 34.7 per cent to ₹30.38 trillion in H1FY27, driven by data centres, while plans outside IT fell about 4 per cent to ₹20.92 trillion

Mospi's 2026-2030 strategy prioritises forests, water, minerals and pollination services, aiming to improve environmental accounts and their relevance to policymaking

About 95 per cent of manufacturers reported higher or steady production in Q2FY27, while rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on investment

The proposed expansion will increase the Index of Services Production's coverage from about 60 per cent to 78.4 per cent of services gross value added

Twenty-three states spent ₹2.4 trillion, or 21.21 per cent of their combined capex budget, in April-August FY27, slightly below 21.73 per cent a year earlier

Only 41.9 per cent of women workers commute 1 km or more for work, against 61.9 per cent of men, with the gender gap in commuting widest in rural India

Gross fixed capital formation fell 8 per cent in FY25 after two years of strong growth, while factories added workers and wage growth edged ahead of profit growth

India's privatisation drive has remained slow, with the government retaining a significant commercial presence across key sectors.

Registered manufacturing employment crossed 20 million for the first time, up 30.5% in 5 years, according to the latest Annual Survey of Industries

Ten of 19 services sub-sectors posted double-digit growth in July, led by administrative and support services at 20.9 per cent, while two segments contracted

Manufacturing growth rose to 9 per cent, its second-highest level in 29 months, while electricity and gas supply expanded 12.3 per cent during August

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran says India cannot afford to choose between global blocs and must build strategic buffers and forge partnerships with foreign technology firms

Mospi Secretary Saurabh Garg said data should flow freely across ministries and states, while AI-generated inferences must remain grounded in verified and validated sources

Medical treatment accounts for 38.4% of rural overnight trips, with health journeys costing households far more than leisure travel

Most of the 36 participating economists expected inflation-adjusted incomes to fall or stagnate in nearly every geography with India and South-East Asia being the notable exceptions

For the input-price measure, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (Mospi) is using data from the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) along with item-level output PPI

The overall index eased to a four-month low of 119.2 from 120.8 in July, a sequential decline of 1.32 per cent even as year-on-year growth stayed in positive territory

Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta says Bengal's economic revival should be linked to the wider growth of eastern India, with a focus on skills and services

Telangana recorded the highest combined inflation among states in August at 6.27 per cent, while rural inflation exceeded urban inflation across most leading states.