Economy

Sitharaman calls for private investment and higher R&D spending to drive India's next growth phase, strengthen innovation and build resilience amid global uncertainty

Sanjay Malhotra said future crises could emerge from geopolitics, cyberattacks or technology failures, requiring resilience across banks, markets and financial infrastructure

Sanjay Malhotra said RBI supports distributed ledger technology and tokenisation but remains wary of crypto assets over concerns about sovereignty, policy and capital flows in emerging economies

Speaking at the KEC 2026, Malhotra outlined five priorities for policymakers and called for continued vigilance against emerging systemic risks that are increasingly cross-border and interconnected

P K Mishra said wars and disruptions around key maritime routes such as the Strait of Hormuz expose India's energy security to risks, prompting the country to build stocks and diversify suppliers

Trade ministers discussed how government-backed overcapacity, predatory pricing and dumping affect manufacturers in India, the US and Europe, alongside reforms to the WTO, Goyal said

C P Radhakrishnan said consensus-building may slow decisions at times but makes reforms sustainable, while warning that growth benefits must reach every section of society

Within the BoP, the current account yielded a deficit (CAD) in the first quarter of financial year 2026-27 (Q1FY27), reversing the surplus seen in Q4FY26, as the merchandise trade deficit widened

India's inflation-targeting framework has anchored price expectations, but economists see scope to refine its mandate

"By being anti-inflationary, monetary policy makes the biggest contribution to growth"

India's global percentile ranking has improved modestly since 1991, but weak per capita gains and external vulnerability remain key drags

USTR Jamieson Greer says both sides have identified the sticking points and are working diligently towards an agreement, with another leaders' call likely soon

Household demand reaches 15.64 mn amid monsoon deficit in south, west states, up 26% from August

'Don't take growth for granted amid global shocks'

The factors affecting private investment may be more global in nature in the immediate future, suggested Madhavi Arora, chief economist at Emkay Global

Stronger domestic and overseas demand lifted new orders and output, while employment expanded at its fastest pace since May and manufacturers turned more optimistic

Gross GST collections rose 14.7 per cent to Rs 2.04 trillion, while net revenue growth accelerated to around 14 per cent in the July-September quarter

Goyal and Greer discussed an interim trade agreement at the G20 meeting in Milwaukee, where talks also covered food supply chains, excess capacity and forced labour

V Anantha Nageswaran said Indians are increasingly willing to take market risk, but have yet to commit savings for longer tenures needed to finance retirement

IBBI chairperson Jayanti Prasad flagged delays, ethics and realisations, while NCLT President Anupinder Singh Grewal cited vacancies and sought a higher filing threshold.