Himanshi Bhardwaj

Food, fuel push retail inflation to 23-month high of 5.54% in September

Retail inflation rose from 4.83% in August as food inflation climbed to 7.74%, led by a sharp rise in onion prices, while transport and services costs added to pressure

Confident of hitting $1 trillion exports target in FY27: Piyush Goyal

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

Minus data centres, India's new investment plans shrank in H1FY27: Report

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

Govt unveils 2026-30 roadmap to measure value of India's natural wealth

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

Factory output rebounds in Q2FY27, but risks to recovery remain: Ficci

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

Mospi proposes adding health, education to services production index

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

State capex utilisation slips below last year's pace in April-August

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

Fewer women commute to work, spend much less than men: NSO survey

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

New factory investment falls in FY25 for first time since pandemic: NSO

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

35 years on, govt remains firmly in the business of doing business

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

India's factory floor added 1.4 million jobs in FY25, shows NSO data

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 post double-digit growth in July: NSO

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

Industrial output growth quickens to 8% in August on manufacturing, power

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 Nageswaran flags 3 near-term risks: US ties, energy, and AI gap

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

Keep AI tied to verified data, says Mospi secretary Saurabh Garg

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

Two in 5 overnight trips in rural India for medical care, shows data

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

Real income growth expected only in India, South East Asia: WEF survey

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

MoSPI explains changes in India's new national accounts methodology

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

Core industries growth eases to 4.8% in August on iron ore, coal drag

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

Swapan Dasgupta pitches Bengal as 'skills base' for eastern India

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