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During Covid, free food helped rein in poverty in India: IMF paper

India has "eliminated low-income poverty (which is based the purchasing power parity or PPP of $1.9 per person a day)", the lead author of the paper said

Going beyond 'The Kashmir Files' to gauge rehab work for state's migrants

A deep dive into why Kashmiri Pandits don't seem too happy with a slew of relief measures provided by the Centre and the states sheltering them

Tamil Nadu sets up GST advisory council on fiscal powers of state, Centre

The Tamil Nadu government has set up an advisory council on the fiscal powers of the state and the Centre with special reference to the goods and services tax (GST)

EPF continues to beat inflation even with interest rate at four-decade low

The scheme also offers better returns than other most other investment avenues

Long-awaited four labour codes may not come up before June-end

In the case of the labour codes, apart from the states, the Centre too is required to frame rules

Safe for now, macro economy may take a hit if Russian-Ukraine war stretches

A feeble impact is already being felt, and if the conflict stretches way beyond March, it could have implications on growth, inflation, fiscal deficit and current account deficit

India's retail price inflation likely to remain over 6% till April

This is owing to elevated oil and commodity prices

Faltering Sri Lanka holds strategic importance for India, shows data

The share in India's total exports declined from 2.16 per cent in FY15 to just 1.3 per cent in the first 10 months of the current financial year.

Second hike in two days: Petrol, diesel prices dearer 85 paise each

Petrol and diesel are costliest in Mumbai at Rs 111.67 and Rs 95.85 a litre, respectively.

Petrol and diesel prices hiked for first time in over four months

Up 80 paise a litre; domestic gas cylinder now dearer by Rs 50

Rupee slide impacted export-import, inflation differently across periods

There are several reasons for the lack of uniformity, such as depreciation of other currencies, essential nature of crude imports and global fluctuations in energy prices

Direct tax mop-up beats the revised estimates at Rs 13.6 trillion

Up more than Rs 1 trn over RE for FY22, to help govt rein in fiscal deficit at 6.9%

Will a services exports-driven economic growth strategy work for India?

While Covid hit services exports harder than manufacturing, the share of the former in global services exports seems to support the call experts have made in favour of the sector

Auditing officers lose adjudicating notice power under GST system

Experts allege that auditing and investigating officers were not adjudicating the notices judiciously and were retaining the demands made in them

Challenges ahead for new govts in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur

The new governments in Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand will have to create jobs for their people to bring down the unemployment rate to the national average.

Election results 2022: PM Modi sees BJP win as indicator of 2024 outcome

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the government's economic measures and social welfare steps had put India on track in these circumstances

Challenges ahead for new govts in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur

The incoming govts will have to work on creating more job opportunities to bring these states' unemployment rates close to the national average, besides containing inflation and meeting poll promises

Health inflation above 6% the past year after muted first wave price rise

The metric, in fact, rose to as much as 8.44% last May, when second Covid wave was on; analysts cite huge demand-supply gap, rising staff costs for state of affairs

Higher nominal GDP may give Centre a leeway to cut duty on petrol, diesel

Former RBI governor C Rangarajan believes it would be 13 per cent, though his projection came before the war

India's core sector growth moderates to 3.7% in January: Govt data

Crude oil production contracted 2.4 per cent in January, the pace which is the highest in six months