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Economic Survey primer: Notes on AI and geopolitics, the poetic touch

Economic Survey 2025-26 blends AI, geopolitics, and philosophy, spotlighting national priorities while framing India's growth journey as a marathon that must be run at sprint speed

Eco Survey sees FY27 GDP growth at 6.8-7.2% as demand, investment pick up

Slippages in state finances could ripple through mkts, affecting govt bond yields

India is indeed an oasis of macro stability: CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran says India can grow 6.8-7.2% in FY27 despite global uncertainty, citing domestic reforms, resilient consumption and strong fundamentals

Stakeholders seek further tax reforms, higher standard deduction in Budget

With many income tax incentives already expired or approaching sunset, 34% of respondents said they expected the government to bring back a manufacturing-linked lower tax rate regime

M Nagaraju to V Anantha Nageswaran: Meet Sitharaman's team for Budget FY27

As Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present her ninth Budget, a new team of top bureaucrats and economists will shape India's FY27 fiscal and reform roadmap

India second-most preferred investment destination for CEOs: PwC survey

PwC's 29th CEO survey said 57% of Indian CEOs expect near-term revenue growth, but cite macroeconomic volatility and cyber risks as the biggest concerns, while AI adoption remains uneven

IMF upgrades India's FY27 GDP growth to 6.4% despite trade risks

For FY26, the Fund, in its World Economic Outlook, revised its GDP growth forecast upwards to 7.3%

Nominal GDP growth for FY27 seen at 10-10.5%: Economists

Economists expect the Union Budget to peg FY27 nominal GDP growth at 10-10.5%, aided by rising inflation and a low base, influencing debt and fiscal metrics

DGCA shares airline-wise data with CCI for IndiGo's investigation

Data regarding routes exclusively operated by Indigo between September and December 2025 is also being shared by the DGCA with the Commission

Ringing in a new era in the Union Budget season of records and firsts

As FM Nirmala Sitharaman presents her ninth straight Budget, the finance ministry marks a new era-shifting the historic exercise from North Block to the modern Kartavya Bhawan

World on a precipice as trade, tech become weapons of influence: WEF

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 warns that geoeconomic confrontation and armed conflict are rising as trade, finance and technology are increasingly weaponised

Geoeconomic confrontation emerges as top global risk, says WEF report

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 flags geoeconomic confrontation as the biggest global threat, with interstate conflict, climate risks and polarisation close behind

Linking credit to health protection not charity but self-development: CEA

Nageswaran called for mainstream banks to not merely be spectators to the process of formalisation of the economy but to actively absorb new proven borrowers into their core portfolios

AI, rising costs, climate change among key youth concerns: WEF report

The WEF's survey of nearly 4,600 young people from 489 locations worldwide found that half viewed inflation and economic instability as the greatest threats to their lives

ADIF writes to CCI for interim relief to Indian startups in Apple case

Alleges company is using dilatory and delaying tactics in regulator's investigation

Use AI to raise productivity, not reduce jobs: Assocham president

Budget 2026-27 should prioritise consumption demand, MSME support and gradual wage hikes, while using AI to boost productivity without hurting jobs, says ASSOCHAM president Nirmal K Minda

FY27 fiscal deficit likely to overshoot target to touch 4.6%: BMI

BMI said that the fresh spending needs would not necessarily entail greater public deficits if the government could generate more revenue

Fiscal deficit target in reach despite lower nominal GDP growth estimate

The Budget estimates for this year had assumed a nominal GDP growth of 10.1 per cent

DEA creates ₹17 trillion PPP project pipeline for 3 years: FinMin

Of the total projects, 232 are related to central ministries and departments, while the remaining 630 are with states and Union Territories

Leading steelmakers colluded to fix prices, finds antitrust probe

CCI has sought financial statements to calculate penalties