Page 11 - Economy & Policy Analysis

RBI Policy Preview: MPC's decision on interest rates hangs by a fine thread

RBI Monetary Policy: With the Union Budget for FY-2026 behind us, the focus now shifts to the next big event on the horizon - the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) final meeting for FY-2025 on Feb 7

RBI curating the liquidity landscape for a potential rate cut this year

As the RBI takes steps to address both short-term and durable liquidity concerns, the focus now shifts to whether these measures can create the right conditions for rate cut transmission

Indirect Taxes: Budget 2025 boosts domestic manufacturing, eases tax burden

The Budget supports the government's pledge to reduce tax burden and move towards a trust-based tax framework

I-T relief fuels consumption Budget: FM focuses on agri, MSMEs, exports

FM Sitharaman targets FY26 fiscal deficit at 4.4% of GDP

Charting a new growth path: Budget projects non-tax streams poised to rise

Except in FY18 and FY19, receipts from disinvestment have remained well below the Budget targets

Fiscal deficit for April-Dec at 56.7% of full-year target, shows data

Net tax receipts for the first nine months of the current financial year were at Rs 18.43 trillion

Telangana tops in own tax revenue during Apr-Nov last year: Economic Survey

For 15 states, OTR accounted for more than half of their total tax receipts, the highest being Telangana at 88 per cent, followed by Karnataka and Haryana at 86 per cent each, it said

India's demographic edge: A key to addressing global healthcare crisis

The global healthcare sector is grappling with a severe shortage of skilled professionals, driven by aging populations and escalating healthcare demand

UP receives Rs 1 trn investment proposals in hospitality sector in 2 years

Most of the investment is proposed in religious and spiritual centres such as Varanasi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj apart from traditional tourism hotspots like Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, and Noida

Prices of rice exported from India steady at 18-month low on muted demand

India's 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $429-$435 per metric ton this week, unchanged from last week. Indian 5% broken white rice was quoted at $432 to $440 per ton this week

Experts see change of tack in Reserve Bank of India's liquidity handling

They say central bank is focused on durable relief rather than ad hoc support

Wishlist for Budget 2025: Urgency to uplift India's manufacturing

Jobs are one of the country's fundamental problems, and manufacturing is the easy answer to this problem

Budget 2025: Why scrapping home loan tax benefits could hurt the common man

The socio-economic implications of scrapping the old tax regime for India's real estate sector - currently valued at $493 billion and contributing 7.3 per cent to GDP - deserve careful scrutiny

Strategies and roadmap for making green fertiliser production viable

India's Green Hydrogen Mission targets decarbonising fertiliser production

DPDPA rules 2025: Advancing data privacy but challenges remain unresolved

New data protection rules boost transparency, yet compliance gaps persist

Unlocking potential: India's path to a robust petrochemical industry

With a market size of $220 billion, the Indian chemicals and petrochemicals sector contributes about 6 per cent to the GDP and provides employment to over 5 million people

Bad economics is corrupting politics, undermining good governance in India

Economic reformers should not remain beholden to free-market ideologies, corporate lobbies, or the sentiments of fickle stock markets

'Unease' of doing business in India: Bureaucracy pushes factory costs up

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" campaign has also got lost somewhere in the labyrinths of this bureaucratic maze

India must thank Manmohan for shift from caste-based to class-based society

For ages, the halwahi ecosystem had maintained a civilisation that had kept trade cashless. Land and grains were the only form of wages

Health and education reforms: A blueprint for India's manufacturing dream

India's ambition to lead global manufacturing depends on tackling malnutrition and improving education. The Union Budget 2025 offers a chance to invest in these sectors, leading to sustainable growth