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Economy likely to expand by around RBI's projection of 8% in Q1, FY24

Various analysts that Business Standard spoke to put GDP growth in the range of 7 to 8.5 per cent for Q1 of FY24

How and why the revenue dept is tightening its grip on charitable bodies

The CAG, in a 2022 report, estimated the loss of potential revenue from charitable bodies at Rs 18,800 crore between the assessment years 2014-15 and 2017-18

Statsguru: Rising relevance of Brics in global merchandise export market

It was at 20 per cent in 2022 compared to 5 per cent in 1992. They also account for a quarter of the world's economy

Privacy and penalty: Managing business with new data protection law

Stringent legal obligation to prevent breaches has companies reviewing their security practices

Improved spatial rain distribution aids crops, shows CRISIL DRIP index

Crop-wise, DRIP scores are better for most crops except pulses and rice relative to the previous year

Prices in India are rising faster than many large economies, EM peers

Dozen states have reported higher inflation numbers than the all-India figure of 7.44 per cent

Statsguru: Nearly four out of five Indians are literate, shows govt data

One key reason for India's low growth is said to be low merchandise exports, which helped propel countries such as China and South Korea to prosperity

Fierce competition among new drug brands for share of India market

The competitive intensity is high between brands, at a time when volume growth in the domestic pharma market is on a slow lane

Mining an opportunity: Firm, transparent laws key to attract investments

Recent laws opening critical minerals to private mining raise hopes that the lessons of privatisation of coal and iron ore have been learnt

US Fed hike on expected lines; RBI to take a balanced view: Analysts

The 0.25 per cent hike in interest rates by the US Fed was on expected lines, analysts said on Thursday, expecting its Indian counterpart to take a balanced view in its policy formation going forward

Dilemma of multilateral finance: Scaling up capital from pvt sector crucial

A critical way to serve this need is to create a "third funding mechanism". That means drawing in money from the private sector in addition to the corpus that signatory governments and trusts provide

PLI scheme incentive outgo could be less than Rs 40,000 crore by FY25

Govt estimates indicate not all 14 schemes may have fully taken off

How will India cope with Urals breaching the EU-denominated price cap?

Urals crude has passed the trading price cap imposed by the G7 but supplies to India may sail through largely unscathed. Here's why

Statsguru: Top 7 countries account for nearly 70% of vocational students

India had "the lowest gender parity index", with women accounting for only 10 per cent of vocational students: Study

Selective ICT import duty cut: Commerce department, MeitY divided

India, a signatory to the ITA, is required to eliminate tariffs on a range of products, including mobile handsets

Statsguru: India's agri output may outpace global growth over 10-yr period

The production of pulses in India is likely to rise by 45 per cent by 2032, compared to a 30 per cent global rise, suggested the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2023-2032

India's inflation higher than Russia and China, projected to ease

Inflation in advanced economies is expected to remain above target levels, according to IMF

415 million Indians lifted out of poverty in 15 years: UNDP report

Those at the bottom of the pyramid are among those seeing the most progress, says UNDP report

Stricter disclosure regime: FPIs to get breather for passive breaches

10 days for single group exposure, 3 months for exceeding Rs. 25,000-cr cap to bring down holdings below thresholds

Power, infra, fertilsiers: How centre is incentivising states for reforms

Fund transfer linked to them meeting certain benchmarks in improving sectors