Page 9 - Economy & Policy Analysis

How digital technology platforms are lubricating the NPA disposal process

The digitalisation of the entire process, has the potential to reduce costs for banks and buyers, speed up recovery for banks, and provide fair access to buyers

Chinese techies' exit likely to hamper India's smartphone export success

This comes after Beijing verbally asked regulatory authorities and local governments to curb technology transfers and movement of technicians to other countries

June retail inflation likely to have cooled further on food prices

Economists reckon that the decline in inflation is expected on account of easing prices across various goods categories, especially food items and a favourable base effect

Retail loan origination slows down in FY25 amid multiple headwinds

Home loan originations slowed down to 2.7 per cent in FY25, compared to 9.9 per cent in the previous year due to higher property prices and macroeconomic challenges

Win some, lose some: The surprising post-pandemic changes in wage growth

The more educated have had slower growth but they are the highest paid in the country

Standards & QCOs: A strategic lever for Viksit Bharat manufacturing agenda

India's strategic use of QCOs reflects a shift from being a passive consumer market to an assertive, quality-focused manufacturing economy

Niti Aayog paper on India-US trade deal goes offline, raising questions

The paper called for lower tariffs on soybean and corn from the US, both of which would be genetically modified, while their byproducts could hurt the domestic processing industry and ethanol makers

Why is life insurance losing lustre as a savings scheme for India's youth?

As life insurance loses share in households' financial savings, insurers are rushing to create new products, mostly in health insurance, to stay engaged with a younger demographic

Datanomics: Banana steals mango's crown in India's fruit economy

The Gross Value of Output (GVO) of bananas, adjusted for inflation, surpassed that of mangoes for the second consecutive year in 2023-24

8 years of GST: How automation has changed the refund game for exporters

From manual bonds to auto-processing, India's export refund system has come a long way - but gaps between Customs and GST refunds still remain

Boosting growth: Integrate MSMEs and e-commerce to surge GDP globally

To close the GDP gap with China, MSMEs, e-commerce, states, logistics growth, and the private sector must work synergistically, with time-bound targets and rewards

Statsguru: As GST turns eight yrs old, need for reform push grows

The goods and services tax (GST), net of refunds, now yields close to ₹20 trillion to the exchequer - both the Centre's and states'

Datanomics: India looks at options amid crunch of rare earth materials

China and the United States produced nearly 70 per cent and 11.5 per cent of the world's production of rare earth elements (REEs) respectively in 2024

Datanomics: Strait of Hormuz still remains critical for crude oil import

The Strait of Hormuz is still critical for India even though we now import much lower than half of our crude inbound shipments through this route

Russian crude flows set to rise despite low discounts, say officials

Russian crude may rise in India's oil mix amid Middle East tensions, but LNG from Qatar and UAE-under long-term contracts-remains hard to replace

Support for refugees erodes as funding gaps surge globally and in India

The latest figures from the UNHCR's global report reveal that the number of people displaced across the world had risen to 122.1 million as of April 2025, up from 120 million a year earlier

Fresh formal hiring at 5 month high in April 2025, shows EPFO data

EPFO added 894,000 new subscribers in April, an 18.5 per cent rise from March, marking the strongest formal employment growth since the end of FY25 according to payroll data

Blocking of Strait of Hormuz may impact India's energy procurement: Experts

Following the US bombing of three major Iranian nuclear sites, Tehran has indicated that closing the Strait of Hormuz for shipping is one of the options on the table to pressure its adversaries

Datanomics: Despite gains, Brics still lags behind G7 in per capita terms

Average Brics per capita income stood at $2,087 in 2000, which is projected to rise to $9,437 by 2025. In contrast, G7's average may rise from $27,855 to $53,623

Datanomics: Cracks in infrastructure and gaps in spending by states

Bridge collapses are on the rise, jumping from 21 in 2023 to 29 in 2024 though it fluctuated in between. This represented a 38 per cent year-on-year growth in 2024