Page 6 - Economy Interviews

An uneasy truce between Iran-Israel may be best-case scenario: Vandana Hari

True rapprochement between Israel and Iran remains elusive, complicated further by the Gaza conflict that has pitted Israel against Iran-backed groups like the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah, says Hari

Plan to double projects to ₹5 trillion this year, says Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari talks about why elections should not matter while setting targets, his take on being seen as a future prime minister, and much more

Neutral stance gives flexibility to move up or down: Nagesh Kumar

Since the February 2025 MPC, the RBI has started to support growth by cutting policy rate

There is nothing in MPC statement to suggest rate hikes are next: Ram Singh

Ram Singh said lower inflation print than the forecast will strengthen the case for a rate cut

Policy easing call this cycle to be more data-dependent: MPC member Saugata

This (West Asia conflict) is just one of the sources of uncertainty, albeit the 800 pound gorilla at the moment

GDP base revision could be done more frequently in future: Rao Inderjit

MoSPI is examining the feasibility of salvaging the data of 7th Economic Census in consultation with states/UTs

Tax incentives, rate cuts should improve urban demand: EAC-PM Chairman

S Mahendra Dev discusses a wide-range of issues, including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs, demand trends, and increasing the share of manufacturing in the economy

Auto industry has resilience to tackle rare earth issue: HD Kumaraswamy

The government is actively engaging with EU to ensure that concerns of Indian companies and hard-to-abate sectors are adequately addressed under CBAM, says union minister of heavy industries and steel

Jet fuel price cut by 3% to ₹83,072/kl on softening global oil benchmarks

The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) was reduced by Rs 2,414.25 per kilolitre, or 2.82 per cent, to Rs 83,072.55 per kl in the national capital

Panel working on IPR issues of gene-edited rice, says ICAR's ML Jat

Genome editing is a relatively new technology, and we've had a breakthrough with the development of two novel varieties using this approach

Hope to deliver more to Centre to stay the fiscal course: DIPAM Secy Chawla

Public stocks are a very good hedge in anyone's portfolio because the government is behind them. We enforce fair dividend norms very strictly, Chawla said

BTAs are the way to go in the new world order: CII President Sanjiv Puri

Puri said that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has set a template for future deals and will create opportunities for India to build alternate supply chains

US could be on losing side in the test of wills with China: Claude Smadja

There are limits to India-EU FTA, EU lobbies want protection, don't think will meet the timeline

Pest and disease attacks on crops rising due to climate change: Scientist

Prasanna talks about some of the challenges that climate change poses to agriculture and ways to handle them

Govt working on 25 chipsets with Indian IPR to fight cyberattacks: Vaishnaw

Vaishnaw unravels the action on the ground and the move towards localisation

We will provide sufficient liquidity for monetary policy transmission: RBI

The RBI has guided that liquidity should be 1-1.5 percent of NDTL

US tariffs: Recessionary phase not ruled out in key economies, says Montek

The rise in tariffs will raise prices in major economies and trigger an economic slowdown, possibly even prompting a recessionary phase, says Montek

We have been able to stabilise auditing as an institution: NFRA Chairperson

Pandey says audit firms have taken corrective steps following the regulator's inspections, which are among the pivots the organisation is working on

Don't think govt is in a great hurry to sign BTA with US: Ashwani Mahajan

Since the US has announced the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, their markets are down, and there are fears that inflation will increase

GCCs emerging as a big answer to labour migration: Labour Secy Sumita Dawra

Nearly 34 states and union territories (UTs) have pre - published draft rules and it has been done in a harmonized, standardized manner, Dawra said