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Commerce Ministry's focus likely on signing FTAs, reviving exports

The new government is likely to complete the unfinished agenda, particularly related to signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) with Oman

A full Budget, implementing pending reforms to keep finance minister busy

While the ministry has started work on the Budget, it is expected to begin industry consultations

New government unlikely to tweak trade policy

The Prime Minister is quite capable of managing such an outcome through negotiations and persuasion

Share of conveyance spending witnesses sharpest increase: HCES data

Transportation costs have also gone up and people are on the move for all sorts of reasons

Consumption inequality up in rural areas of 11 states in past decade: HCES

The rise in Gini coefficient was sharpest in Nagaland, followed by Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh

Instant flour mixes cannot be classified as sattu, to attract 18% GST

According to a CBIC circular, small amounts of ingredients, which are mixed to make Sattu, are specified in the GST rules to be eligible for a 5 per cent tax rate

Is 5G-enabled FWA the answer to the monetisation prayers of Jio and Airtel?

The cost of more towers is more than neutralised by the low price the telcos paid for the spectrum. Spectrum used currently for FWA is 43 times more expensive than the millimetre band

Per capita cereal consumption below 10 kg in rural areas in 2022-23: Survey

The consumption of cereals in rural households declined to 9.61 kg in 2022-23 from 11.23 kg in 2011-12, while in urban households, it declined to 8.05 kg from 9.32 kg over the same period

RBI maintains status quo, raises FY25 GDP growth forecast to 7.2%

Economists see shallow rate cut in Oct-Dec quarter

India's foreign exchange reserves hit new peak of $651.5 billion

Governor Das expressed confidence that the central bank was well-positioned to meet the country's external financing requirements comfortably

Employment focus to drive capex push for engineering, infra firms: Execs

One of the election agendas was unemployment. You cannot do capex without generating employment. It is interlinked, says analyst

Must invest adequately in IT systems: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das to banks

Underscores urgency to keep up with growth of digital payments

Last mile journey to 4% inflation target is sticky: RBI Governor Das

Even the high rates of growth are enabling us to catch up with that level. So, no, signs of over- heating. On rate hikes being off the table, nothing is off the table.

Retail inflation for industrial workers declines to 3.87% in April

"Year-on-year inflation for the month of March, 2024 stood at 4.20% as compared to 5.79 % in March, 2023," a labour ministry statement said

Discrepancies in bids: Govt may give two weeks to ACC PLI applicants

The discrepancy in the bids has caused the government to miss its target of completing the bidding process within a month of declaring the technical bidders

Tax origin not suitable measure for budgetary devolution to states: Study

Amongst the major states, an increase in the share of tax devolution over this period was observed in Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, and West Bengal

Here's how industry leaders reacted to the RBI's June MPC decisions

The RBI MPC maintained its 'withdrawal of accommodation' stance and kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. The RBI revised FY25 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent

India's medium-term fiscal consolidation may get more challenging: Fitch

"Our expectation is that the government will look to achieve the 4.5% fiscal deficit target by 2025-26," Jeremy Zook, director - Asia-Pacific sovereigns at Fitch told Reuters in an interview

RBI will act only if inflation stays put at 4%, says Governor Das

The RBI is capable of handling the additional fund flows that will come in because of the country's inclusion in the J P Morgan bond indices, Das said

RBI likely to reduce key repo rate when inflation stabilises: India Inc

The central bank also retained its projection for retail inflation at 4.5 per cent for the current fiscal assuming a normal monsoon, while emphasising that uncertainties related to food price outlook