Page 45 - Economic Slowdown

Auto slowdown, uncertainity forces component industry to cut down capex

The component manufacturers have found themselves fighting the downturn with lower utilisation of existing capacity

Best of BS Opinion: New revenue information, economic slowdown, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Don't cut GST

The Council should instead focus on compliance

Govt considering another 'booster dose' to revive economy: Report

Earlier this week, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das had said the government has taken a number of measures to boost the economy in three phases and indicated that more steps are likely

More space on monetary side than fiscal for boosting growth: Sanjeev Sanyal

Economic growth hit over six-year low of 5% for the first quarter ended June 2019 mainly driven by demand slowdown

No slowdown, auto sector making hue and cry to get package from govt: CAIT

Citing an example of new vehicle launches, CAIT said companies have received huge number of bookings, which do not reflect any slowdown in the sector

Slowdown dampens consumer confidence; may impact festive buying: Survey

Majority of the consumers are planning to spend less than a reasonable amount by October: Survey

Money problems hit Congress's plan to highlight govt failures, slowdown

The first phase of the programme has been postponed - the new dates to hold the conclaves on economic issues is September 28 to 30

Nips 'n' tucks to fix cyclical slowdown

In our view, the country's structural fabric is intact and a mix of measures - partly from ongoing resolutions and partly guided by government action - can help arrest the current cyclical slowdown

Opposition plans to keep focus on economic slowdown, organise conclave

The five Left parties on Monday announced a joint convention in the national capital on the issue on September 20

Letter to BS: Govt creating illusion of strength but reality is different

The government is facing problems of mounting fiscal deficit with much lower than expected GST and other tax revenues, losses incurred by its enterprises such as Air India, MTNL/BSNL and PSB banks

Rate cut alone can't arrest slump, boost rural demand: SBI report

Economists at State Bank Research also warned that any attempt to trim government spending to maintain the fiscal numbers will be severely detrimental to growth

Left parties to organise joint protest against 'deepening economic crisis'

In the joint statement, the leaders of the five Left parties said a protest will be organised to highlight the growing misery on the People

Old wine, new bottle: $7-bn exporter refund old plan with Rs 9,000 cr added

The new program will subsume existing export incentives, for which the government had already penciled in a revenue hit of Rs 41,000 crore in July

Tough time will pass: Gadkari urges industries not to lose heart

The Union Minister for Road Transport and MSMEs was speaking at a function to mark 65th foundation day of the Vidarbha Industries Association

Round 3 of economic stimulus: tax break for exports, help for real estate

FM rolls out Rs 20,000 crore fund for affordable, unfinished homes

Festive push: With marketing blitz, e-commerce giants hope to beat slowdown

Flipkart has tied up with SpiceJet to hold a massive 'marketing in the air' campaign

Yashwant Sinha questions FM, asks how would Ola, Uber reduce truck sales

Those in power were making "weird" statements, the former finance minister said, talking to reporters here

Economic slowdown cloud on Bengal's Durga Puja; sponsorship takes a hit

The state government's decision of not allowing VIP entry into the pandal has also affected the income of the larger committees

Export promotion scheme, shopping fests: FM's new measures to boost exports

Make sense of all the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the exports sector