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India must use its cultural wealth to be global economic power

Cultural economic governance assumes great importance at the stage of policy formulation and its implementation

Budget must signal change

It needs to move beyond headline GDP to prioritise job creation and alleviating rural distress

Mospi sets up 26-member committee to decide new base year for GDP

The Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics to review data sources, align GDP with inflation and industrial indices

Sidbi bats for sustainable development of MSMEs; pilots several projects

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has been making efforts for sustainable development of the MSME sector, which plays a key role in the economy, a senior official of the financial institution said on Thursday. Deputy Managing Director of SIDBI, Sudatta Mandal, said it has taken proactive steps to make the MSME eco-system green with several financial and non-financial engagements. Speaking at an interactive session on the occasion of International MSME Day organised by the MCCI, Mandal said SIDBI has launched various lending products on competitive terms to facilitate energy-efficient transition of the MSMEs. "In the green space, SIDBI has piloted several projects and validated models such as Partial Risk Sharing Facility for energy efficiency programme supported by the World Bank with a corpus of USD 37 million, he said. Mandal said SIDBI has made continuous efforts for holistic development of the MSME sector, which now contributes to 45 per cent of India's exports

'We are positive about growth, disinflation', says RBI Governor Das

Addressing the 188th AGM of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says, "India is at the threshold of a major structural shift in its growth trajectory

India's external debt rises to $663.8 bn; debt to GDP ratio falls: RBI

At end-March 2024, India's external debt was placed at $ 663.8 billion, an increase of $ 39.7 billion over its level at end-March 2023, according to RBI

Current account balance posts surplus of 0.6% of GDP in Jan-Mar 2024: RBI

For FY24, the net invisibles receipt was higher during 2023-24 than a year ago, primarily on account of services and transfers, RBI said

Reflections from the US

India remains a prized long-term bet, but investors are hesitant due to concerns over valuation

India records current account surplus of 0.6% on higher service exports

India recorded a current account surplus of USD 5.7 billion or 0.6 per cent of GDP in the March quarter, the Reserve Bank said on Monday. In the year-ago period, the current account deficit stood at USD 1.3 billion or 0.2 per cent of GDP, and the same was USD 8.7 billion or 1 per cent of GDP in the preceding quarter ending December 2023. For FY24, the current account deficit narrowed to USD 23.2 billion or 0.7 per cent of GDP against USD 67 billion or 2 per cent of GDP in FY23, the RBI said in a release on the Developments in India's Balance of Payments.

The Great Indian Inequality Debate: Is India's income inequality declining?

With the latest HCES showing a fall in Gini coefficient between FY12 and FY23, has India been able to reduce the income inequality?

Govt may finalise base year revision for CPI, IIP, GDP by end of 2024

The ministry is currently undertaking a market survey, a requirement to update the base year for CPI, as it is used to update the CPI basket

India to remain fastest growing Asia-Pacific economy, says Moody's

The report also noted that India, Indonesia, and the Philippines were the key growth outperformers in the first half of the year 2024

NITI Aayog proposes tax exemption to boost state universities R&D

Concerns include lack of an incentive system for faculties to pursue research, the dominance of R&D from central universities rather than private and state institutions, and funding constraints

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

Strong economic base to help new govt make India a developed nation by 2047

India's world record beating economic growth rate together with robust tax revenues, a fast expanding digital and financial infrastructure and a strong manufacturing sector will give the new government a base for unleashing next generation reforms that may make the country a developed nation by 2047. The new government will however have to tackle with problems like unemployment and rural distress, which seemed to have played a major role in voting pattern in states like Uttar Pradesh, while also keeping inflation under control. Given that no party, including BJP, have a clear majority of its own, tough reforms like big ticket privatisation and labour law reforms may take a backseat. As per the available trends, BJP is likely to win about 240 seats in a 543- member Lok Sabha. It would have to rely on its allies like TDP and JDU to form the next government. The new government will have to build upon the 8.2 per cent GDP growth recorded in 2023-24 and carry on with the reforms to make

Using GST as consumption proxy

Unlike private consumption data, GST can provide real-time insights into consumption patterns, economic activity, and state-wise variations

Sensex to GDP: How India looked when a party won 400 seats the last time

If the BJP secures over 400 seats in the Lok Sabha, it will be the second party to do so after Congress, which won 414 seats in 1984 after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Moody's projects 6.8% GDP expansion in 2024 on strong economic growth

Moody's Ratings on Friday projected India to grow 6.8 per cent in the current year, followed by 6.5 per cent in 2025, on the back of strong, economic expansion, along with post-election policy continuity. India's real GDP grew 7.7 per cent in 2023, up from 6.5 per cent in 2022, driven by robust capital spending by the government and strong manufacturing activity. High-frequency indicators, including robust goods and services tax collections, rising auto sales, consumer optimism and expanding manufacturing and services PMIs, have signalled sustained economic momentum in March and June quarter this year. "We believe the Indian economy should comfortably register 6-7 per cent annual real GDP growth and we forecast around 6.8 per cent growth," Moody's said in its update to Global Macro Outlook 2024-25. It said strong, broad-based growth will likely be sustained with post-election policy continuity. Moody's said this year's interim Budget targets capital expenditure allocation of Rs 1

Highlights: India's FY24 fiscal deficit lower than full-year target, shows data

India GDP data release updates: Catch all the news updates on the release of India's Q4 GDP data here

This is just a trailer of things to come, says PM Modi on GDP figures

Lauding the high GDP growth in 2023-24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it underlines robust momentum in the economy which is poised to accelerate further. "As I've said, this is just a trailer of things to come," he said on X. India's economy clicked growth of 7.8 per cent in the January-March quarter, pushing the annual growth rate for FY24 to 8.2 per cent, mainly on account of good showing by manufacturing, official data showed on Friday. Modi said, "The Q4 GDP growth data for 2023-24 shows robust momentum in our economy which is poised to further accelerate. Thanks to the hardworking people of our country, 8.2% growth for the year 2023-24 exemplifies that India continues to be the fastest growing major economy globally.