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Donald Trump makes China great again as it grows bolder with India

Assumptions about US' decline are making China bolder and more overbearing in its approach towards India

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'

India's external debt rises to $736 billion, 19.1% of GDP, says RBI

Short-term debt to total debt ratio dips to 18.3

Statsguru: Young India yet to tap demographic dividend, needs a policy push

Among the countries having demographic dividend, India is a noticeable exception that has not harnessed this human resource

Alternative data sources help in 'proactive intervention' for growth: CEA

Suman K Bery, vice-chairperson of NITI Aayog, told the workshop conventional data should be integrated with alternate sources while ensuring quality

Datanomics: Govt betters fiscal deficit target despite lower tax receipts

The credit goes to higher GDP in nominal terms than considered by the Budget

GST Council's likely agenda: Intermediaries may get exporter status

"With the Law Committee's approval expected shortly, the GST Council's final decision in its next meeting could mark a turning point for India's intermediary-driven export sectors," said the official

India's GDP expands 7.4% in Q4 to meet annual growth estimates of 6.5%

Nominal GDP for FY25 grew at single digit at 9.8 per cent to Rs 330.7 trillion, slightly higher than Rs 324.1 trillion factored in the Budget

Govt outperforms on fiscal deficit, brings it down to 4.77% of GDP in FY25

Capital expenditure for FY 2024-2025 at Rs 10.5 trillion stood at 103.3 per cent of the revised estimate for the year, CGA data showed

Auto firms need to think innovatively to attract buyers back to small cars

Car-market executives attribute the drop in small-car sales to stagnating incomes across the board, with only 12 per cent of Indian households earning over ₹12 lakh annually

Rajasthan's agriculture dept launches campaign against fake fertilisers

Suresh Kumar Ola, the state's agriculture commissioner, said that the quality control campaign will be run till July 10

Slew of PSU stake sales soon; govt plans to divest 6.5% in LIC in tranches

"This year, we will follow a strategy of regular offers for sale (OFS) in small tranches. We are officially giving forward guidance for small investors to look out for it," says Dipam Secretary

Why Trump's 'weak dollar' plan misreads America's trade deficit

The global demand for dollars, the argument goes, drives up its value, making US-made goods more expensive than imports

US economy likely to slow sharply amid trade tariff hikes, says Nomura

The US growth is going to slow quite sharply, close to recession, says Robert Subbaraman

Energy, steel, textiles cos line up ₹5.5 trn investment in Chhattisgarh: CM

The state aims to increase its gross domestic product (GDP) from Rs 5.68 trillion in FY25 to Rs 6.35 trillion by the end of the current financial year

India to generate 8 mn jobs per year for next 10-12 years: CEA Nageswaran

India has to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10-12 years and raise the share of manufacturing in GDP as it strives to achieve the vision of becoming a developed country by 2047, Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India V Anantha Nageswaran said. "We have a vision to achieve a developed India by 2047. The biggest challenge, apart from India's size, is that the external environment is not going to be so benign for the next 10-20 years as one might have had in the last 30 years, starting from 1990 or so, Nageswaran said here Saturday. But within this context - that's a given, you can't choose your external environment beyond a point - we have to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10 to 12 years...And raise the manufacturing share of GDP, in the context of China having achieved such a tremendous manufacturing dominance, especially post-COVID, he said. Nageswaran was addressing the Columbia India Summit 2025 hosted by the Deepak and Nee

Moody's Ratings revises forecast of India's 2025 GDP growth to 5.5-6.5%

The revised growth forecast takes into account a scenario of 10 per cent universal tariffs and 145 per cent tariffs on China

Tariff war: WTO projects merchandise trade volume to contract in 2025

India's exports in value terms grew 2.6 per cent in 2024, while imports rose 6.6 per cent during the calendar year

Investors should reset return expectations: ICICI Pru AMC's Anand Shah

The tariff measures announced have the potential to weaken global trade and consumption, putting pressure on both margins and volumes for export-oriented manufacturers

Net GST collection surges by 7.3% to Rs 1.76 trillion in March 2025

The gross GST collection - the amount before adjusting for refunds - rose by 9.9 per cent in March to Rs 1.96 trillion