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Three wishes for 2025: Tech innovation, reforms, and idea-driven politics

Industry must invest in technology and international sales, economic policy must focus on structural change and productivity, and politics on ideas

Modest growth raises concerns about sustainability of market rallies

Next time the GDP numbers are announced, the slowdown could be attributed to global economic weakness, rising oil prices, or another drop in domestic capex

Indian policymakers must balance growth amid global energy, tech shifts

While the economy is expected to recover in the second half, growth for this full financial year will be slower than initially projected

State finances improve, but reforms needed to address lingering issues

The latest RBI study showed that the adoption of fiscal-responsibility rules had helped states

Mid-Year Review: Govt sets focus on public spending, social security net

Targets fiscal deficit 'lower than 4.5% of GDP'

Growth slowdown, fiscal dilemma complicate India's Budget preparation

The Ministry pointed out that revenue receipts in the first half of the year, at almost 52 per cent of Budget Estimates, were above the five-year rolling average

India's economy faces slower growth in 2025, macro risks intensify

In 2025, macro policies will need to support domestic demand, but without compromising on macrofinancial stability risks

Municipal fiscal reforms crucial for addressing urban governance challenges

Decentralising local governance is crucial to empowering municipal bodies with greater administrative autonomy and financial independence

High interest rates, fiscal consolidation slowing GDP growth: CRISIL

Some technical factors, such as net product taxes and the GDP deflator, have also disrupted GDP's trajectory

Reassessing Nehruvian policies: Growth, education, and social change

The policies of the first decade-and-a half of planned development are better characterised as Nehruvian Humanism

Savings-investment conundrum: Domestic savings key to sustainable growth

For growth to be sustainable, it must be financed by higher gross domestic savings because there is not much space to do so through external borrowing

CARE Ratings pares down India's FY25 GDP growth forecast to 6.5%

Sachin Gupta, chief rating officer at CARE Ratings, said that the first half of FY25 paints a picture of cautious optimism within India's corporate sector

UK economy shrinks in Oct, suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020

Gross domestic product shrank 0.1 per cent month-on-month in October, as it did in September, the Office for National Statistics said

Policy path forward: Balancing inflation control and growth revival

Despite the growth slowdown, a rate cut-cycle is unlikely to start anytime soon

India set for resilient growth in 2025 driven by urban consumption: S&P

For 2025-26 and 2026-27, S&P Global Ratings pegged India's GDP growth forecast at 6.7 per cent and 6.8 per cent, respectively, down 20 basis points from its previous estimates

Markets gain for 5th day on FPI buying; IT, financial stocks lead rally

After gaining as much as 1.6 per cent from the previous day's close, the Sensex slipped into negative territory, only to recover sharply once again

Low GDP growth: Don't throw baby out with the bathwater, urges CEA

Speaking at Assocham's Bharat@100 Summit, CEA V Anantha Nageswaran emphasised that India's underlying growth story remains intact despite dismal Q2 GDP figures

India's market capitalisation-to-GDP ratio third-highest despite correction

The current ratio is slightly lower than the all-time high ratio of 154 per cent at the end of September this year. It is the highest on record after December 2007 and September

Govt targets 6.5-7% GDP growth in FY25 despite slowdown: EAS Ajay Seth

India's GDP recorded a 5.4% growth in the July-September quarter, its slowest in two years

Nine states bet $18 billion on women's empowerment: Goldman Sachs

Cash transfer schemes have emerged as a powerful strategy for ruling state governments to attract women voters, often influencing election outcomes