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India strives to be developed country in next 25 years of Amrit Kaal: EAM

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that in the next 25 years, the country's Amrit Kaal as espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India will strive to be a developed country and it is logical" that it also seeks to be a global power. Jaishankar, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations here on Tuesday, said India is now the fifth largest economy in the world, obviously your interests are more, your responsibilities are more, your contributions are more. The minister added that there will be many more countries and regions with which you are linked. So one part of it I would say really flows from the growth, from the rise of India. You actually see an India today whose footprint is more, whose interests and activities are more. The second is really the structure of the world itself. We have seen particularly over the last maybe four or five years in many ways, more openings, the nature of world politics has changed, he said, adding that the issues have changed, ...

Is the economy surging or decelerating: Understanding India's growth rate

This controversy, like so many, has generated much more heat than light because the critics are not shining a light in the proper place

Reclaiming India's past

Greater focus and investment are required to understand the evolution of India's diverse and inclusive cultural heritage

India to be the fastest-growing Asian economy in FY23: Morgan Stanley

Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to average 7 per cent in 2022-23. The Indian economy, they said, is set for its best run in over a decade.

World today wants to emulate India's growth story, says Piyush Goyal

He also said PM Gati Shakti national master plan is a game changer which would be adopted by the whole world

Kulmeet Bawa on plan to double India's contribution for SAP India

In a chat with Business Standard's Shivani Shinde, Kulmeet Bawa, President and MD for SAP Indian Subcontinent, talks about the ambitious target to turn its cloud business into a €22 bn revenue unit

Xiaomi's Manu Kr Jain on game plan for growth and the challenges faced

In an interview with Business Standard's Surajeet Das Gupta, Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain tells about the challenges the company faced in India and how it dealt with the supply chain constraints

The bare necessities for India

The latest Economic Survey has presented an interesting new index called the Bare Necessities Index. The BNI Index covers five areas that impact the daily lives of a bottom-of-the-pyramid householder

India's IT giants see product-led growth strategy as next big opportunity

Once seen as pure-play services players, Indian IT firms are slowly building up their own product and platforms in order to better serve their clients

Best of BS Opinion: Climate change, India's economic challenge, and more

From J&K to Indian economy, read best of Business Standard opinion here

India's economic growth was negative more often before 1947 than after

The average growth in the 50 years leading to Independence was 0.06%

Foreign investors now trust India story: London Stock Exchange

The central government and regulators have stepped up engagement with foreign investors, for enabling home companies to raise funds from the international market, said senior executives of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), in an interaction with Business Standard. According to Darko Hajdukovic, head of analytics, funds and fixed income, and Lillian Georgopoulou, fixed income product specialist of the exchange, investors have started trusting the India story. They now believe they will be repaid their money after completion of the tenure of the instruments they have invested in. The duo is in India on a roadshow, meeting representatives of companies to get them to raise money through LSE. International issuance comes cheaper by 15-20 basis points over the onshore market and, therefore, it makes sense for Indian companies to tap the overseas investor base, they said. "It's very important for investors to understand the India story. In programmes organised at LSE, Indian ministers ...