Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the last Mann Ki Baat of the year 2022 and said that this year, the country had become the world's fifth largest economy
The Indian economy is likely to grow at over 7 per cent in the current fiscal year, former Niti Aayog vice chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Wednesday, while observing that the growth rate should sustain next year too provided the forthcoming Budget does not have any negative surprises. Panagariya further said recessionary fears have been around for a while but so far neither the US nor the EU has gone into recession. "From the viewpoint of India, in terms of headwinds originating abroad, the worst is probably behind us," he told PTI. Earlier this month, the RBI revised down its growth estimate for FY23 to 6.8 per cent from the earlier 7 per cent, while the World Bank revised upwards its GDP growth forecast to 6.9 per cent, saying the economy was showing higher resilience to global shocks. "Overall, I still expect us to end the current fiscal year with a growth rate exceeding 7 per cent. Next year, the 7 per cent growth rate should sustain assuming the forthcoming Budget does not
As foreign investors pumped money in stocks in India over the last week, Indian benchmark Indices, the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty, reached new highs, despite economic chaos at the global level
The govt should shift all welfare spending into the capital spending account and call it an investment in social capital
India's annual economic growth is forecast to slow to about 6% for a few years, according to economists from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc.. And they say that's not such a bad thing
Indian currency's recovery since US CPI leads to reversal of onshore-offshore arbitrage
The Department of Social Justice, the nodal authority, has floated a draft cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation
Company sees oil demand averaging 99.6 million barrels a day, up 1.9 per cent versus a year ago....
Analysts say RBI is allowing the depreciation amid wider CAD and higher US interest rates
Earlier this week, the Washington-based fund lowered India's growth forecast by 0.6 percentage points to 6.8% for the year ending March 2023 -- the biggest downgrade among major economies after the US
Experts believe merely replacing the state planning boards with such bodies won't make them effective
Lower global commodity prices to help the economic growth
India today is focusing on infrastructure led capital spending aimed at enhancing productivity and employment while ensuring fiscal prudence with 'targeted' interventions: Ajay Seth
S&P noted that India's domestic recovery from Covid-19 would continue to support growth in FY23
It said an increase in private consumption and higher capacity utilisation rates had helped private-sector capital expenditure reach one of its highest levels in the last decade
Nageswaran said while international agencies were showing India's trend growth at 6%, the country could easily grow at 7% per annum for the rest of the current decade and beyond
India should be able to grow at about 7% annually this decade as investment spending is expected to rise and the digital economy picks up, the chief economic adviser said on Tuesday
External borrowings up 8.2% overall in FY22; private debt accounts for 60%, against 29% a year ago
From India becoming third largest economy by 2029 to CBDT issuing refunds of over Rs 1.14 trn, here are the top headlines this evening
13.5% expansion in June QTR despite low base; GVA at basic prices up 12.7%