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Minorities face little bias in labour markets

The major religious minorities - Muslims and Christians - have withdrawn from the labour markets more than the majority faith. But again, the difference is not alarming

Goldman sees India's growth slowing in 2023 as post-pandemic benefits fade

Gross domestic product may expand by 5.9% in calendar year 2023 from an estimated 6.9% this year

Sovereign investors favour US, India as top 2022 investment markets: Study

Among developing nations, India has overtaken China as the most popular emerging market, having climbed to No. 2 in 2022 from No. 9 in 2014.

Global accounting standards convergence crucial for capital inflows: Khara

Khara said the accounting profession has contributed to identifying the quality of assets that are sitting in the books of various banks

India to be a net green energy exporter by 2050, says Gautam Adani

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani on Saturday said India, which took 58 years to become a trillion dollar economy, will add an equivalent sum to GDP every 12-18 months and will be the world's second largest economy by 2050. Speaking at the 21st World Congress of Accountants here, he said back-to-back global crises have challenged several assumptions, including that China should adopt western democratic principles, secular principles are universal, the EU would stay together, and that Russia would be forced to accept a reduced international role. "This multilevel crisis has shattered the myth of a unipolar or a bipolar world of superpowers that could step in and stabilize global environments," he said. "In my view - in this emerging multipolar world - superpowers will need to be those that take responsibility to step in and help others in a crisis and not bully other nations into submission, those that keep humanity as their foremost operating principle." A superpower, he said, must

Best of BS Opinion: Voting against self-interest, fiscal deficit, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today:

Economy resilient, on track to grow at about 7% in FY23: RBI report

Headline inflation showing signs of easing, it says

India on its way to become $30 trn economy, developed nation by 2047: Goyal

Piyush Goyal said that ONDC is a game-changing initiative, which aims to democratize e-commerce to give equal opportunity to start-ups and young entrepreneurs

Inflation moderation key to sustain retail sales growth: Retail body chief

Kumar Rajagopalan of Retailers Association of India sounds hopeful that the industry will grow by 20% in the Oct-Dec wedding season

Something deficient in fiscal deficit

GDP alone isn't an adequate measure to calculate a safe level of budget deficit. Population also has to be worked into the method. It is just common sense

Why optimism on India's present does not extend much beyond visible horizon

Structural unemployment problem, social unrest, poor state of education and health care, and nutrition deficits among children - tomorrow's workforce - temper optimism on India, writes T Ninan

Retail inflation for farm and rural workers eases slightly to 7.22% in Oct

Retail inflation for farm and rural workers eased marginally to 7.22 per cent and 7.34 per cent, respectively, in October compared to September 2022, mainly due to lower prices of certain food items. "Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL (consumer price index-agricultural labour) and CPI-RL (rural labour) stood at 7.22 per cent & 7.34 per cent in October 2022 compared to 7.69 per cent & 7.90 per cent respectively in September 2022 and 2.76 per cent and 3.12 per cent respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year," a labour ministry statement said. Food inflation stood at 7.05 per cent and 7 per cent in October 2022 compared to 7.47 per cent & 7.52 per cent respectively in September 2022 and 0.39 per cent & 0.59 per cent respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year. The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers for the month of October 2022 increased by 10 points and 9 ...

India's forex reserves rise at fastest pace since August 2021: RBI data

For the current week, the local currency gave back some of those gains to end down 1.1% at 81.6850 per dollar

RBI sold net $10.36 bn in spot foreign exchange market in Sept: Bulletin

The RBI said it bought $23.27 billion and sold $33.62 billion in the spot market

Economy resilient, but sensitive to global headwinds, says RBI article

With headline inflation beginning to show signs of easing, the domestic macroeconomic outlook appears to be resilient though it is still sensitive to global headwinds, an RBI article said on Friday. The article published in the latest RBI bulletin also said the outlook for the global economy remains clouded with downside risks. Global financial conditions have been tightening and deteriorating market liquidity is amplifying financial price movements. Markets are now pricing in moderate increases in policy rates and risk-on appetite has returned. In India, supply responses in the economy are gaining strength, it noted. "With headline inflation beginning to show signs of easing, the domestic macroeconomic outlook can best be characterised as resilient but sensitive to formidable global headwinds," the article said. Urban demand appears robust, while rural demand is muted but more recently picking up traction, it added. The article has been prepared by a team led by RBI Deputy Govern

India's economy to grow between 6.1% and 6.3% in Q2, says RBI bulletin

Data for the July-September quarter will be released at the end of this month

Warning signal for economy as headline inflation heads to high core

Rate of core price rise has been over 5% for over two years and remained over 6% for five months till Oct

PE/VC investments drop 75% in October over last year: IVCA-EY report

Inflation woes, recession fears, the rising cost of capital, and elevated levels of uncertainty driven by geopolitical tensions have weighed down the PE/VC activity in 2022

India's oilmeal exports rise 38.45% to 1.98 MT during Apr-Oct period: SEA

The country's export of oilmeal, used as animal feed, rose 38.45 per cent to 19.84 lakh tonnes during the April-October period of the current fiscal on sharp rise in shipment of rapeseed meal, industry body SEA said on Thursday. The country had exported 14.33 lakh tonnes of oilmeal in the same period of the previous financial year. According to Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA), out of the total oilmeal exports, the shipment of rapeseed meal doubled to 13.41 lakh tonnes during the April-October period of the current fiscal, from 6.58 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period. Export of rapeseed meal rose sharply on account of a record crop and crushing that resulted in highest processing and availability of the commodity, it said. Currently, India is the most competitive supplier of rapeseed meal to South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and other Far East Countries at USD 295 per tonne FOB (freight on board), while rapeseed meal Hamburg ex-mill was quoted at USD 363 per tonne, it ...

India to start talks for new FTA with a region next week: Piyush Goyal

India will be launching negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with a region next week, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He said that negotiations are going on with countries, including the UK, European Union, Canada and Israel. "Next week, we will be launching one more very important FTA," Goyal said here at a function of consumer electronics. Though the minister did not disclose the name of the region, there is a likelihood that the talks may start with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as the region was keen to increase economic engagement with India. GCC is a union of six countries in the Gulf region -- Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain. India has already implemented a free trade pact with the UAE in May this year. In a free trade agreement, two countries or regions either significantly reduce or eliminate customs duties on a maximum number of goods traded between them. Besides, they also ease norms to promote trade and .