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Brokerages downgrade India's GDP forecasts for FY22 amid Covid surge

India's GDP growth had been on the decline even before the pandemic struck earlier last year

Economic outlook for the second wave

There is a case for Indian policy makers to remove trade barriers to fuel India's ability to grow on the back of export demand

Explained: How headline number won the debate on inflation targeting

Core inflation refers to inflation with price rise in fuels and food items left out.

India has been exemplary in publishing forex intervention: US report

It said that like most emerging market currencies, the rupee was buffeted in 2020 by substantial swings in global risk appetite and associated shifts in capital flows

Covid redux: Focus on real solutions, do not make a mockery of this crisis

Medicare capacity has to be increased at warp speed. Many companies and business sectors already suffer from 'morbidities', and a fresh setback could push many over the brink, cautions T N Ninan

Economy better placed to meet second Covid wave with vaccination drive: CEA

Subramanian said a key factor during pandemic is the role of e-commerce and digitisation that India embraced

Clean slate: Govt clears FCI's liabilities to National Small Savings Fund

The government made the cash infusion before the financial year 2020-21 ended, letting FCI begin FY22 on a clean slate in terms of unsecured loans

Ajay Seth takes over as new economic affairs secy, replaces Tarun Bajaj

Ajay Seth, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, on Friday assumed charge as Secretary Economic Affairs at a time when the economy is being threatened by the second wave of Covid-19

Best of BS Opinion: Rise of risk capital, Covid-19 vaccination, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Exports jump 60% in March to $34.5 bn; trade deficit widens to $14 bn

Trade deficit widens to $14 billion despite 54% jump in imports

Rise of risk capital

Private funding is bridging a crucial gap

As Covid spreads, 70% Indian CEOs see revenue growth in FY22: PwC survey

93% are willing to invest in digital transformation, 88% are optimistic about global economic growth.

Best of BS Opinion: Legality versus morality, rising Covid-19 cases & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Maharashtra curfew: Half of factories may remain shut for next fortnight

Businesses across sectors feel the heat

India fiscal health weak for quantitative easing, says Moody's

India is among the 11 emerging markets (EMs) that have jumped on the QE bandwagon

Indo-China trade deficit hits 7-year low amid Covid-19 pandemic

This is mainly due to robust double-digit growth in exports, coupled with contraction in imports

Renewed risks to recovery

Rising Covid cases could reverse recent gains

Recovery conundrum: India shows Covid-19 patients recovering faster

Data shows faster recovery for some states, with Delhi registering a recovery in three days, as against 7 days during the last four months of 2020

Covid-19 restrictions to hit economic activities in April-June: Report

The restrictions and partial lockdowns in several states and cities amid rising Covid-19 cases are likely to impact economic activities in the current quarter, according to a Goldman Sachs report

Recovery tracker: Rising Covid-19 cases in India hit power, traffic

Effect on Mumbai's economic activity appears more pronounced than Delhi's