Category: Economy

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has opposed further cuts in corporate taxes and advocated the need to boost demand. He said the corporate sector is sitting

An American killing that’ll cost us dear–Economic Times

The killing of Iran’s Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani by an American missile strike on his vehicle outside the Baghdad airport has done the

Economic slowdown: Enough of advice, govt needs to decide if it will act now – The Financial Express

The objective of the cut was to attract foreign players to invest in India, but the unfortunate truth is that no meaningful investments are likely

Trouble on the tourism front – The Hindu BusinessLine

3 Jan 2020 Anil R Tikotekar

India needs to work on its external image if the current drop in tourist arrivals is to be reversed The Centre’s ambitious goal of doubling

Tata Steel CEO: ‘Cost of business’ just as important as ease of business–Deccan Chronicle

The CEO and managing director of Tata Steel, T V Narendran has suggested to the government to focus on “cost of business” to make industry,

अर्थव्यवस्थेला संजीवनी – महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स

3 Jan 2020 Anil R Tikotekar

केंद्रीय अर्थमंत्री निर्मला सीतारामन यांनी नवीन वर्षाच्या पूर्वसंध्येला, देशातील सर्वाधिक चिंतेची बाब असलेली आर्थिक मंदी सावरण्यासाठी नव्याने संजीवनी गुटी पाजण्याचा इरादा स्पष्ट करीत नवीन वर्षाच्या

Availability of resources a major challenge for SMEs: IamSMEofIndia’s Rajiv Chawla – The Economic Times Video | ET Now

3 Jan 2020 Anil R Tikotekar

After the twin shocks of demonetisation and the introduction of GST, the MSMEs in the country have found it tough to navigate their business. The

‘India will struggle to reach 5 pc GDP growth in 2020’ | Deccan Herald

India will “struggle” to achieve 5 per cent GDP growth in 2020 as the significant deceleration in past few quarters was largely owing to credit

RC Bhargava: Economy hit by lack of political consensus, says Maruti boss RC Bhargava – The Economic Times

Maruti chairman R C Bhargava has said that lack of political consensus is slowing down the Indian economy which, in turn, is limiting the ability

Tax certainty matters, not just tax rates–Economic Times

India has moved up 20 points in the World Bank’s ease of doing business, but is a laggard, at rank 115, when it comes to

Full text of Economic Survey 2018-19 – The Hindu BusinessLine

Read the full text of Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya Sabha Economic Survey 2018-19 – Volume I Economic

All you wanted to know about predatory pricing – The Hindu BusinessLine

News reports that e-commerce majors such as Amazon and Flipkart have sold goods worth ₹19,000 crore in their festival discount sales seem to be causing

Economy challenges: boost growth and GST revenues, keep deficit in check | Explained News,The Indian Express

GDP growth for the second quarter was at a six-year low of 4.5%. The Finance Minister has said earlier that the economy may have bottomed

Firefighting on economy front – – Hindustan Times

The Indian economy has lost growth momentum for six consecutive quarters up to September 2019.(ILLUSTRATION: MOHIT SUNEJA) In the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, held earlier in December,

Core sector shrinks, fiscal deficit past target | Deccan Herald

The country ended the year with not so good news on the economic front. Key macro data points released on Tuesday pointed to a decline

CAD narrows to 0.9% of GDP in July-Sept on lower trade deficit: RBI – The Hindu

Trade deficit shrank to $84.3 billion in the first half of FY2019-20 from $95.8 billion last year, the RBI said. The current account deficit (CAD)

Firefighting on economy front –Hindustan Times

The Indian economy has lost growth momentum for six consecutive quarters up to September 2019.(ILLUSTRATION: MOHIT SUNEJA) In the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, held earlier in December,

Agenda for 2020: Growth – editorials – Hindustan Times

The year gone by was difficult for the Indian economy. GDP has been decelerating for six consecutive quarters. The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) showed

Small business sentiment remains low for third quarter amid macroeconomic environment – The Financial Express