India’s economic growth slipped to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent in April-June as disruptions caused by demonetisation spilled over to the third straight
Category: Economy
Narendra Modi: India still has long way to go on reforms, says World Bank – The Economic Times
By Vrishti Beniwal It’s going to take more than low corporate taxes to lure investors to India. Rigid land and labor laws and protectionist trade policies
Freelance economy: Why part-time workforce is new normal for entrepreneurs to cut cost, attract talent – The Financial Express
Time-bound contracts are the answer also for smaller firms and startups that may not be able to afford regular employees or professionals with specialised skills.
Explained: Why RBI’s repo rate cuts are not enough to bolster GDP growth | Business Standard News
In order to boost the country’s sagging economy, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee, holding its fifth bimonthly meeting from Dec 3
Slowdown effect? As capital goods orders dry up, Pune’s MSMEs falter | Business Standard News
Chandrakant Kumbhar, a resident of Dehu, a small town near Pune’s industrial cluster, has lost his job twice in the last three years: first, in
Letter sent to states: GST Council rings first alarm bells on revenue | Business News, The Indian Express
Some state finance ministers are scheduled to meet Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday to discuss the GST compensation dispute. In its first admission
Health of MSMEs worsens despite govt measures- Business News
While the government is making efforts to improve the state of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with ‘loan melas’ and a slew of other
Amazon: Amazon and Walmart face the ire of 70 million Indian shopkeepers – The Economic Times
By Ari Altstedter In the heart of New Delhi’s largest wholesale bazaar, merchants who normally compete with each other have united against a common enemy.
Government aims to generate additional 5 crore job opportunities in MSMEs sector – The Economic Times
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have created 11 crore jobs and the target is to generate an additional 5 crore employment opportunities by 2024, Union Minister Nitin
Fast and Loose Do Not Gel With Bullet Trains–Economic Times
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray would do himself, his state and the nation a massive disservice, if he were to cancel major economic projects merely because
The road ahead: Government must fix the financial sector to reverse economic decline–Times of India
India’s gross domestic product in the July-September quarter grew 4.5%, the slowest pace of quarterly growth since the beginning of 2013. This was the sixth
Markets at a high, economy at a low | Business Standard Column
Whenever I meet people involved with the real economy, they simply cannot understand how markets can be hitting new highs, when the economy is in
The third quarter could be worse | Business Standard Column
A large number of lead indicators tell us that the Indian economy is sinking further into mire. The fall in real GDP in the quarter
Economy witnessing death of demand: Yashwant Sinha | Deccan Herald
India’s economy is in a “very deep crisis”, witnessing “death of demand”, and the government is “befooling people” by its “brave talks” that the growth
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GST collection crosses Rs 1 lakh crore target in November after 3 months; second highest in FY20 so far – The Financial Express
The jump in the collection came amid the government taking a slew of measures in the last few months to boost growth. After missing the
Government to spend Rs 100 lakh crore on infrastructure projects: Nirmala Sitharaman – Times of India
The government will frontload investments under its five-year plan to spend Rs 100 lakh crore on infrastructure by announcing investments in 10 projects by December
View: Fiscal stimulus not enough, monetary easing needed to revive growth – The Economic Times
Money will come. And it will stay invested, provided growth picks up. But that will happen only if the government steps into the breach, reverses
Bring tax clarity to export of services–Economic Times
The needless uncertainty faced by India’s business process outsourcing industry, also called the information technology enabled services (ITeS), must end. The GST Council needs to
Monetary policy that stabilises | Business Standard Column
The lever of monetary policy can be a force for destabilisation. When the economy faces new difficulties, the forecasted inflation rate declines. If the policy rate does