On Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made two important announcements- one that corporate tax rates would be slashed and the second, GST rates for certain
Category: Economy
Explained: India’s GDP at a 6 year low and bank mergers | The Indian Express
Explained: India’s GDP at a 6 year low and bank mergers Weak manufacturing and consumption numbers dragged the country’s GDP growth to a six year
High growth cannot be sustained till India makes adequate investments in infrastructure | The Indian Express
NSS employment data shows that the shares of agriculture, industry and services in total employment were 44 per cent, 25 per cent and 31 per
The government’s corporate tax move is bold. But there is a fiscal risk | Opinion | analysis | Hindustan Times
The success of the move depends on the government’s approach to tax administration; its management of public finances; the other steps it takes to address
Economy–India Today
We have made a start. Even diehard optimists, till recently in denial of the sobering reality of an economic slowdown, have seen it writ large
Economy doesn’t need fiscal stimulus to tackle slowdown: CEA – Business News–India Today
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) K. Subramanian on Thursday said the Indian economy does not need a fiscal stimulus to tackle the ongoing economic slowdown. Speaking
From policy paralysis to economic paralysis? Modi govt is decisive but… – News Analysis News
Policy paralysis was the often-used catchphrase to describe governance of the Manmohan Singh government in its latter half. After the launch of MNREGA and announcing
India will achieve 8% plus growth from FY 2020-2021 onwards: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman – Business News
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar has voiced confidence that India will achieve economic growth of 8 per cent plus from fiscal year 2020-2021 onwards as
NPAs may dip a tad to ₹9-lakh cr by FY20-end: Report – The Hindu BusinessLine
Gross bad loans of banks are expected to come down marginally to ₹9.1-lakh crore by the end of the current financial year, according to a
The dry spell in India’s IPO market – The Hindu BusinessLine
The IPO market cannot thrive unless policy hurdles to start-ups scaling up are removed India’s primary market, after showing signs of animation for the last
Caution pays: The RBI should learn from the mistakes of other central banks – The Hindu BusinessLine
It will do well to continue with orthodox monetary policies The policy moves of the global central bankers over the last two weeks highlight the
India’s GDP growth pulled down by a perfect storm of factors – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Centre must implement irrigation, road building and affordable housing schemes with a renewed sense of urgency With India’s growth rate having fallen steeply over
Unfinished business: The PM’s confidence in the economy needs to be backed by firm implementation – The Hindu BusinessLine
Virtually shrugging aside palpable signs of economic gloom, it was a remarkably sanguine Prime Minister who addressed the nation for the sixth consecutive year from
Stressed assets funds may return to India after relaxed ECB norms | Business Standard News
The Reserve Bank of India’s move to allow companies to raise loans under external commercial borrowing (ECB) route — to repay banks their dues categorised as non-performing assets (NPAs)
Piling foreign debt | Business Standard Editorials
The revised norms for end-use of money raised through external commercial borrowings (ECBs), announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday, have brought in significant changes.
Understanding the investment slowdown – The Financial Express
The public sector had a secondary role to play, which, however, had increased in scope during this period. The investment rate in the country has
NBFC crisis, slowdown put Modi’s goal of $5 trillion economy at risk – The Financial Express
The nation entered 2019 as the world’s sixth-biggest economy poised to become the fifth. Instead, it has slipped a notch to seventh place. India’s slowdown and a
Growth distress returns: Several narratives of the past turn out to be myths – The Financial Express
The inevitable comparison with the 2012 slowdown calls for revisiting growth narratives of the time. It is important to see how these hold out, as
Weaken Rupee: Will it boost exports? – The Financial Express
It does seem that India’s government yield of 6-6.5% could continue to draw investment interest, despite the fumbling economy and nervous rupee The head of
Big Bank Theory: PSU banks merger must be followed by good governance – The Financial Express
By Himanshu Arora The government has unveiled a mega plan to merge 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four, thereby reducing the number of state-owned
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