Category: Economy

By Ranveer Nagaich/Young Professional, office of vice-chairman, NITI Aayog Significant progress can be made towards the goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022 with a mission-mode focus

RBI eases ECB norms, lifts sector-wise limits – The Hindu BusinessLine

Allows $750 m/fiscal under the automatic route; expands list of eligible borrowers To further improve the ease of doing business in India, the Reserve Bank

Relief for start-ups; new procedure put in place for ‘angel tax’ exemption – The Hindu BusinessLine

The Modi-led government on Wednesday came out with a new procedure for ‘angel tax’ exemption, bringing relief to the harried ‘start-ups’ in the country and

Export uncertainty – The Hindu BusinessLine

Predictions of a global slowdown do not augur well for India The feeble growth in India’s merchandise exports in December (0.34 per cent) should be

The US-China trade war is an opportunity for India | analysis | Hindustan Times

Uncertainty regarding the future of global trade due to US-China trade tensions has presented India with an opportunity to position itself as a key player.

Any solution for current rural distress should be designed as a one-off–Times of India

Retail inflation data for December, which was announced last evening, highlighted India’s rural distress. Overall food price level contracted again — it fell by 2.51%

Recession warning: World’s biggest economies heading deeper into a slowdown – The Financial Express

The OECD singled out the U.S. and Germany, where it said “tentative signs” of easing momentum are now confirmed. Momentum is easing across the world’s

Exports growth stays flat in Dec 2018; trade deficit falls to 10-month low | Business Standard News

The country’s exports growth remained almost flat in December 2018, recording a marginal expansion of 0.34 per cent to $27.93 billion, mainly on account of

Think economy: Can Rahul Gandhi take up the reforms narrative that’s been dropped by NDA?–Times of India

As the Narendra Modi government’s tenure winds down, a review of its reforms agenda leaves a lot to be desired. Economic sentiments had soared when

Xi Jinping: China posts strongest export growth in 7 years in 2018 despite trade war–Economic Times

China’s exports unexpectedly fell the most in two years in December, while imports also contracted, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-largest economy in 2019 and

Revised FDI policy might flush online sales up to Rs 40,000 cr down the drain: CRISIL – The Financial Express

Online retailers loss is indeed brick and mortar retailers’ gain. Nearly 35-40% of online retail sales worth Rs 35,000-40,000 crore, could be impacted due to

Growth pangs: Deficit, exports projections cloud economic outlook – The Financial Express

FY19 GDP growth is expected at 7.2%, and the underlying measure of economic activity, gross value added (GVA, which we think is the better measure

The big problem of micro and small enterprises | Business Standard Column

A few months ago, the NBFCs (non-banking finance companies) were the flavour the season. Now the MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) are. Both, for

CII urges finance ministry to help infra with loans, settling cases | Business Standard News

The government should help the infrastructure sector with long-term credit and tax-free infrastructure bonds, the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has suggested to the finance

Cautious on capex – The Hindu BusinessLine

After being moribund for a while, the investment leg of the Indian economy has shown signs of life lately. CSO’s latest GDP release showed gross

All you wanted to know about…US Government shutdown – The Hindu BusinessLine