Category: Economy

The economy may need a budgetary stimulus to reverse negative signals By pegging the rate of growth at 6.5 per cent in 2017-18, the first

The first advance estimates for economic growth in 2017-18, released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Friday, do not make a pretty picture. The

A view, currently shared by a large number of people, is that the Union government’s Budget for 2018-19 will be populist. The argument is that

The two measures of industrial performance The former assesses industry confidence levels while the latter focuses on output. IIP is a more reliable, representative index

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today hit out at the government over lower growth estimates for the current fiscal, saying the worst fears of an

By-VP  Singh      A new day brings new hope. A new year brings even greater hope. Such hope is wont to get even more

A common thread running through the high economic growth phases of different countries is that the regulatory regime has been relatively stable. This has provided

The practice of releasing advance GDP growth data began last year when the government shifted the Union Budget presentation to February 1. The economy is

The latest rounds of high frequency indicators have cheered analysts and investors, prompting many to say growth may finally have bottomed out. To be sure,

By Barendra Kumar Bhoi The adverse effects of two consecutive shocks—demonetisation and goods and services tax (GST)—have receded. The real economy is poised for a convincing

The finance minister may well be right in the three claims that he made while taking part in a parliamentary debate on Thursday: that reforms

The government on Friday said it expected the country’s gross domestic product to grow 6.5 per cent on a year-on-year basis, compared with 7.1% in

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Parliament today that Indian economy is facing many challenges. Jaitley stressed on the fact that global slowdown