The headline number provided by the Central Statistics Office in its first estimates of economic growth in the July-September quarter provides a welcome reversal of
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Rate hold by MPC is justified by a confluence of risk | Business Standard Column–01.12.2017
Analysts have formed a broad consensus that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will hold the repo rate at 6 per cent at the December meeting.
Growth outlook for remaining part of FY18 is not without risks | Business Standard News–01.12.2017
Country’s economy grew 6.3% in the three months ending in September from a year earlier, in line with expectations and faster than a provisional 5.7
GST: Note ban, GST may have ‘reinforced’ growth deceleration: CEA – The Economic Times–30.11.2017
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian today said demonetisation and GST rollout may have “reinforced” the growth deceleration that had already set in. He also exuded
Bank consolidation as a reform is overstated: CEA Arvind Subramanian | Business Standard News–30.11.2017
Your thoughts on the economy after demonetisation and the GST, and the prospects, going forward? There is a global export recovery. I think we can
Finance commission’s cup brimmeth over: Rethink states’ tax share hike to 42% from 32%–Economic Times–29.11.2017
The government has set up the Fifteenth Finance Commission (FiFC) with a markedly ambitious agenda. The terms of reference of the commission, mandated mainly to
Rural economy is well worth investing in | Business Standard Column–29.11.2017
Opinions about the Indian rural landscape are scattered across both extremes, and so are the verifiable data-points. One opinion is that the rural economy is
GST’s real gain is efficiency and sustainability | analysis | Hindustan Times–29.11.2017
The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), considered to be the most important policy change in India since economic liberalisation, has the potential
No, India not strong enough yet: S&P’s status quo cools Moody’s upgrade | Business Standard News–28.11.2017
Standard & Poor’s stuck with its “BBB-minus” sovereign rating and “stable” outlook for India on Friday, declining to follow Moody’s recent decision to upgrade the
Crisil’s urges focus on labour-intensive sector’s issues as exports fall | Business Standard News–28.11.2017
At a time when global trade is set to accelerate, the fall in India’s export is disquieting and structural changes in labour-intensive sectors such as
Indira Gandhi put the poor on the agenda, says P Chidambaram – The Financial Express–27.11.2017
November 19, 2017, passed without a national observance. It was a sad reflection on our sense of history. It was a silent comment on the
Interest rate cut unlikely: Assocham–Deccan Chronicle–27.11.2017
As uncertainty looms over prices of crude oil and vegetables, inflation would remain a key concern both for the RBI and the government dimming any
RBI, MPC imposed big cost on economy, says Surjit Bhalla – The Financial Express–26.11.2017
A year has passed since the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in October 2016. An in-house observation (by MPC member Michael Patra
Data deficiency on informal economy a matter of concern: NITI Aayog’s Bibek Debroy – The Economic Times–25.11.2017
Little or no data about India’s vast informal and micro industries is creating a blind spot for policy makers and in increasingly becoming an area
Agriculture / Food challenge–The Other Indira | The Indian Express–24.11.2017
A food-dependent India would never have stood up with its voice in the world, on account of the politics of food aid and it is
Apr-Oct trade deficit soars 60% to $88 billion: Report – The Economic Times–23.11.2017
Trade deficit has ballooned to USD 88 billion between April and October, up 60 per cent from the comparable period a year ago due to
Land for industry as urban challenge–Economic Times–23.11.2017
Land is often cited as a factor of obstruction in India, rather than just a factor of production. The experience of Tata Motors’ Nano factory
Mere tweaks will not help | Business Standard Editorials–23.11.2017
If measures such as a steep hike in import duties on edible oils and ending export curbs on pulses are intended to prop up the
Revival is on the horizon, with Indian public docilely adjusting to the twin shocks of demonetisation and GST–23.11.2017
The most charitable way to describe the recent shock of demonetisation, followed by a rushed implementation of GST, is to discount it as creative chaos.
Moody’s upgrade no panacea–23.11.2017
The decision of the international credit rating agency Moody’s to raise India’s sovereign credit rating and to upgrade the outlook for the country would be
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