Category: Economy

The governments cannot be  blamed for the occurrence of drought, but governments are solely responsible for the mismanagement of the consequences of drought. Apart from

Talk to anyone in the agriculture/commodities sector, and they will tell you about the typical agriculture price-output cycle. A huge price spike will cause a

Steel ministry is pinning its hopes on a spurt in infrastructure spending to provide a much needed boost to domestic steel demand. It expects at

The latest evidence of India’s anaemic jobs growth comes from the Manpower Group. In its Employment Outlook Survey for July-September, 2017, the human resource consulting

India’s current account deficit (CAD) in the fourth quarter (Q4) widened to $3.4 billion, or 0.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), against $0.3

Consumer prices for May show inflation at the lowest level since 2001, at 2.18%. A good harvest, in combination with the lingering effects of the

In an exclusive interview to ET NOW, Madan Sabnavis, Chief Economist, CARE Ratings says that lowering interest rate cannot be a panacea for an economy

Exports grew for the ninth month running in May, but large gold imports ahead of the goods and services tax (GST) rollout from July 1

With farmers agitating over low prices, and the government needing to make good on its promises to raise their incomes/profits, chances are the government will

Despite the huge fall in our oil import bill, our trade deficit has not plunged, because exports have fallen through much of Modi’s three years.

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The Narendra Modi government has pumped in three and half times more investments than the previous UPA government to improve basic urban infrastructure, urban development

The data they get is all contradictory or blurred. One set of factors argues for a cut while another may argue for a hike in