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Labour market conditions deteriorated during June 2019. The unemployment rate rose to 7.9 per cent in June 2019. It was lower at 7.2 per cent

Sitharaman is facing the toughest task of all ministers in the Modi cabinet. How does one determine the finances of a country where the growth

But who would provide this kind of money to the buyout vehicle? Fiscal deficit worries rule out the government. Events and personages occur in history

ASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday the US central bank has been “very, very destructive” to the economy by raising interest rates too quickly. Trump has repeatedly

Amitabh Kant, the chief executive officer of government think tank NITI Aayog, says the biggest task for the new government is to speed up private investments

It is not surprising GDP grew at just 6.8% in FY19. The poor corporate results in the first two quarters had made it amply clear

The withdrawal of the duty-free access scheme by the US, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers took over for

World trade is slowing. While the US triggered trade war with China is part of the explanation, the real driver is a loss of momentum

New Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will have to hit the ground running because there is little doubt that the Indian economy is slowing markedly. There have now been three

If the government wants to stick to the same numbers even now, there is no scope for offering any tax sops that are already pencilled

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began work on Saturday by taking detailed briefings from four of five departments of the finance ministry. The minister is also expected to

Since 2011 the RBI has been on a path of structural reform. But now that inflation is in the target band and growth is slowing,

With the CSO’s latest estimates showing that the economy lost further speed to grow by just 5.8 per cent in the fourth quarter, India’s GDP

If the country can develop a competitive advantage over other nations through innovation, it becomes difficult to be upstaged by another economy on the world

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will come out with a strategy to promote exports through ecommerce, detailing the role of the

The factors that affect India?s water-security are numerous More than 40% of India faces drought this year—with half of this area set to experience severe

These sectors are big employers and can make a big difference to the job market. A heady victory, lots of time to savour it, and

To push export to China, the paper suggested suitable export incentives. A commerce ministry‘s strategy paper has outlined steps like pushing exports, cutting import dependence and attracting

India may be the fastest-growing major economy in the world, but it confronts serious headwinds with growth slowing, demand waning, private investment still missing and

Rahul’s Nyay scheme targeted the five crore households at the bottom of the pyramid. It offered nothing to those immediately above this scheme. Election promises