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The slowdown seen of late in India’s export growth rate is likely to continue in February as well, thanks to a slow disbursement of Goods

Budget 2018 elicited a range of reactions from all corners. While many were sceptical about the announcements, more sanguine individuals hoped for crucial amendments in

The Delhi High Court’s recent ruling that insurance companies cannot deny health insurance to those with genetic disorders is important because it removes a widely

On the face of it, the 40,000 farmers who marched 180 km from Nashik to Mumbai secured a handsome victory not just for themselves but

Breaking his silence over the PNB fraud, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said that “before we assign blame, we have to know what

Amid questions being raised over the 80:20 gold import scheme, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said “objective criteria” was followed in liberalising the scheme

In response to a stressed current account deficit in 2012-13 due to a surge in gold imports, the government at the time introduced an import

Amid questions being raised over the 80:20 gold import scheme, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said “objective criteria” was followed in liberalising the

The latest figures suggest a welcome boom in the industrial economy, with growth trends perhaps the strongest in two decades. The Index of Industrial Production

The World Bank today projected India’s GDP growth at 7.3 per cent for the next financial year and accelerate further to 7.5 per cent in

First, let us compliment both the parties—farmers and the state government—in Maharashtra’s agrarian crisis for reaching an amicable solution, at least for the time being,

While over 35,000 farmers have gathered in Mumbai to demand an unconditional loan waiver after crop loss due to unseasonal rains among other issues, noted

The central government blamed ex-Union finance minister P Chidambaram for deciding to relax the 80:20 gold import scheme three days before the 2014 general election,

Arun Kumar’s book “Demonetisation and Black Economy” talks about the futility of such an exercise which brought no gains but caused massive pains. “We have

The Budget seems to have assumed that crude oil price will remain below USD 70 per barrel. If that number goes up, there will be

The recent data on GDP/GVA growth in the third quarter of 2017-18 has again revived expectations that the deceleration in economic activity because of GST

Our all-time low private investment rates indicate that the greater part of this income sits as idle savings, ensuing minimal productivity. The third-quarter GDP growth

The state of the economy came in for sharp criticism from the Congress-led Opposition, which blamed the government’s handling of the economy for the fall

Banikinkar Pattanayak | In a move aimed at providing relief to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), a panel set up to look into

Concealing revenue deficit information from the public sets a detrimental precedent, and makes the government less transparent and less accountable. “Upon my back to defend