Top Headlines: Economists see RBI rate hike, pruning GST exemption & more

A group of ministers may propose pruning GST exemptions on certain goods and services and correcting the inverted duty structure. Read more on this in our top headlines

A Business Standard poll shows that majority of economists expect that the RBI's monetary policy committee will raise policy rate by 50 bps this week. A group of ministers may propose pruning GST exemptions on certain goods and services and correcting the inverted duty structure. Read more on these in our top headlines.

Most economists see 50-bp repo rate hike: Business Standard policy poll

A majority of the participants in a poll conducted by Business Standard expects the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise the policy rate, or the repo rate, by