Shiva Rajora

India and Indonesia to drive Asia's growth: Morgan Stanley, Nomura

While Morgan Stanley projected a 6.2 per cent GDP growth forecast for India in FY24, Nomura estimated the Indian economy to grow at 5.9 per cent in 2023

Manufacturing PMI at 4-month high in April on robust demand for new orders

Manufacturers have 'abundant opportunities to keep powering ahead', says S&P Global survey

TEST: Who leaked the alleged classified US documents online

Multiple tranches of documents have appeared on social media sites over recent weeks, some of them reportedly intended only for those with the highest levels of US security clearance

78% of communicable disease deaths in 2021 due to respiratory ailments: NSO

Total deaths from contagious diseases rose 86% to 12,598 from 6,767 in 2019

Interstate flow of goods rose to 70% of GDP post-GST implementation

Paper published by IPPR suggests new indirect tax regime led to increasing economic integration among states

India services growth slows down in March after 12-year high in Feb

No change in employment seen neither in services nor in manufacturing, says PMI survey

Transition to vulnerable employment subsides in recent years: Report

Fewer distress-induced job transitions occurred in Q2CY2021, and only around 20 per cent of salaried and self-employed workers transitioned either into casual-wage work or exited the labour force

World Bank cuts India's growth forecast to 6.3%; ADB projects 6.4% for FY24

Cite global slowdown spillover, policy tightening impact

Construction workers: Rs 38,000 crore cess funds for welfare unused

Nearly Rs 40,000 crore lying unutilised with Construction workers welfare boards across the country

India's GDP growth to slow down to 6.3 per cent in FY24: World Bank

The latest India Development Update, released Tuesday, notes that rising borrowing costs and slower income growth are expected to weigh on private consumption growth

Manufacturing PMI at 3-month high of 56.4 in March as input costs decline

Companies expect customers, new products, advertising to support sales for 12 months: S&P Global survey

Fiscal deficit at 82.8% of Revised Estimates till February: Govt data

Total expenditure of Rs 34.93 trillion for April-February FY23 was 83.4 per cent of the RE

Core sector output slows to 3-month low of 6% in Feb, crude production dips

Six of eight key infrastructure industries report sequential deceleration

Here's why India's gig workforce is still outside purview of basic benefits

The Social Security Code of 2020 offered guidelines to companies for gig work

Rs 4,962 cr lying in inoperative accounts under EPF: Govt tells Lok Sabha

"As per paragraph 72(6) of the EPF Scheme 1952, certain accounts are classified as Inoperative Accounts. All such Inoperative Accounts, however, have definite claimants

EPFO fixes 8.15% interest rate on employees' provident fund for FY23

Fund paid 8.1% interest rate to subscribers in 2021-22, marking a four-decade low

EPFO marginally raises interest rate on PF deposits to 8.15% for FY23

Not enough to meet rising inflation, say some quarters; EPFO likely to distribute Rs 90,000 cr to members' accounts, on a total principal amount of Rs 11 trn

Share of govt employees paying individual tax has doubled in 9 years

In FY21, the time till when data is available, the number of government employees paying personal tax increased to 12.8 million, out of 68.4 million personal taxpayers

Revised norms to digitise fund flow architecture in MPLAD scheme

Parliamentarians will now be given the entire corpus of Rs 5 crore in a single tranche at the beginning of the fiscal year, unlike two tranches of Rs 2.5 crore released every six months