Page 6 - Economy & Policy Analysis

FDI policy: 'Bringing clarity to press-note 3 is a step in right direction'

Press-note 3 requires that all investments from entities will have to be made under the 'approval route' and will require security clearance

Statsguru: Six charts show automobile sector is still not out of the slump

Maruti and Tata Motors have already announced price increases for their vehicles

Statsguru: Six charts explain challenges for five poll-bound states

The five-year moving average growth rate is significantly lower than it was in 2009-10

Statsguru: Omicron's impact on India's booming exports to be watched

Some large segments like engineering and electronic goods are barely above 2019 levels

Statsguru: Six charts that explain the state of Indian healthcare

Analysis shows that UP did not show any gains in most parameters concerning health outcomes

Statsguru: Six charts show the rapid rise of ETF investing in India

The Securities and Exchange Board of India recently cleared the way for silver ETFs

Statsguru: Six charts explain RBI's new PCA framework for NBFCs

According to RBI data for January 2021, while there were 9,507 NBFCs, only 64 were deposit-taking (NBFC-D)

Growing old before it gets rich, India has a people problem

A country in which less than half of the working-age population is even looking for a job is not one that will be able to escape poverty.

CBIC shouldn't need registration of MEIS transmitted online by DGFT

'In my view, registration should not be necessary at all where MEIS is directly transmitted by the DGFT to the Customs', says the author

Statsguru: 7 charts show economic growth of northeast India in past few yrs

Though there was numerical improvement in the situation in terms of violence, economic challenges continue to ail the sunrise states of India

A straight jacket policy by the RBI as the Omicron threat looms

The next policy in February will be come post the Budget announcement. It will be crucial as the state of the economy will be clear as will the action taken by the government to counter Omicron impact

RBI monetary policy: Tolerating inflation to give growth a chance

The key message from the December meeting is that monetary policy remains fully geared towards growth

Statsguru: Six charts explain how states are improving their fiscal health

Further analysis by Business Standard showed that nearly half of all municipal corporations were facing financial stress in 2017-18

RBI likely to hike reverse repo by 20 bps despite uncertainty on Omicron

If Omicron becomes a major issue, risks to India's inflation will likely rise further

MPC meet: RBI to remain cautious at next policy meeting, says expert

In case of the real growth trajectory, the trend GDP after the Covid shock continues to remain flat.

India's GDP passes pre-Covid level, but by a tad; France still 0.4% below

The structure of each country's GDP was different, with different components driving up growth, even before the pandemic

Statsguru: Obesity to diabetes, 6 charts explain health concerns for India

Data shows that obesity is increasingly growing among both men and women

India is hanging on to coal but its EV education campaign is visionary

E-Amrit is a government-run portal that's a one-stop shop for all your electric vehicle questions.

Recovery tracker: Power generation, freight numbers up post-Diwali

Traffic congestion also saw an uptick compared to the previous week

Extension given to the RBI governor is good for the markets

While it is true that institutions are more important than the person, ideology and approach of Governors of central banks are important