Page 31 - Economic Slowdown

SAIL reworks marketing strategy to draw high volume sales in November

Company clocks 36% YoY rise in volume sales to 1.40 million tonnes

Job creation to grow at 7% between Oct-Mar amid slowdown: TeamLease report

India is expected to witness a marginal 7 per cent rise in job creation in the October-March period of this financial year, as subdued economic conditions have dampened employment outlook, a report said on Monday. According to TeamLease's bi-annual Employment Outlook Report for HY2 2019, economic reforms lifted the spirits for seven of the 19 sectors surveyed, while nine sectors reported a decrease in their outlook for October-March period of this fiscal. India will witness a 7.12 per cent increase in job creation in the current half year (October-March, 2019-20), it said. Positive hiring outlook was reported in sectors like healthcare & pharmaceuticals, information technology, e-commerce and tech start-ups, educational services, KPO, power and energy, and logistics. The sectors that are expected to witness decrease in hiring include manufacturing, engineering and infrastructure, construction and real estate, financial services, retail, BPO/ITeS, telecommunications, travel and ...

India's problems were always bigger than Modi, started much before 2014

Long before Modi came to power in 2014, the country's economy had already developed its unhealthy dependence on finance, corruption and inequality were intolerable

Economy: This is as good as it gets

Structural reforms are much less about privatisation, land, and labour, and more about expanding the scope of private enterprises and allowing them to be more competitive and productive

Three dangerous myths

The errors and misapprehensions that led to constant optimism about Indian growth

FM hints at I-T rate cuts, more stimulus measures to boost slowing economy

Says govt is taking steps towards a harassment-free taxation regime

Stricter regulations, pricing control slow down pharma sector growth

The fifth part of the series looks at what's ailing the pharma sector

We're committed to further reforms, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Waiting for the next Budget is by itself a delay which we did not want considering the environment which was prevailing all over the world, said Sitharaman

Truck body builders struggle to wade through ongoing economic slowdown

A 50 per cent slump in CV sales has dealt a death blow to informal workers in the sector

The backseat drivers

The post-1945 consensus, as a result of Keynesian theory, is that a major slump in aggregate demand can be countered by a steep increase in government demand

Automobile slowdown has shrunk GST compensation kitty, says Sushil Modi

The fund is used to compensate the states for revenue shortfall suffered due to roll out of the new indirect tax

Ashok Leyland faces a bumpy ride ahead over surplus capacity, slowdown

Though there are near-term headwinds, analysts believe the Ashok Leyland stock which is down nearly 30 per cent from year ago levels may not see a significant price correction from these levels

Top headlines of the day: KM Birla on Voda Idea, onion prices, & more

From Kumar Mangalam Birla commenting on the relief for Vodafone Idea, to onion touching Rs 140 a kg in some cities, Business Standard brings you top headlines of the day

India's manufacturing capacity utilisation declines to the lowest ever

Capacity utilisation had improved gradually from 71 per cent in the aftermath of demonetisation to 76.1 per cent in January-March 2019

Chidambaram a changed man after 106 days of imprisonment: Congress leaders

Senior party leaders, who have interacted with him since he came out of jail, said they find him a different man

Demand, supply and growth slowdowns

For India to complete its development transformation, a switch to a broad-based and more inclusive composition of domestic demand is of the first importance

DFIs: Look before you leap

Before setting up any new development bank, the govt must examine the contribution and performance of the existing ones

Govt without a clue on economy, PM 'unusually' silent: Chidambaram

Prakash Javadekar told reporters that the claim of Chidambaram amounted to "self-certification"

RBI's monetary policy spells more trouble for India Inc's earnings

In the absence of near-term government stimulus, markets may remain range-bound until Budget

Schemes like Ujjwala, Jan Dhan prove Modi govt is not elitist: Sitharaman

Prices of onion in many places have crossed Rs 100 per kg