Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the Union Budget for 2023-24, which is expected to serve as the last full Budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term in office
The upshot of the above figures is that despite being faced with a highly challenging external environment this year, overall, the India economy will emerge from it relatively unscathed
Higher growth will need more reforms
Sticky global inflation could keep rates higher for longer, hurting growth including in emerging markets like India
The average variation in value added is 1.5 percentage points between the first and last estimates
Nageswaran added that the economy will be $3.5 trillion by the end of the current fiscal, FY23
DBS Bank expects the government to target a fiscal deficit of 5.8-5.9% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023/24 as against the 6.4% outlined for this financial year ending on March 31
Growth beyond 6% can happen, but there are constraints on both fiscal and monetary policy, which must focus on reducing the current account deficit, the fiscal deficit and inflation, writes T N Ninan
Balance of Payments position sees depletion of $30.4 billion, says central bank
Global and domestic factors will affect output
The country's biggest BFSI Summit will feature some of the most prominent voices in India's economic landscape, including RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, Deputy Governors, and SBI chairman
Video sharing platform supported more than 750,000 full-time equivalent jobs in the country
Unlocking trade-enabled economic development alongside tenets of development including gender equity, income inequality, infrastructure, and other SDGs is very much possible
India is the fastest growing major economy in the world and is all set to achieve USD 5 trillion GDP by 2024-25, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. Addressing an event organised by industry body FICCI, Gadkari said the central government is aiming to boost growth and employment to achieve sustainable development. The road transport and highways minister said India will play a key role in achieving global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030. Gadkari noted that India needs to increase its exports and reduce imports. "We are also working on developing alternative, clean and green fuel like bio ethanol, bio-CNG, bio-LNG and green hydrogen," he said, adding green hydrogen is the fuel for the future. The minister said currently India's automobile industry is worth Rs 7.5 lakh crore and he wants to take it to Rs 15 lakh crore."This will create lots of new jobs." He also said his focus is on reducing cost of construction. "We are trying to minimise use of steel and cement
India's GDP growth is on course to print close to 7 per cent this year in 2022-23, foreign brokerage, JP Morgan said in a report
Credit Suisse expects domestic earnings to grow 15 per cent over the next one year and market returns could be in line with that
'We'll bring inflation down further for the sake of common people', said FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept its outlook for India's economic growth unchanged at 7 per cent for the current fiscal year while forecasting a weaker-than-previously expected pace for developing Asia. ADB's 7 per cent growth projection for fiscal 2022-23 (April 2022 to March 2023), unchanged from its September forecast, compares to 8.7 per cent GDP growth in 2021-22. For 2023-24, the GDP growth has been kept unchanged at 7.2 per cent. The Manila-based ADB in a report on Wednesday saw Asia expanding 4.2 per cent this year before accelerating to 4.6 per cent in 2023. These projections compare to the previously estimated expansion of 4.3 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively. "Despite recent global headwinds, the Indian economy is expected to grow by 7.0 per cent, as projected in the Update, supported by a strong domestic base. "While some recent high-frequency indicators are more favourable than expected -- notably consumer confidence, electricity supply and purchasing ...
Nearly 83 per cent incidents in Pune reported a loss of body part of the worker, as compared to 67 per cent in Haryana (Gurugram and Faridabad)
India is poised to reach its full potential and regain its rightful place at the top of the world order