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Recovery tracker: Rise in no of flyers, gap on auto registrations narrows

Mobility indicators show more people at transit spots like bus and train stations

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi and BJP-led govt for destroying economy

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of destroying the country's economy, which was "strengthened" by the former UPA government.

Inflation: Why RBI should have paid more attention to detergent prices

Operating at magic price points is like running a high-school experiment in "titration," dripping a liquid of known properties into another of unknown concentration and stopping when the color changes

Resilient during pandemic, home-based women workers' recovery far from over

The national lockdown and series of movement restrictions meant that supply chains were hit and demand for their labour dried up, which led to job losses and erratic wages, experts and studies said

Indian economy witnessing V-shaped recovery after pandemic: Rajnath Singh

Singh was addressing a workshop on the financial market organised by the Lucknow branch of Central India Regional Council (CIRC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Majoritarianism will be extremely dangerous for the future of India: Rajan

The former RBI governor said India needs inclusive growth and the country cannot have inclusive growth by treating any segment of the population as second class citizens

Economy a cause of worry as foreign exchange reserves deplete: Congress

"The government is actually fueling the rise of inflation by its wrong policies, especially through high taxes on petrol and diesel, high administered prices and high GST tax rates," Chidambaram said

State of the economy cause of 'extreme concern', says P Chidambaram

Chidambaram said a slower rate of growth has been the "hallmark" of the present government in the last eight years, and the post-pandemic recovery has been "indifferent and halting".

Govt will be able to control inflation in the medium-term: Sanjeev Sanyal

"Taking all these measures into account, I think that we are broadly in a good situation economically and will be able to keep inflation under control in the medium term," he added

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Economic growth to slow if RBI hikes rates: Finance secy Somanathan

The central bank hiked its repo rate by 40 basis points (bps) to 4.40 per cent following an emergency meeting earlier this month

Better placed than peers to fight inflation: Finance ministry report

The report said that seen over a longer time horizon, inflation in India's economy has not been as much a challenge as is sensed from month-to-month changes

Retail inflation hits 8-yr high of 7.8% in Apr on costlier fuel, food items

Factory output shows poor growth at 1.9% in March

India's biggest policy challenge

Lower labour force participation needs attention

RBI may 'kill excess demand' in economy in six-eight months

The RBI increased the limit for keeping specified securities in the HTM portfolio from 22 per cent to 23 per cent

Morgan Stanley cuts India's growth forecasts on inflation, global slowdown

Gross domestic product growth will be 7.6% for FY23 and 6.7% for FY24, 30 basis points lower than the previous estimates, the brokerage said in a note

Hiring boom begins in India as Covid infections decrease; economy reopens

India Inc will hire 5% more people in the April-June period compared to the Q1 this year, a new report showed, as Covid infections decrease amid reopening of industries across the spectrum

Why pruning general debt to 66% of GDP over next 5 years looks unachievable

An RBI report says even in the best case scenario, general govt debt may not dip below 75% of GDPl and if there are events, it may in fact rise to 90% of GDP by 2026-27

India's FY22 per capita income projected higher than Bangladesh: IMF

Bangladesh is likely to topple India again for each of the next six years

Amid rising imports, Centre mulls boosting production of specific items

Government officials also told industry representatives that exports and domestic production are inter-linked