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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra and Directors at a meeting in New Delhi on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) following up the Union Budget’s demand stimulus for the slowing economy with a long-awaited interest rate cut, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on…
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New Delhi: The food inflation rate in India has remained firm over the past two years defying the global trend, and frequent extreme weather events are one of the reasons, the government said in its latest Economic Survey. Tabled in Parliament on Friday, the report said that the decline in onion and tomato production over…
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) claimed that it is becoming clear that the “disappointing” Quarter 2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth numbers are not a blip but a clear slowdown in the economy and the post-pandemic bump is not broad-based enough to power long-term…
New Delhi: India’s economic growth is poised to rebound as domestic demand regains strength, though the stickiness in food inflation warrants careful monitoring, the latest RBI Bulletin released on Friday said. An article on the ‘State of the Economy’ published in the January Bulletin also noted that the economic outlook for 2025 is divergent across…
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New Delhi: With food inflation having peaked out and the government trying to accelerate capex spending, the Indian economy is growing steadily and upcoming Union Budget and Donald Trump 2.0 hold key to market returns, according to a report on Monday. Rural demand is showing a sustained recovery. The festival and wedding season has provided…
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Washington: The Indian economy is expected to be “a little weaker” in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. Georgieva also said she expects quite a lot of uncertainty in the world this year mainly around the trade policy of the US. In her annual media roundtable with a group of…
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Washington: The Indian economy is expected to be “a little weaker” in 2025 despite steady global growth, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said. Georgieva also said she expects quite a lot of uncertainty in the world this year mainly around the trade policy of the US. In her annual media roundtable with a group of…
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Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the eighth Pre-Budget Consultation with the stakeholders and representatives from the trade unions for the Union Budget 2025-26, in New Delhi on January 6, 2025. Photo: X/@FinMinIndia via PTI Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, chaired the eighth Pre-Budget Consultation meeting with…
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Indian economy: what to expect in 2025? | Video Credit: The Hindu At the start of 2024, there was a lot of excitement about the Indian economy – the country was one of the fastest growing economies in the world and there was anticipation that India will become a $4 trillion economy in 2024-25 and…
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The panel is expected to review the current system of price collection and suggest changes of its improvement, and decide on the computation methodology for the WPI and the PPI. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Centre on Thursday (January 2, 2025) announced the formation of an expert panel to revise the constituents…
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