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The story so far: The year 2025 has been rocky for the Indian economy. While the government has implemented several policy changes that are positive for the economy, several other factors, some international and some domestic, continue to play spoilsport. What has gone well in the year? The year began on a reasonably positive footing….
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: Moorthy G. Ahead of Budget 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (December 6, 2025) said the simplification of customs would be the next big reform agenda for the government. During the current financial year, the government undertook reforms such as rate rationalisation and simplification of…
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The international demand for Indian services improved further, as signalled by another increase in external sales. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s services sector growth witnessed the slowest pace of expansion in five months in October, as competitive pressures and heavy rains in parts of the country led to a slower increase in output, according…
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) voiced concern over falling exports of tariff-free products like pharma and smartphones to the United States, saying it is “certainly not a seasonal fall”. In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, “It was…
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Exports were worth $32.89 billion in August last year and imports stood at $68.53 billion. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s exports rose by 6.7% to $35.1 billion in August, while imports declined by 10.12% to $61.59 billion, according to official data released on Monday (September 15, 2025). Exports were worth $32.89 billion…
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Representational image only. Photo: wikimedia.org Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) projected India’s GDP to grow 6.4% in the December quarter on account of enhanced government spending amid uneven consumption. The Indian economy grew at 6.7% in April-June, but it slowed to a seven-quarter low of 5.4% in September…
Bengaluru: Former Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India and economist Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday that large states can be split so that new cities can emerge, giving impetus to urbanisation. According to him, if India is going to grow at 8 per cent, then the urban population is going to grow…
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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…