Indian Economy

Friday, Jan 27, 2023 | Last Update : 08:59 PM IST

AA Edit | Indian economy looking up, but joblessness a big worry

The economy today is strong, healthy and looking upwards

03 Jan 2023 12:05 AM

It is never too early to explore more intrusive management measures to improve the efficiency of public expenditure. 9Representational Image)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Indian economy between a rock and a hard place…

Budget reform must enable doing more with less, cut waste, improve project execution, and control administrative expenditure

09 Dec 2022 12:05 AM

In the first quarter, the expenditure was Rs 36,85,125 crores, while it was Rs 38,16,578 crores in the second quarter. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Slowdown blues hit home

Though the economic growth had declined in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, the country spent Rs 1,31,453 crores more

02 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

India now has the fifth largest economy but its per capita GDP is only around $2,500.

Patralekha Chatterjee | India’s pride, prejudice and its global rankings

The India of the future will depend on which metrics and indicators we choose to play up, and which ones we try to gloss over.

23 Sep 2022 1:55 AM

AA Edit | Direct tax kitty hints at economic revival

This is the first time the direct tax collection has crossed the six-lakh figure

20 Sep 2022 12:15 AM

India is now the fifth largest economy, relegating the UK to the sixth spot in the global pecking order (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Growth: India must aim higher

As India’s strategic rival China’s economy stands at $19 trillion, India should aim at crossing the $10 trillion mark

05 Sep 2022 1:29 AM

Given the improved pandemic situation, India is likely to maintain more or less the same growth trajectory. (Representational Image/ PTI)

DC Edit | The growth story continues

Investment has been the main driver of India's GDP growth during the last financial year

02 Jun 2022 12:36 AM

Growth in the January-March period was slower than in the previous October-December quarter of 2021-22 at 5.4 per cent, the government data showed on Tuesday. (Representational Photo:AP)

8.7 per cent growth in GDP in FY2022, Q4 dips to 4.1 per cent

Indian economy expanded at 8.7 per cent pace for the financial year 2021-22 against a contraction of 6.6 per cent in FY21

01 Jun 2022 12:53 AM

Maintaining a healthy buffer stock to ensure the food security of 1.35 billion people is India’s compulsion, not choice. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Wheat, famine, starvation: Some lessons for the West

Like the 1770 famine which heralded the West’s arrival on Indian soil, the British departure from the East too saw the worst of all famines

25 May 2022 12:55 AM

While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expressed concern about rising inflation, the government did not show any signs of worrying about price rise. (Representational Image/ PTI)

AA Edit | Headwinds in economy are a challenge for India

The Indian economy cannot remain unaffected when the entire world is in the doldrums

16 May 2022 12:25 AM

Faced with an eleven-fold increase in gas prices, even the advanced economies are quietly reworking their energy strategies to keep coal as a fallback for volatile natural gas. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Summer blues: Navigating the future amid headwinds

The time of day and seasons no longer define anyone’s work schedules

25 Apr 2022 12:32 AM

The Reserve Bank of India believes that its trajectory will depend upon the evolving geopolitical situation and its impact on global commodity prices and logistics. (Representational Image/ DC)

AA Edit | No relief from rising prices

The decision of domestic manufacturers to pass on higher fuel costs also contributed to the higher inflation in the country

15 Apr 2022 12:23 AM

In the process of economic growth, this country can’t afford to ride roughshod over ecological balance. (Representational Image/ PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Managing future shocks: Way to self-reliant India

No one really knows what the world will look like in a year or two but at this moment it seems very likely that the war will continue

24 Mar 2022 12:32 AM

India has, according to the government’s own data, the lowest labour participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world. (Representational Image/ AP)

Aakar Patel | Why are voters not bothered about economy, absence of jobs?

The curious thing is that the economy does not appear to be a relevant subject in India’s political debate

08 Feb 2022 2:12 AM

(Clockwise from L) Founder and Executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab and WEF president Borge Brende listen India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking remotely during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Agenda virtual sessions at the WEF's headquarters in Cologny near Geneva on January 17, 2022. (AFP)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks

The challenge on the economic front now seems to be to place India as a strategic part of the global supply chain, a position China occupies

21 Jan 2022 1:57 AM

The most significant cause for the decline of growth is the decline in capital investment. (Representational Image/ DC File)

Mohan Guruswamy | The loss of momentum in India’s economic growth

The Indian economy, which has been in distress for most of the last decade, is now seriously stricken

28 Dec 2021 2:26 AM

The diaspora would not have swollen to more than 30 million if Indians had found India a more attractive place to live in. (Representational Image. AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | New messiahs of diaspora: India’s success or failure?

The answer to the dilemma lies at home

08 Dec 2021 2:50 AM

The Economic Survey 2020-21 had projected GDP growth of 11 per cent during the current financial year. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

India on way to becoming fastest growing economy in world: FinMin report

Rapid vaccination and teeming festivities will push India's ongoing recovery, as per the report

10 Nov 2021 1:52 PM

Though the GDP numbers grew with low base effect, there are also other significant reasons which suggest a recovery in the economy. (Twitter)

Sign of recovery? GDP sees rise of 20 per cent in April-June

Briefing to the media about the GDP numbers, chief economic adviser KV Subramanian said that the data is an indicative of economic recovery

01 Sep 2021 6:53 AM

The ride has been rough for Ms Sitharaman. Despite her best efforts, and visible results on the fiscal front, both investment and consumption remain subdued due to persistent modest expectations about the near term. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Restoring confidence is key to economic growth

It is not at all surprising that Ms Sitharaman chose to be so bold as to claim credit for the sentiment on Dalal Street

09 Aug 2021 3:09 AM

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