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Telangana needs to regain its tax-earning capacities in the post-lockdown period. (DC Photo)

Telangana makes a departure on lockdown strategy

The state would do well to ease its lockdown restrictions in two phases

30 April 2020 11:19 PM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)

Japan passes $240 billion virus package including cash handouts

Prime minister Shinzo Abe was forced into a U-turn on cash handouts, reversing an initial plan to offer means-tested...

30 April 2020 4:37 PM IST

Women working for the regional public transport company distribute face masks in the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, (AP)

Latest coronavirus updates from around the world

More than 2.97 million people have been reported to be infected and 205,948 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as...

27 April 2020 1:47 PM IST

People thrown out of livelihoods sit down for a meal at a soup kitchen set up by the Delhi government at a temporary shelter in the Nizamuddin area. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: What will the new economy look like post Covid-19 crash?

The impact on the global economy may last for an entire generation

5 April 2020 5:47 PM IST

A couple carrying an infant walk along an expressway hoping to reach their home, hundreds of miles away, as New Delhi comes under lockdown. (AP)

How the virus from Wuhan has taken the world to the brink: Is the...

How did 21st century India forget the 'yellow peril' that battered the global economy in the guise of globalisation?

1 April 2020 8:36 AM IST

The government has proposed a penal tax rate of 50 per cent to incentivise black money hoarders to switch to formal economy.

GVA growth to slow to 6.3 per cent in Q1, weighed by GST

CPI inflation eased to 2.2 per cent in April-June period from 5.7 per cent in Q1 FY17

22 Aug 2017 5:13 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley-led panel takes note of economic headwinds

Council in its 17th meeting also took note of progress of Financial Sector Assessment Programme for India.

22 Aug 2017 4:09 PM IST

The government has proposed a penal tax rate of 50 per cent to incentivise black money hoarders to switch to formal economy.

India's GDP growth seen picking up to 6.6 per cent but GST fogs...

RBI earlier this month became the first major central bank in Asia to cut interest rates this year.

28 Aug 2017 12:59 PM IST

RBI Governor Urjit Patel at a press conference after the monetary policy review meeting in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Rate cut to boost private investment: Urjit Patel

The 0.25 per cent lowering of the repo rate to 6 per cent comes after a 10-month pause.

2 Aug 2017 7:21 PM IST

Service providers who participated in the PMI survey said that the dip was due to shortage of cash and the activity is expected to rise again over the next 12-months.

Services sector contracts by most in 4 years on GST woes: PMI

PM a measure of services sector output on a monthly basis plunged to 45.9 in July.

3 Aug 2017 6:16 PM IST

The decline in retail inflation has been mainly on account of falling prices of vegetables and pulses.

July retail inflation seen picking up for first time in 4 months

Consumer price index main policy target of the RBI, likely rose 1.87 per cent in July from a year earlier.

14 Aug 2017 12:38 PM IST

Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Arvind Panagariya addressing a press conference on the State of Economy and achievements under NITI Aayog over the past three years, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

NPA resolution to spur credit expansion, growth: Panagariya

Banking sector is saddled with NPAs of over Rs 8 trillion of which Rs 6 trillion is with public sector banks.

13 Aug 2017 12:41 PM IST