Page 13 - Economy & Policy Analysis

India bounces back on Nielsen consumer index

India topped the list of countries with a score of 133, a point lower than the nine-year high of 134 in Q1 CY16

Rooftop solar projects need additional $50 billion to meet 40 GW by 2022 target: Report

India plans to generate 175 GW of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2022 requiring an investment of nearly $100 bn

Pulses, metals, fuel may play spoilsport in cooling CPI inflation

Inflation trends: Mixed signals in Sept trend

Investment in PPP projects shows a decline: Moody's Investor Service

The report says further development in the PPP framework may help stimulate more private investment

Tweak PPP model to boost infrastructure investment: Moody's

Moody's said that historical underinvestment and rapid economic growth are straining India's existing infrastructure

Why thousands of deserving students will never make it to IIT

IITs have admitted that they simply do not have enough teachers or hostels to achieve the government's targets of admitting 1 lakh students in 23 IITs by 2020

Cooling inflation offers scope for another rate cut this year: India Ratings

The agency expects another 25 basis points cut in the repo rate in the financial year 2016-17

India and US are partners, not allies: Shivshankar Menon

Menon said that successive Indian govts in the last few decades have done their bit to take the relationship further forward

India will gain by leadership role in Montreal Protocol changes: US advocacy group

India's participation is critical to climate protection since HFCs are "currently the fastest growing climate pollutants"

Women in high paying jobs drive Indian luxury industry: Report

India is home to over 1,200 ultra-affluent women with a combined net worth of about $100 billion

GST lends more weight to India's 8% growth projection: S&P

The latest GDP figures showed that India's growth slowed to 7.1% in the April-June quarter, from 7.9% in Jan-March

Where is the money going? RBI official lambasts wallet players on KYC norms

Nanda Dave wondered whether a "conduit" is being provided by not having the details of the end use of funds

Assam would need Rs 2 lakh cr investments to touch double-digit growth: Assocham

The decadal growth clocked by the state during 2004-05 to 2014-14 had been around 6%

Economic and financial conditions increase chance of a repo rate cut

Financial conditions have eased significantly since the change in RBI's liquidity framework from April 2016

IIMs, Ministry see thaw as HRD Minister Javadekar reaches out

The ongoing tussle between the premier Indian Institutes of Management and the HRD ministry is easing, particularly after Javadekar's overtures

The 8 key challenges that await new RBI Governor Urjit Patel

The first will be to oversee the FCNR (B) redemptions without roiling liquidity and currency markets

Delays in Indradhanush rollout for PSBs draw flak

An year on, PSB executives and analysts say the plans are drifting, even as they praise the government's objective

Fact Check: PM Narendra Modi's 70th Independence Day speech

IndiaSpend checks the facts on claims made in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech

E-commerce policy change should not end as another flip-flop

The worry is that too many policy flip-flops may make the sector nervous, as it is already facing investor markdowns and a slowdown in fundraising

India's implementation of CPI target to aid inflation fight: Moody's

The government this week notified parliament that it would introduce the target of 4%