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Decline in rural sales hits FMCG in 2019, may revive by second half of 2020

To overcome, FMCG makers have introduced low unit price packs in multiple categories to make their products affordable and have also introduced multiple promotions and offers

One-fourth of Rs 102 trn infrastructure spending in energy sector alone

Rs 24.54 trillion investment will flow in the energy sector, and of that Rs 11.7 trillion would be in just the power sector

A real Budget, please: This one has to confront severe resource restraints

In Budget 2020 speech, the FM should state how she intends to return to the 7% track, and the hard decisions she will take to adjust to the realities of a slowing economy, writes T N Ninan

Top headlines: Cabinet nod to CDS, ex-Maruti MD accused of fraud, and more

CBI has accused ex-Maruti MD Jagdish Khattar of fraud, while the Union Cabinet has approved the creation Chief of Defence Staff

Fitch cuts India's GDP growth to 4.6% as credit crunch cripples economy

The rating agency sees moderate fiscal slippage, retains sovereign rating and outlook

Re-think GST: No economy can afford to persist with a failed tax experiment

Let's pretend no more that the system isn't broken. The Centre needs to break heads in the GST Council and work out new slabs and rates (the fewer the better) and make a fresh start, writes T N Ninan

Top headlines: M&M's board rejig, Fitch lowers India GDP growth, and more

In a statement, the firm said Pawan Kumar Goenka has been re-appointed the managing director with additional responsibilities of CEO for a year

Delivery volumes at 10-yr low even as benchmark indices hit new highs

Investors wary of taking long-term positions to avoid large losses

Fiscal deficit for April-November likely stood at 107% of FY20 target

For the deficit to be 3.3 per cent of GDP, it assumes a nominal GDP growth of 12 per cent in FY20

Green shoots in financial sector?

A country's rating must relate primarily to its capacity and willingness to service debt

Why 2020 is an important year

It will be the year to convince global investors about India's long-term bull case

India's economy and BJP's ambitious political thrust on divergent tracks

The ruling party may have assumed the economy will revive on its own before next elections, but such facile belief can come unstuck if current directions are not reversed quickly, writes T N Ninan

Brokerages see global growth picking up next year, stay cautious on India

On a financial year basis, Nomura expect GDP growth of 4.7% in FY20 and 5.7% in FY21, suggesting a delayed recovery and below-potential growth through end-2020

Will downgrade rating if Indian economy doesn't show recovery: S&P

S&P said India's fiscal metrics, including its fiscal deficit, annual change in net general government indebtedness, and net government debt stock, were weak

Economy resilient, no cause for apprehension on decline in GDP: Govt

Continuous liberalisation has led to an increase in inflows of foreign direct investment into the country.

Govt exploring new method for calculating GDP with changing weights

The weights assigned to various products and activities will keep updating but the base year will remain the same

India moves up a step, but does poorly on many basics

India has moved up one position to 49th in the The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 (GCR Report), released today by the World Economic Forum ahead of its annual meeting, to be held this year in Dalian, China.

Fiscal deficit may slip to 3.5-3.8% in FY20; govt set to miss 3.3% target

The FRBM Act, after its amendment in 2018, allows a fiscal deficit slippage of not more than 0.5% for any given year, provided there are justifications

India's real GDP growth in FY20 to come slightly below 5%: IHS Markit

For the first half of 2019-20 fiscal, GDP growth slowed to a pace of 4.8 per cent compared to the 7.5 per cent a year back.

How Modinomics scores over Manmohanomics in the re-ignited GDP debate

The notion that the decline in GDP is the result of demonetisation is a myth