The first such dialogue was held on April 30 when Gandhi discussed the coronavirus pandemic and its economic implications with former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan.
Stock markets generally discount an outcome a few months in advance. They might have seen the bottom in March, unless a more ferocious second wave results in a fresh lockdown, writes Ambareesh Baliga
Interestingly, all the 50 Nifty components have delivered positive gains during this period.
The change brings Moody's rating into line with Fitch and Standard and Poor's, both of which rate India BBB-, although they assign stable rather than negative outlooks
While this downgrade will not affect the sovereign as it does not borrow overseas, it will however affect Indian companies borrowing from abroad
In the services sector, growth in the hotels and financial services sectors fell to 2.6 per cent and 2.4 per cent in the fourth quarter
In an interview, Pronab Sen tells Business Standard that the resource crunch of the Centre is over-stated and it should now come out with more stimulus to spur the economy
India's economy was already slowing down before it entered the Covid-19 year of 2020-21, writes D K Srivastava.
According to Subbarao, the country is going to face its worst recession in the current financial year
The economic wounds will be "deeper than anything we've seen since World War Two", says chief economist at JP Morgan
Efforts are on to develop vaccine for the coronavirus, Gadkari said, adding "we will have to learn the art of living with coronavirus"
The first Advance Estimates, released in January for the purpose of Budget preparations, pegged the economic growth rate at 5 per cent in 2019-20.
The poll of 52 economists, taken May 20-25, indicated India's economy grew at 2.1 per cent in the March quarter from a year ago, its weakest.
Earlier, the second advance estimates of the government pegged the growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20, but analysts had doubted that number
With GDP growth seen shrinking, funds likely to chase stocks with high growth forecast
In its macroeconomic report, the finance ministry did not reveal its projections for 20120-21
The report, prepared by the Economic Affairs Division of the Finance Ministry, took comfort from an IMF note which projected a growth rate of 1.9 per cent for the current fiscal
Calling her stint as FM during the pandemic "the most challenging assignment yet", Sitharaman said she was not upset with the criticism that the recent stimulus package was too little
Unveiling the contours of the Rs 20-trillion stimulus package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had last last week announced a change in the definition of MSMEs
Analysts say the Rs 20-trn stimulus package by govt a lost opportunity