Page 10 - Indian Economy

India's poor deprived in more ways than one, but state count misses that

Income, consumption or lack of "capabilities": what makes a person poor in India?

Cost of living rises in India as companies pass on higher prices

Companies from the Indian units of Unilever Plc and Suzuki Motor Corp. to homegrown JSW Steel Ltd. are raising prices in response to the global supply squeeze

Income in US on I-T radar in FY23, non-disclosure to invite action

The CBDT has rolled out an aggressive target and timeline to investigate tax evasion matters, especially those involving undisclosed foreign assets

India on cusp of major economic recovery: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar

Talks of possible stagflation are "overhyped": Kumar

Reform reversal

States should not go back on pensions

Will we see a reverse repo hike this week?

Can RBI afford the luxury of waiting out on the inflation front to allow growth to pick up?

With surging exports, India to push its businesses abroad more boldly

India has recently inked crucial trade agreements with United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia.

India-Australia sign trade pact; bilateral trade to reach $45 bn in 5 years

This is the first trade agreement with a developed economy after over 10 years

March quarter sees 53.6% surge in new projects at Rs 5.1 trn: CMIE data

Their value is higher than it was in December, as well as in the same quarter last year

MGNREGA ends FY22 with Rs 20,000 cr negative balance despite huge outlay

A large chunk of this amount is on account of unpaid material expenditure during the year and even earlier

India in a divided world: Keeping old friendships and cultivating new ones

The question for India, as a middle or swing power with long-term external dependencies for energy and military hardware, is how to not let old friendships come in the way of new ones, notes T N Ninan

Govt to borrow Rs 8.45 trn from market during Apr-Sep period of FY23

Out of gross market borrowing of Rs 14.31 lakh crore estimated for FY2022-23, Rs 8.45 lakh crore is planned to be borrowed in the first half (H1), an official statement said

India's Oct-Dec current account deficit widens to 2.7% of GDP

In the preceding quarter, the shortfall stood at $9.9 billion or 1.3% of GDP, RBI data showed

India's fiscal deficit touched 82.7% of full-year target at end of Feb

In actual terms, the deficit stood at Rs 13.16 trillion at the end of February this year, as per the data released by the Controller General of Accounts

India's external debt rose to $614.9 bn at end of December 2021

The external debt to GDP ratio fell marginally to 20 per cent at the end of December last year from 20.3 per cent at the end of September 2021

India has safeguards in place to mitigate risks from capital flows: IMF

India, which has received a record number of FDI during the last few years despite Covid, has quite a few safeguards in place to mitigate the risks from capital flows, the IMF said

Best of BS Opinion: Prospects of Indian companies, economic policy and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

Time to widen the policy focus

The first big policy test of the new financial year will be the monetary policy review next week.

Investments must stand before they can run

Key flank of India's growth gambit runs into the knock-on effects of the Russia-Ukraine war

Govt to undertake a two-stage review to determine PLI scheme progress

This will be followed by utilisation of unused funds and the possibility of reallocation to the government department and ministries, which need more amounts, will be assessed