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New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.5 per cent in the current financial year, despite geo-political tensions and trade policy uncertainties, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman S Mahendra Dev said on Tuesday. In an interview with PTI, Dev further said that domestic growth will be driven by low inflation, resulting from good monsoon and benign interest rate regime, triggered by three back-to-back rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Recent reductions in income tax burdens, benign inflation, lower interest rates and a favourable outlook for agricultural production are expected to support rural incomes and bolster overall consumption in India, according to a new report. Given that private final consumption expenditure constitutes nearly 60 per cent of India's GDP, it has a strong bearing on India's overall growth outlook. A sustained recovery in consumption is also vital for a meaningful pick-up in private sector ...Read More >
New Delhi: A recent report says that lower income taxes, easing inflation, falling interest rates, and a good outlook for farm output are likely to boost rural incomes in India. This could lead to higher spending across the country. Since household consumption makes up nearly 60 per cent of India's GDP, any rise in rural demand can have a big impact on the nation's overall economic growth. A steady rise in consumption is crucial for a strong rebound in private sector investment. "We expect priv ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): India's private consumption has shown strong growth, reaching the highest share in the country's GDP in the past two decades, according to the latest monthly report released by the Ministry of Finance. The report highlighted that the share of private consumption in nominal GDP increased from 60.2 per cent in FY24 to 61.4 per cent in FY25. This marks the second-highest level in the last 20 years, indicating sustained strength in consumption demand across the cou ...Read More >
Guwahati: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday announced that he has requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the disappearance of an Indore-based woman in Meghalaya. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, in a public statement, stated that he has already discussed the grave matter with Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! He added that police off ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): While the World Bank's revision to global poverty estimates led to a global increase in the count of extreme poverty by 125 million, India emerged as a statistical outlier in a positive direction, according to the government's factsheet analysis. The World Bank recently raised the International Poverty Line (IPL) from USD 2.15 to USD 3.00 per day (based on 2021 purchasing power parity). The revision was intended to reflect updated costs of living and more accura ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The bodies of seven Maoists in the ongoing combing operations and gunfight inside the Indravati National Park of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh were recovered on Saturday, June 7. After the killing of Communist Party of India (Maoist) central committee member Narasimha Chalam alias Sudhakar on June 5, another top leader and special zonal committee member of the Telangana state committee, Mylarapu Adelu alias Bhaskar, was gunned down on June 6. He was carrying a bounty of Rs 45 lakh ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): While the World Bank's revision to global poverty estimates led to a global increase in the count of extreme poverty by 125 million, India emerged as a statistical outlier in a positive direction, according to the government's factsheet analysis. The World Bank recently raised the International Poverty Line (IPL) from USD 2.15 to USD 3.00 per day (based on 2021 purchasing power parity). The revision was intended to reflect updated costs of living and more accura ...Read More >
New Delhi: New Delhi : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised markets by frontloading its monetary easing with a 50-basis point rather than the consensus 25-basis point repo rate cut on Friday. One basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point. By changing the policy stance from accommodative to neutral, it has also sent a signal that there could be no more rate cuts in the near-term. What explains these decisions by the central bank? What do they mean for the Indian economy? Here are so ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 6 (UNI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday in its second bi-monthly monetary policy of FY26. cut the repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.50 pc from 6.00 pc earlier. This is the central bank's third consecutive repo rate cut. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra-led Monetary Policy led committee decided to cut the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 100 basis points (bps) to 3% from 4% earlier releasing Rs 2.5 lakh crore of lendable resources to the banking system. The MPC also decided ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 6 (PTI) Reserve Bank on Friday retained GDP growth projections for the current fiscal at 6.5 per cent, saying the Indian economy presents a picture of strength, stability and opportunity in the backdrop of global uncertainty. The FY26 growth projections are compared with the 6.5 per cent economic growth recorded in the 2024-25 fiscal year. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected economic growth at 6.5 per cent for the June quarter and 6.7 per cent for the September quarter. F ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a stronger-than-expected move, the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday slashed the repo rate by 50 basis points, bringing it down to 5.50%. The decision reflects the central bank's growing concerns over a prolonged inflation fight and increasing growth-inflation trade-offs in a challenging global economic environment. Delivering the policy statement, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra acknowledged that while inflation has broadly moderated, "the last mile in ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, concludes its three-day meeting today (June 6, 2025). Amid escalating global trade tensions stemming from new US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, expectations are mounting for an aggressive monetary easing by the RBI. Markets and analysts widely anticipate a 25 basis points (bps) cut, with some forecasting a jumbo 50 bps reduction to sustain domestic growth momentum and offset e ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.9 per cent in the January-March quarter 2025, the official data for which is scheduled to be released on May 30 by the National Statistics Office, according to rating agency ICRA. ICRA has projected the year-on-year expansion of the GDP to rise to 6.9 per cent in Q4 2024-25 from 6.2 per cent in Q3 2024-25, while significantly undershooting the National Statistical Office's (NSO) implicit estimate of 7.6 per cent for the qu ...Read More >
This was a significant drop from the 6.7 per cent growth recorded in the previous quarter and fell short of Morgan Stanley's forecast of 6.3 per cent and the consensus estimate of 6.5 per cent. The slowdown was evident in both private consumption and capital expenditure (capex), although private consumption outpaced capex, growing by 6 per cent compared to 5.4 per cent. On the other hand, the services sector demonstrated resilience, growing at 7.1 per cent, while the industry sector lagged at ...Read More >
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