Economy
Finally, it falls to the farmer to rescue salvage India's parlous GDP
Growing at 3.4%, farm sector may be a safe haven for millions of corona refugees from urban India
Only the farmer bats for India as eight core sectors shrink 9.6%
Only the fertiliser industry continued to grow through the worst of the Covid months
GDP to contract by 18.3% as economy set for weakest quarterly growth in eight years
Economists predict a contraction of 8.1% and 1.0% in the September and December quarters respectively
Centre writes to states on options of borrowing money to meet GST revenue shortfall
Compensation payment has been an issue since August 2019 with GST collections faltering. I
Pandemic gives fillip to demand for cereals; 200 per cent increase in exports in July
Cereals have witnessed increased demand from African countries and the Gulf region during the lock-down.
Government debt-to GDP ratio to be at 80% by FY30: Report
The report also finds that the government support to real GDP growth in the 2020s decade would be lower than in the past few years
Extreme risk aversion can be self-defeating: RBI Governor warns banks
Rather than becoming averse to lending, banks have to improve their risk management and governance frameworks, Das said
Gujarat tops Export Preparedness Index 2020, Maharashtra comes second
Six coastal states -- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Karnataka and Kerala -- feature in the top ten rankings
Former RBI governor D Subbarao backs setting up of a bad bank to tackle rise in NPAs
Even the Economic Survey 2017 had proposed this idea, suggesting the creation of a bad bank called Public Sector Asset Rehabilitation Agency
Don't jump, Rs 2000 currency notes slowly being phased out
As per RBI's latest annual report, the big note was not printed at all during 2019-20