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Indias GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

Indian economic growth slows, with coronavirus impact to come

The annual GDP figure for the September quarter was ramped up from an earlier estimate of 4.5 per cent

29 Feb 2020 11:33 AM IST

This photo taken on February 27, 2020 shows a worker wearing a face mask as he makes insoles at the Zhejiang Xuda Shoes Co. factory in Wenzhou. (AFP)

China's factory index falls to all-time February low

This is the worst level since China began recording factory data in 2005

29 Feb 2020 9:58 AM IST

Write-offs for banks stood at 0.2 per cent and for NBFC MFIs at 1.7 per cent.

Sharp rise in MFI delinquency rate in Assam in Q3

The overall write-offs as of December 2019 stood at 1.4 per cent of the portfolio, 10 bps higher than the previous...

27 Feb 2020 4:31 AM IST

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Gold holds near seven-year peak over virus concerns

Beijing cut its benchmark lending rate to support an economy hit by the epidemic, keeping Chinese stocks supported

20 Feb 2020 4:55 PM IST

NSEs Nifty ended 53 points in the red.

Sensex, Nifty clock fourth successive loss under AGR, coronavirus...

However, both indices recovered lost ground in the latter part of the day

18 Feb 2020 4:32 PM IST

Moodys also affirmed Indias local-currency senior unsecured rating and other short-term local-currency rating.

Moody's cuts 2020 growth to 5.4 per cent

Moody's growth projections are based on calendar year and as per its estimates, India's GDP grew 5 per cent in 2019.

18 Feb 2020 1:54 AM IST

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Moody's revises India GDP forecast to 5.4 pc in 2020

Banks have been both unwilling to lend and to lower lending rates despite successive interest rate cuts by the central...

17 Feb 2020 12:07 PM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman sen during an interactive session on the Union Budget 2020-21 with industrialists in Chennai on Feb. 8, 2020. (PTI)

Nirmala Sitharaman: See these seven green shoots?

Fin min counts 7 indicators that show the Indian economy doing swimmingly whether Chidambaram agrees or not

11 Feb 2020 2:21 PM IST

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that flawed structure and implementation has made GST a bad word among businesspersons, traders, exporters and common citizens. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Economy close to collapse, fear in country: Chidambaram

Fiscal deficit was targeted to shrink to 3.3 per cent of the GDP but ended at 3.8 pc and in the next fiscal it is being...

11 Feb 2020 10:03 AM IST

While the country attracted FDI valued around $286 billion in the past five years across sectors, defence and aerospace, which were projected as high potential sectors under Make in India, could grab only a measly Rs 1,834 crore, according to government data released on Monday.

Defence, aerospace get Rs 1,800 cr FDI in 5 years

The government had also announced two defence corridors-- in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

11 Feb 2020 4:17 AM IST

Investors added risk in November as their portfolios are no longer explicitly geared to assets that outperform in a low growth & low inflation backdrop, the survey said.

Indian inflation likely hit a near six-year high in January: report

40 economists showed India's annual consumer price inflation is expected to have risen to 7.40 per cent in January.

10 Feb 2020 11:21 AM IST

The government, however, said it would fine-tune its existing policies to increase outward shipments while also examine the loopholes of revenue leakage in the system.

GSTIN made mandatory in export, import papers

Data analytics by the revenue authorities have detected rampant tax evasion through black market and under-valuing of...

10 Feb 2020 5:49 AM IST