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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference after a cabinet meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India to be third largest economy by 2030: Arun Jaitley

Talking about growth avenues for next 20 years, finance minister listed infrastructure, rural expansion and gender...

6 April 2019 5:16 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

RBI goes with official data: Shaktikanta Das on data row

Shaktikanta Das told reporters that the RBI goes with the official statistics prepared by the Central Statistics Office.

4 April 2019 2:00 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

SC ruling: RBI to come out with fresh circular on resolution of bad...

Supreme Court had on Tuesday quashed RBI circular that pertains to provisions for referring the defaulter to NCLT.

4 April 2019 1:06 PM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

RBI lowers GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent for 2019-20

Higher financial flows to the commercial sector augur well for economic activity, says RBI.

4 April 2019 1:02 PM IST

The retail inflation which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 2.33 per cent in November and 5.21 per cent in December 2017.

RBI cuts inflation forecast to 2.9-3 pc for H1 FY20

In its previous policy outcome in February, the RBI had projected retail inflation between 3.2-3.4 per cent for the...

4 April 2019 12:38 PM IST

Shaktikanta Das

RBI cuts key rate by 25 bps to 6 pc to boost economic activitiy

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also decided to maintain the neutral monetary policy stance.

4 April 2019 11:53 AM IST

Manufacturing sector contracted by 0.4 per cent in November as against a growth of 10.4 per cent a year ago. (Representational image)

India's manufacturing growth at 6-month low in March: PMI

The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 52.6 in March from 54.3 in February.

2 April 2019 11:36 AM IST

Growth in the eight core sectors during April-September this fiscal slowed down to 3.3 per cent as against 5.4 per cent in the same period last fiscal.

Growth of core sector industries slows to 2.6 per cent in April

Infrastructure sector growth has impact on the IIP as these segments account for about 41 per cent of the total factory...

31 May 2019 6:05 PM IST

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

GDP growth slows to five-year low at 5.8 per cent in January-March

GDP growth during 2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, lower than 7.2 per cent in the previous financial year.

31 May 2019 6:00 PM IST

For FY 18, the fiscal deficit target was supposed to be 3 per cent but it may choose the upper band of 3.5 percent in the Union Budget.

Fiscal deficit lower at 3.39 per cent in 2018-19

Fiscal deficit at the end of March 31, 2019, stood at Rs 6.45 lakh crore as against Rs 6.34 lakh crore.

31 May 2019 5:52 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

India's economy seen limping behind China as Modi begins second term

A Reuters survey of economists forecast growth slipped to 6.3 pc annually in the quarter ending in March.

31 May 2019 5:17 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for NDA meet at Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo; G.N. Jha)

India to see 'big-bang' reforms in Modi's second term, says NITI Aayog...

India's economic growth rate decelerated to a five-quarter low of 6.6 per cent in the last three months of 2018.

31 May 2019 11:43 AM IST