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At a time when the country is hard-hit with an economic slowdown, the Home Minister Amit Shahs proclamation to make India a five trillion dollar economy by 2024 appears far-fetched.

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A panel discussion at the Kala Ghoda Festival had two renowned former diplomats discussing the state of the Indian...

6 Feb 2020 4:47 AM IST

Indian economic growth has steadily slowed to a six-year low of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter from an 8.1 per cent peak in the January-March quarter of 2018.

Budget 2020: India is cruising for a bruising

Unemployment is rising sharply, consumption, savings and investment are down and inflation is rearing its ugly head...

2 Feb 2020 6:39 AM IST

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Experts peg India's cost of COVID-19 lockdown at USD 120 bn

The Indian government has so far been largely silent on the economic impact from the lockdown

25 March 2020 12:11 PM IST

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RBI will take measures to secure economy against coronavirus: Das

Globaly economy growth expected to slow down due to Coronavirus

6 March 2020 1:29 PM IST

The Centre for the Monitoring of the Indian Economy says that corporate sales declined by 1.2 per cent in the October-December 2019-20 quarter (having declined by 2.8 per cent before that) and profits before tax shrunk by 10 per cent (compared to a shrinkage of 60 per cent in the previous quarter).

A bad time for India, but with bad leadership

Outside of the formal sector, data has been difficult to collect credibly in India.

1 March 2020 4:24 AM IST

Indias economy seen slowing rapidly even before coronavirus outbreak. (PTI Photo)

Even before Covid19, India's economy was slumping

The economy grew by 3.1% in Jan-Mar quarter of 2019-20, against 5.7% at the same time a year ago, the slowest growth in...

30 May 2020 11:17 AM IST

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram

Chidambaram slams Modi government over discontinuation of RBI Bonds...

He urged people to demand from the government that the RBI Bond be restored immediately.

28 May 2020 2:07 PM IST

Indias services activity collapses as coronavirus palayses global economy. (PTI Photo)

Coronavirus lockdown causes historic spike in layoffs in India

The steep downturn in activity underlined the widespread havoc wrought by the pandemic worldwide

6 May 2020 1:32 PM IST

Indias economy is set to contract this year. (AFP)

Why IMF's latest projection on India's economic growth must not come...

Coronavirus and the consequent lockdown have dealt a body blow to India's economic recovery

27 Jun 2020 3:10 PM IST

At a time when the country is hard-hit with an economic slowdown, the Home Minister Amit Shahs proclamation to make India a five trillion dollar economy by 2024 appears far-fetched.

NREGA best tool to ease economic distress caused by virus: Opposition

The Trinamul Congress also said that MNREGA was one of the world's large social welfare programmes

9 Jun 2020 12:02 PM IST

Indian labourers work at a construction site on a roadside in New Delhi. Indias 2018-19 jobless rate declines to 5.8%. (AFP Photo)

Unemployment rate falls to 5.8% in 2018-19, says government report

Economists and industry leaders say India's unemployment rate has substantially gone up after the over two-month long...

5 Jun 2020 10:16 AM IST

Industrialist Rajiv Bajaj. (PTI Photo)

Lockdown flattened GDP curve, not COVID-19: Rajiv Bajaj

Airing concerns of the industry, Bajaj said India now needs to generate demand for which a stimulus is required for...

5 Jun 2020 9:52 AM IST