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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Growth in industrial activity in the country slowed to an eight-month low of 2.7% in April 2025, dragged down by lower activity in the mining & quarrying, electricity, primary goods, infrastructure & construction, and consumer non-durables sectors. According to the Index of Industrial Production for…
India’s quest for sustained growth over the next two decades hinges on a new paradigm, driven by bold reforms, enhanced domestic capabilities, and strategic institutional collaborations suited for the evolving global landscape, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday (April 21, 2025). The last two Union Budgets have laid the groundwork for this transformation, with…
Government bonds are essentially IOUs issued by the Indian government, promising to repay the principal amount along with a fixed or variable interest rate to the bondholder at a specified future date. They are also known as G-secs and are debt securities issued by the central government to raise funds for various purposes while offering…
New Delhi: India is expected to grow by 6.5 per cent in 2025 on the back of continued robust public spending and ongoing monetary easing, even as the world economy is on a recessionary trajectory, driven by escalating trade tensions and persistent uncertainty, a UN report said. The UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its…
Represenatational image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India’s services sector activity eased slightly in March, weighed down by a marginal slowdown in sales amid softer demand conditions and easing inflationary pressures, a monthly survey said on Friday (April 4, 2025). The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index fell from February’s reading of…
The service sector growth is expected to slow as the Flash PMI was at 57.7 in March. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s HSBC Flash PMI slipped to 58.6 on a slower service sector activity in March 2025, as against 58.8 in February 2025, according to a statement from HSBC. A value above 50…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty faced volatile trends in early trade on Friday (March 7, 2025) as uninterrupted foreign fund outflows and uncertainties over global trade war dampened investors’ sentiment. After two days of breather, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 243.51 points or 0.33%…
Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s economic growth decelerated to 6.2% in the third quarter of 2024-25, mainly due to poor performance by the manufacturing and mining sectors. The Indian economy recorded a growth of 6.2% in the third quarter of the current fiscal (October-December 2024) against 9.5% in the…
Representational image only. Photo: wikimedia.org Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) projected India’s GDP to grow 6.4% in the December quarter on account of enhanced government spending amid uneven consumption. The Indian economy grew at 6.7% in April-June, but it slowed to a seven-quarter low of 5.4% in September…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP P Chidambaram on Monday, while participating in the discussion on the Union budget in Rajya Sabha, asked the govt why former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not conferred the Bharat Ratna this Republic Day.Praising Singh, who passed away on December 26, 2024, for his wisdom and farsightedness, the former home minister…
