Economy - general

Survey calls for increase in public health spending from 1% to 2.5-3% of GDP

05 Feb 2021

Revised estimates put India’s GDP growth in FY20 and FY19 at 4% and 6.5%, respectively

05 Feb 2021

Economic Survey sees India’s GDP contracting 7.7% in FY2020-21

05 Feb 2021

Agriculture has acted as the mainstay in the economy’s cushioning of the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a growth of 3.4 per cent in both Q1 and Q2, the Survey points out

Violent tractor rally leaves 300 police personnel injured

28 Jan 2021

Tractor Rally turns violent, mars Republic Day spirit

27 Jan 2021

Violence continued at ITO in central Delhi at several places including ITO, Akshardham and with tractors being driven by protestors deliberately trying to run over police personnel, police had to use tear gas at Delhi's Mukarba Chowk to bring the groups under control

India’s consumer price inflation falls to 4.59% as food price ease

21 Jan 2021

India’s GDP likely to contract by 7.7% in 2020-21, says govt

14 Jan 2021

India’s GDP is likely to contract to about Rs1,34.40,000 crore in fiscal 2020-21 from about Rs1,45,66,000 crore in the previous fiscal, as per the first advance estimate of national income released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation

India’s core sector production down 2.6% in November

04 Jan 2021

India’s consumer price inflation eased a bit, but still high in November

23 Dec 2020

Unknown disease infects over 300 children in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru

09 Dec 2020

Rajnikanth set to launch political party on New Year Day

08 Dec 2020

Rajnikanth expressed confidence in winning Tamil Nadu assembly elections due next year and promised to give the state honest, transparent, corruption free and spiritual politics without any religion or caste difference

India’s economy contracts 7.5% in July-September quarter

30 Nov 2020

GDP at constant (2011-12) prices for the first half of the the fiscal (April-September 2020-21 is estimated at Rs60,04,000 crore as against Rs71,20,000 crore during the corresponding period of the previous year, showing a contraction of 15.7 per cent against a growth of 4.8 per cent during the same period last year

Eight worst-hit states have 69% of new corona virus caseload, says health ministry

30 Nov 2020

India’s core sector output tanks 2.5% in October

30 Nov 2020

India’s wholesale price inflation edges higher to 1.48% in October

20 Nov 2020

Fifteenth Finance Commission submits report

12 Nov 2020

Common man in India may not get access to Covid-19 vaccine until 2022

12 Nov 2020

Common man in India may not get access to Covid-19 vaccine until 2022

12 Nov 2020

SC issues notice to Maharashtra assembly secretary for threatening Arnab against moving court

11 Nov 2020

Core sector output down 0.8% in September as Covid effects start waning

02 Nov 2020

Consumer price inflation for agricultural and rural workers eases a bit

21 Oct 2020

No time to let guard down in the fight against Corona: PM

21 Oct 2020

While the markets have started returning to normal and people have started moving out of their houses to fulfill responsibilities, Modi said, we should not let the festive season squander the efforts of every Indian in the last 7-8 months

IMF sees India’s GDP contracting 10.3% this year, projects 8.8% growth in 2021

15 Oct 2020

IMF has projected India's 2020 GDP to decline at a faster rate of 10.3 per cent, against the 4.5 per cent decline forecast in June this year, as the country struggles to recover from the economic strains brought about by the Wuhan virus