Economy - general
FM Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2021
01 Feb 2020
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman begans her Budget speech by paying homage to late Arun Jaitley, former finance minister, for introducing GST, "the most historical tax reform" Hightlights >>
Economic Survey sees GDP growing at 6-6.5% in FY20-21
01 Feb 2020
Economic Survey 2019-20, tabled by finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman in Parliament today, leaves economic growth to facilitating enterprise or enabling the invisible hand of the market
IMF cuts 2019 India growth estimate to 4.8%
21 Jan 2020
Global growth is estimated at 2.9 per cent in 2019 and is projected to increase to 3.3 per cent in 2020 and inch up further to 3.4 per cent in 2021
December consumer price inflation hits a 5-year high of 7.35%
13 Jan 2020
The Reserve Bank of India, which has struck a note of caution during its policy announcement in December, after steadily reducing its policy interest rates for five consecutive occasions, may reverse the course and increase rates instead
Supreme Court asks govt to review J&K’s internet curbs in a week
10 Jan 2020
The Supreme Court said freedom of expression and freedom of movement can only be restricted after relevant factors are considered and only if there are no other options and that the test of proportionality needs to be satisfied in such restrictions
Indian economy seen growing at 5% in FY20
07 Jan 2020
The decline in GDP numbers can be attributed to a deceleration in manufacturing activity, which is expected to be down at 2 per cent in 2019-20 against 6.2 per cent in the previous fiscal