Economy - general
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
Core sector output shrinks 1.5% in November
02 Jan 2020
Aadhaar enrollment touches 1.25 billion
27 Dec 2019
SC refuses to stay Citizenship Act, issues notice to centre
18 Dec 2019
Some of the petitioners pointed out that the Act excludes other persecuted groups such as Tamil Sri Lankans, Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, Ahmadiyyas and Hazaras in Pakistan and that the exclusion of these groups leads to unequal treatment of equals
PM appeals for calm as anti-CAA protests turn violent
17 Dec 2019
The Delhi Police on Monday said the crime branch will investigate the violence in which four DTC buses, 100 private vehicles and 10 police bikes were damaged, even as the police released 50 detained students of Jamia Milia Islamia
Courts cannot stop police from acting against rioters: SC
16 Dec 2019
CJI Justice Bobde, however, told the petitioners that the court will hear the matter on Tuesday, but only if violent protests stop and the issue is not escalated any further
India’s GDP grew at a 6-year low of 4.5% in Q2 FY20: NSO
29 Nov 2019
The economy has been hit by weak consumer demand, slowing factory activities and negative impacts of the prolonged monsoon, according to data released by the government
A slowing of growth is not recession, says Nirmala Sitharaman
28 Nov 2019
While economic growth may have slowed, the finance minister said there is no recession, and that indicators such as foreign exchange reserves, domestic supply, consumption and management of inflation are much better than it were during the UPA regime
India’s wholesale price inflation falls to 0.16% in October
14 Nov 2019
While the wholesale price inflation has steadily declined, consumer price inflation showed a rising trend - steadily increasing from 3.15 per cent in July
India's consumer price inflation jumps to 4.62% in October
13 Nov 2019
India’s consumer price inflation has been steadily rising after hitting 3.15 per cent in July and if the trend continues RBI could reverse its easy money policy
India’s industrial production contracts 4.3% in September
11 Nov 2019
Seventeen out of the 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector have shown negative growth during September 2019 with the industry group ‘motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers’ showing the highest negative growth of (-) 24.8 per cent
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