Economy - general

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

India’s wholesale price inflation edges up to 0.58% in November

16 Dec 2019

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 consumer price inflation jumps to 5.54% in November

12 Dec 2019

India’s industrial production down 3.8% in October

12 Dec 2019

ADB cuts India’s FY20 GDP growth forecast to 5.1%

12 Dec 2019

Central govt’s liabilities up 3.21% at Rs91,01,484 cr in Q2 FY20

10 Dec 2019

Factory owner, manager held after fire at Delhi’s Anaj Mandi area kills 43

09 Dec 2019

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

Core sector industrial production falls 5.8% in October

29 Nov 2019

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

SC brings CJI’s office under RTI Act ambit, but with reservations

13 Nov 2019

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

Prime minister to inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor tomorrow

08 Nov 2019

India’s economy strong, outlook stable despite Moody’s: govt

08 Nov 2019

Moody’s Investors Service changed its outlook on India’s sovereign rating to negative from stable while keeping the foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings unchanged at Baa2, citing slower growth, which it attributed to lower government and policy effectiveness

Over 50% of S Asian youth lack skills for 21st century jobs: Unicef

01 Nov 2019

Over 50% of adolescents in India are malnourished: Unicef

01 Nov 2019

The Unicef report, ‘Adolescents, Diets and Nutrition: Growing Well in a Changing World’ says that growing incomes and increased spending on food have translated to greater consumption of fried foods, junk foods, sweets and aerated drinks by 10 to 19-year-olds in every Indian state, increasing the risk of diabetes and heart disease