The credit for fostering growth goes to the government as private investment has been lacklustre given the low demand conditions which in turn has led to surplus capacity in several sectors, says finance minister Arun Jaitley

Congress seeks JPC probe into Jaitley’s DDCA ‘misdeeds’

17 Dec 2015

India ranked 97th in Forbes ease of business list

17 Dec 2015

India ranked behind Kazakhstan and Ghana in Forbes Best Countries of 2015 list, which was topped by Denmark. India scored poorly on metrics like trade and monetary freedom, corruption, and infrastructure

Consumer price inflation hits 5.41% in November; whole sale inflation still negative

14 Dec 2015

Rupee falls below 67-a dollar ahead of US Fed rate move

14 Dec 2015

Industrial output growth hits a five-year high of 9.8%

11 Dec 2015

Although the October IIP figures were bolstered by a favourable statistical base, double-digit growth in the manufacturing sector points to a strengthening of industrial recovery, say analysts

Climate change could negate India’s economic progress, push 45 mn into poverty: report

09 Dec 2015

India has potential to grow at 8%: Lord Meghnad Desai

09 Dec 2015

A growth rate of 7-7.5 per cent is a default rate, but the real challenge is to get 9-10 per cent, which India is capable of but requires hard work, he said

India needs $1 trillion by 2030 to combat climate change: study

02 Dec 2015

RBI keeps rates unchanged; says banks have enough leeway now

01 Dec 2015

In order to smoothen the path for banks to cut lending rates, RBI said, it will shortly finalise the methodology for determining the base rate based on the marginal cost of funds, which all banks will move to

Core sector output growth stuck at 3.2% in October as well

30 Nov 2015

Indian economy grows at 7.4% in Q2 of FY16

30 Nov 2015

Gross value added (GVA) at constant (2011-12) basic prices for the quarter is estimated at Rs25,80,000 crore, against Rs24,02,000 crore in Q2 of 2014-15, showing a growth rate of 7.4 per cent