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The problem of high food inflation will be “less severe” in India going ahead, as modern supply chains with diversified sources can help quickly address sudden spikes in prices of specific food items, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Ashima Goyal said on April 25. Stressing that the share of food in the household budget…
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its report released on Tuesday said that India grew by 6.7% in 2023 and is expected to expand by 6.5% in 2024, continuing to be the fastest-growing major economy in the world. | Photo Credit: REUTERS India’s economy is projected to grow by 6.5% in 2024, according to a…
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Moody’s corporate headquarters in New York. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Moody’s Analytics on April 12 projected India’s economy to expand 6.1% in 2024, lower than 7.7% growth clocked in 2023. It said output in India remains 4% lower than it would have been without the COVID pandemic and its various aftershocks — from supply…
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September 15, 2023 10:35 pm | Updated September 16, 2023 08:31 am IST – NEW DELHI “Indian GDP data are not seasonally adjusted, and they are also revised multiple times before they are finalised three years after the close of the relevant financial year,” the Finance Ministry said. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Finance…
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Official rhetoric on India becoming a $5 trillion dollar economy has resumed, with the Prime Minister’s remarks at the BRICS conference last week. However, these claims are riddled with problems. | Photo Credit: Reuters Addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue at Johannesburg last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Soon, India will become a…
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The Monetary Policy Committee has unanimously decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in Mumbai on August 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India on August 10 decided unanimously to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. Consequently,…
