These states have so far managed to make budgetary provisions for less than two-thirds of the total loans supposed to be waived, a review by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. read more

Speaking at the special meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) convened by the Union HRD Ministry to discuss and finalise the National Education Policy, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader demanded that the Centre should make a law to allocate... read more

The economic downturn has become a sticky political issue ahead of assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand. read more

The Indian economy is seeing a slowdown with the gross domestic product (GDP) growth dipping to 5% in the quarter ended June. read more

Speaking at the launch of Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s book titled ‘Shiksha’, Mukherjee lauded him for writing for the ordinary teachers, practitioners of education and scholars. read more

Power requirement growth in the nation’s most industrialized states decelerated in the April-July period, as demand from businesses cooled in line with the broader slowdown in Asia’s third-largest economy. read more

Inflation was very high during the earlier slowdown compared to what it is now. This is the case even if one excludes food and fuel inflation, which plots GDP growth and core inflation (inflation excluding food and fuel). read more

The domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex was down by around 770 points while the broader NSE Nifty fell by over 225 points. read more

The rupee weakened past 72 mark tracking fall in emerging market currencies. The 10-year bond opened at 6.495% down 6 basis points. read more

The movement in the investment rates including the surge during 2003–08 and the slide during 2012–17, are rooted in fluctuations in steel prices, says new study. read more

Increasing spending is the key to a stronger economy and policies which incentivise government employees to advance their spending decisions can give a big boost to demand. read more

West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra said the masses are stressed out, with GDP growth hovering at its lowest ebb in five years, and manufacturing, capital goods and index of industrial production all coming under pressure. read more

Subramanian, in a paper, said India’s economic growth rate has been overestimated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17 due to a change in methodology. read more

The ministry said the Base Year of the GDP Series was revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12 and released on January 30, 2015 after adaptation of the sources and methods in line with the SNA 2008. read more

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices (2011-12) had grown at 7 per cent in October-December quarter of the previous financial year. read more