The Indian economy was staring at an inflationary spike due to rising oil prices and falling rupee as recently as a month ago. These fears are not as pertinent anymore. Brent crude has fallen by almost 15% in the last one month. read more

The remarks come a day after former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan blamed the indirect taxation reform for derailing the India’s growth story. read more

55 % Indians were classified as poor by the MPI methodology in 2005-06. India halved its poverty rate in the next 10 years. In absolute terms, the number of poor fell from 630 million to 360 million during this period. read more

The Doing Business 2019 report shows that India and China have vaulted up rankings with wide-ranging reforms designed to give businesses and entrepreneurs fewer headaches. read more

India’s grasp of the second largest share will become more clear. India’s share of global GDP growth is expected to rise from 13 percent to almost 16 percent -- a jump of three percentage points. read more

If projections by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are true, then India would regain the tag of fastest growing major economies of the world, crossing China with more than 0.7 percentage point in 2018 and an impressive 1.2 percentage point growth... read more

Highlighting rapid growth in the infrastructure sector, the Prime Minister said 10,000 km highways have been built, which is double in comparison with what was done by earlier governments. read more

The minister, speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2018, also promised the business sector of an agile response to global trends influencing the economy read more

Taking a jab at the UPA-II government Union minister Arun Jaitley speaking on day 2 of HTLS 2018 said that “Nothing could be worse than 2013. The current account deficit was 4.7%. The average rate of inflation under UPA-II was 10.4%.” Jaitley also said that there are huge avenues for growth for Indian economy in the next 10-20 years, adding that India’s ability to maintain present growth rate for a decade or two is certain.

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke on the second day of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2018. He said that the sentiment about the Indian economy is not negative. Jaitley said that we can’t be the fastest growing economy for 4-5 years and still have a negative sentiment. “What happens in an era of uncertainty, FDI flows happened to an area that the investors considered a safe haven”. Jaitley said that US is considered a safe haven world over and that the FDI flows will not reduce.read more

“I always wanted to be a Hindi film ‘Hero’ and not just an actor,” Ranveer SIngh said. On how he prepared for his first movie, Ranveer said he spent an entire week incognito as a Delhi University student attending classes and events as Bittu Sharma. “Different actors prepare in different ways. For me it’s more internal. I think a lot,” Deepika said. The actors capped the day’s events, breaking into moves from Padmaavat’s ‘Khalibali’.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the remark during his day-long visit to Gujarat where he inaugurated and laid foundations for projects worth over Rs 17,000 crore.. read more

Finance minister Arun Jaitley said just as the Chinese ability for low cost manufacturing, is a fact that impacted the world, India’s impact will be on the strength of its consumption. read more

“The economic damages model indicates that as temperature rises, economic growth in India will slow,” Katharine Ricke, an assistant professor at UC San Diego said. read more

The State of Working India 2018 highlights important aspects of India’s labour market. read more