As India gears up for the presentation of its interim Budget for 2024, expectations are running high among various stakeholders. The interim Budget, often seen as a precursor to the full budget, sets the tone for the government’s financial strategy and policy direction for the upcoming fiscal year. Taxation: A Key Focus A central aspect […]
India has managed to buck the global inflationary tide so far, with wholesale prices declining for six straight months. But this deflationary trend could prove short-lived if crude oil prices see a sustained spike over the coming months, raising the stakes for the ruling party at the Center. With no end in sight to the […]
India’s current account deficit (CAD) rose sharply to $9.2 billion in the first quarter (April-June) of this year from $1.3 billion in the preceding, January-March, quarter. However, on a year-on-year basis, there was some good news, as it represented a fall from the $17.9 billion seen in the same quarter last year, according to data […]
India’s manufacturing and services sector activity continued to expand at a robust pace in August 2022, as per the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data. The manufacturing PMI rose to 58.6 in August from 57.7 in July, while the services PMI moderated slightly to 60.1 from 62.3 in the previous month. Nevertheless, the strong PMI […]
Government of India today said it will give around Rs 7,575 cr to employees of the central government and public sector units to spend on buying durables and other goods from the market, in lieu of their travel reimbursements. Central government employees were in line to get around Rs 5,675 and public sector employees another […]
A large number of manufacturing companies in India have informed that they are shutting down their plants in accordance to the government’s action plan to combat Coronavirus COVID 19, with some warning that this will impact earnings. “The domestic industry is being impacted in unprecedented ways with increasing levels of uncertainty,” said Polycab Industries, one […]
After a slow 10 months, Escorts – one of India’s largest tractor makers – reported a 1.2% growth in tractor sales in India during January this year compared to the same month of 2019. The growth indicates a slight increase in the company’s sales trends compared to the rest of the financial year so far. […]
A survey by global image consultants Edelman has found that Indians are significantly more worried about losing their jobs than people in any other country, while those in Japan, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands and Germany are the least worried. The survey, which was conducted among 34,000 people in 28 countries, also found that Indian companies were […]
India Ratings, a unit of Fitch Group, has predicted that India’s GDP growth will not return to the 6% or 7% rate in the next financial year due to structural problems, but will show a slight improvement over the current year. The current year, which will end on March 31, is likely to see a […]
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said her ministry has not had ‘enough discussions’ about changing GST slabs, but did not rule out the possibility of such a move coming about soon. “I don’t think we have had enough discussion even within the ministry, yet, on this slabs and rates,” she said at the India Economic […]
PNB Housing, the housing finance company in which the US-based Carlyle Group and Punjab National Bank own around 32% each, has clarified that its total exposure to real estate firm Omaxe Ltd was less than Rs 635 cr. The clarification came on the heels of social media reports that Omaxe Ltd was in some sort […]
New jobs posted on Naukri.com, India’s largest recruitment website, showed an increase of 8% in September compared to the same month last year. However, the headline number was boosted by strong demand for IT and BPO professionals, even as other sectors showed weakness. The biggest declines were shown in the automobile sector, which saw 20% […]
Subramanian Swamy is often accused of propagating outlandish ideas and suggestions, but at least on the issue of addressing a slowdown in India’s GDP growth, he seems to be closer to the truth than India’s ruling establishment. Both Sitharaman and Swamy are united in recognizing the need for a ‘stimulus’ to nudge the economy from […]
Naveen Jindal, chairman of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, one of India’s biggest steelmakers, today said the country is going through an economic slowdown, but assured investors that his company would continue to improve profits and reduce debt. Like its peers in the infrastructure and construction businesses, JSPL has very high levels of debt. During […]
Anuj Puri, chairman of Anarock Property Consultants, today called on the Reserve Bank of India to go for a cut of at least half a percentage point in the overnight interest rate to ensure that the real estate sector is revived. The call comes in the wake of a global slowdown in consumption and investment, […]
Air India Express, the no frills airline that is part of the Air India family, was the only one to make money in the financial year gone by, while others lost between 3 paise to 2.88 rupees for every kilometer that their passengers traveled during the year. As expected, the biggest loser among the big […]
Amid reports that the two-wheeler industry in India is bracing for production cuts to deal with a dip in demand, Bajaj Auto, one of India’s biggest motorcycle maker, said it is not curtailing production as of now. Bajaj Auto MD Rajiv Bajaj said the company does not feel a need to cut production at present. […]
The government of India has blamed a sudden spurt in currency demand, to the tune of Rs 45,000 cr in 13 days, for the ongoing cash crunch reflected in ‘dry’ ATMs in many parts of the country. In a statement, the finance ministry said the sudden demand has come from the states of Andhra Pradesh, […]
Finance minister Arun Jaitley blamed a ‘sudden and unusual’ increase in the demand for cash for causing a scarcity in currency notes in some states. Commenting on the reports that banks are running short of cash in many states such as Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, Jaitley said he has reviewed the […]
The core sector growth in India’s Index of Industrial Production was at 5.3% for February 2018, the government said today. In January, the growth was 6.1%. The highest growth was seen in refinery output (7.8%) and cement (22.9%), while crude oil and natural gas production went down. With this, the overall growth for the IIP […]
