RBI's bullishness on growth rate and concerns on inflation is in line with the ADB's current year forecast
2 min read1 Aug 2018Arun Jaitley is betting on agriculture, rural economy and infrastructure creation to revive India's growth prospects before the Narendra Modi govt faces elections in 2019
2 min read2 Feb 2018Now is not the time to jettison our hard-won macro-economic stability, or policies that have enabled us to move from being one of 'the fragile five' to a favoured investment destination
4 min read30 Jan 2018The reforms undertaken by the Narendra Modi govt have been ‘significant’ and the results would be reflected in the mid- and long-term growth figures, the World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim said
2 min read12 Oct 2017Rathin Roy, member PMEAC said IMF’s growth projections are 80% wrong while World Bank’s are 65% wrong
1 min read11 Oct 2017Normal monsoon is expected to provide the requisite boost to growth, while transition to GST regime is likely to create some disruption , says Dun and Bradstreet report
2 min read23 May 2017The economic recovery should take hold from Q1 as the demand finds support from higher purchasing power due to benign inflation and pick-up in job growth
1 min read5 May 2017Market researcher eMarketer has cut its growth projection for Indian e-commerce from 75% to 55.5% for the calendar year 2016
1 min read7 Dec 2016IMF seems to be a natural optimist, in spite of all the worries about the risks to growth. Every year, its growth projections start off on an upbeat note, only to be slowly revised downwards
1 min read14 Apr 2016Decision-making, reforms can have an impact in terms of growth rate, says World Bank chief economist
1 min read26 Dec 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared