Month: June 2026
Farm credit demand likely to stay strong in FY27 on higher input costs, agri investments: NABARD
Demand for agricultural and rural credit is expected to remain strong in 2026-27, supported by higher input costs, wider Kisan Credit Card (KCC) coverage and…
India’s productivity gap with China widens despite strong GDP growth; manufacturing leap still missing: Report
New Delhi: India‘s labour productivity gap with China has widened by more than USD 30,000 per worker since 2000, despite decades of strong economic growth,…
India’s FTAs set stage for $1 trillion export target: Report
India’s new generation of Free Trade Agreements can act as a catalyst for manufacturing expansion, private capex revival and supply-chain integration, with Electronics, Pharmaceuticals and…
GST@9: Building a more seamless, certainty-driven input tax credit framework
As India’s good and services tax (GST) regime approaches its ninth anniversary, it is undoubtedly clear that it has been a landmark reform that has…
Inflation in June quarter likely to undershoot RBI forecast, rate hike probability drops ahead of monsoon risks
New Delhi: India’s inflation trajectory is giving the Reserve Bank of India more room to hold rates through Q1FY27, but food and fuel risks could…
Retail inflation edges up to 3.9% in May
New Delhi: India’s retail inflation rose to 3.93% year-on-year in May – the highest level under the new 2024 base year series introduced in January…
Weak monsoon may drag agri GDP into contraction
Pune: Economists anticipate agricultural GDP to remain flat or contract slightly in 2026-27 amid growing concerns about El Nino. Farmers have already planned to reduce…
RBI pushes banks to bring more dollars home
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Rohit Jain on Friday urged bank CEOs to step up efforts to mobilise overseas funds through FCNR(B)…
Call to extend duty cuts on critical inputs soon
India will soon decide on extending customs duty relief on select critical raw material imports beyond June 30, said a senior government official. An inter-ministerial…
El Nino sets in, clouds kharif outlook
El Nino conditions have set in over the equatorial Pacific Ocean and could strengthen during the southwest monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said…