Category: Economy
Core sector output rises 1.7% in April
India’s core sector output grew 1.7% year-on-year in April, up from 1.2% in March, supported by stronger electricity generation and cement production, official data released…
India’s toffee exports jump 166% in 12 years to reach Rs 132 crore in 2025-26
New Delhi, The country’s toffee exports climbed 166 per cent in the past 12 years to reach Rs 132 crore in 2025-26, Commerce and Industry…
India’s infrastructure output grows 1.7% in April; cement, steel, electricity lift core sectors
India’s infrastructure output growth grew at 1.7% in April 2026, according to provisional data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday, with…
India needs to raise R&D spending to 2 pc of GDP by 2035 to boost manufacturing: Report
Mumbai: India’s manufacturing growth is constrained by low spending on research and development (R&D) at just 0.6 per cent of GDP, and it should increase…
‘A decisive phase’: Giorgia Meloni says India-Italy ties are being rewritten at speed
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday said relations between India and Italy had entered a “decisive phase”, adding that a deeper strategic alignment between…
Why CEA Anantha Nageswaran says India is facing a ‘Live Balance of Payments Stress Test’
India is facing one of its toughest external-sector challenges in years as rising oil prices, foreign investor exits, a weakening rupee, and slowing capital inflows…
Competition Commission of India says it won’t allow ‘winner-takes-all tyranny’ of Big Tech firms in digital markets
New Delhi: Competition Commission seeks to strike the right balance to ensure that it neither stifles innovation with over-regulation nor allows the “winner-takes-all tyranny” of…
Citi sees India tightening currency controls to halt Rupee slump
India may take a number of steps in coming months to bolster foreign reserves and the rupee, including possibly restricting outflows from businesses, according to…
UN cuts India’s 2026 GDP forecast to 6.4 pc, still among fastest-growing economies
United Nations: The United Nations has revised downward India’s economic growth forecast for 2026 to 6.4 per cent from its earlier projection of 6.6 per…
DG ICAR Jat felicitates progressive millet farmer K Chikkana at ICAR-IIMR
M L Jat, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, on Tuesday felicitated K. Chikkana, a progressive millet farmer from Bombrahalli village in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district,…