Category: Economy
Q3 growth seen above 7%: Festive demand lifts economy, but revisions loom
The Indian economy is expected to have grown 7.4% in the December quarter from the year before, with estimates ranging from 7% to 8.7%, according…
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal says India has concluded nine free trade agreements covering 38 nations
Mumbai: India has concluded nine free trade agreements (FTAs), covering 38 nations, enabling the country’s shipments to get preferential access to nearly two-thirds of global…
ISMA cuts India’s 2025-26 sugar production estimate by 5.5% due to erratic weather
Pune: Industry body Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has cut 2025-26 sugar production estimate by 5.5% in its third advance estimates. The sugarcane…
MCA to roll out one-time scheme for late corporate filings with minimal penalty
The corporate affairs ministry has proposed a one-time scheme, under which penalties will be drastically cut for companies for late filings of their financial statements…
CBIC to launch SWIFT 2.0, revamped Atithi app
New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) will on Thursday launch single-window platform SWIFT 2.0, release the Digital Travellers Guide; and…
Revenue growth of India Inc comes at 12-quarter high in Oct-Dec 2025: RBI
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said private listed non-financial companies’ revenue growth came at 10.1 per cent in the third quarter of FY26. For…
Infra projects see cost overrun of Rs 5.52 lakh cr in January
New Delhi: Several infrastructure projects worth above Rs 150 crore each registered a cumulative cost overrun of Rs 5.52 lakh crore, according to a monthly…
India cuts sugar production estimate for 2025-26 on weak yields in top states
New Delhi: India’s sugar production has been revised down 5.57 per cent to 32.40 million tonne for the 2025-26 marketing year, industry body ISMA said…
Big change on cards to how fertiliser subsidy is transferred? What Agriculture Minister is proposing
New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday pitched for transferring the central government’s Rs 1.7 lakh crore annual fertiliser subsidy to farmers’…
Geopolitical heat lifts inflation fears but RBI’s repo rate hike unlikely
Mumbai: Chances of benchmark interest rate going up are “negligible” notwithstanding building up of inflationary pressure on account of geopolitical tensions, external member of RBI’s…