India seeks WTO talks with EU on ferroalloys
New Delhi: India on Monday sought consultations with the EU under the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) safeguard agreement over the bloc’s decision to impose safeguarding…
Unemployment rate falls to 4.7% in November, lowest since April
New Delhi: India’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7% in November, the lowest level since April, with joblessness easing across both rural and urban areas, official…
‘Retail inflation may rise to 1.5% in Dec’: Nomura
New Delhi: Retail inflation is expected to rise to around 1.5% in December as year-on-year inflation has likely bottomed out, driven by unfavourable base effects,…
India strengthens position in digital service exports: Report
New Delhi: India, the Philippines and several African economies have strengthened their position in business process and digital service exports, as per The Global Value…
Nov wholesale prices remain in deflation zone for second month
New Delhi: Wholesale prices stayed in deflation territory for the second straight month at 0.3% in November, as food articles, mineral oils, crude petroleum and…
US trade deal in final lap: Commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal
India and the US on the cusp of clinching a framework trade deal and both sides may not require further rounds of formal discussions, commerce…
RBI unlikely to play Santa again in February
MUMBAI: Economists expect the Reserve Bank of India to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 5.25% in February, as inflation begins to rise from…
November goods exports leap 19%; with over $38-billion shipments, trade gap shrinks to 5-month low
New Delhi: India’s goods exports jumped 19.38% from a year earlier, to $38.13 billion in November, recovering from a 11.8% contraction in October and buoyed…
India, Philippines, others strengthen position in digital service exports: Global Value Chain Development Report
New Delhi: India, the Philippines, and several African economies have strengthened their positions in business-process and digital-service exports, as per The Global Value Chain Development…
RBI doubles liquidity injection to Rs 1.5 lakh crore ahead of tax payments
Kolkata: The Reserve Bank of India has doubled its liquidity injection plan to Rs 1.5 lakh crore through variable repo rate auction, to ensure comfortable…