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Amitabh Kant pitches for development model with rural communities as producers, innovators
New Delhi: Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Saturday pitched for a development model where rural communities are seen as producers and innovators, asserting…
India China trade relations: We will see India becoming major exporter of goods and services to China: Piyush Goyal
Hague: India is open to Chinese suppliers meeting its growing import needs, even as it will act through established legal process against any unfair pricing,…
Nirmala Sitharaman reaffirms govt’s fiscal discipline push, puts public debt target at 50% of GDP by 2030
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to fiscal consolidation, setting a target of capping national debt at 50% of gross domestic…
India’s September goods exports rise 23% as imports hit six-month low, narrowing trade deficit
New Delhi: India’s September goods exports swelled 23% to $44.4 billion from the year ago, driven by electronic goods, petroleum products, engineering goods and, yarn…
FM Sitharaman ready to hear out stock market tax debate
New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said she will be “keenly hearing” the ongoing debate on stock investment taxes, long-term capital gains (LTCG)…
A new rate game begins. What’s inside the RBI’s new playbook?
The RBI’s October policy marks a clean break from the easing cycle that began last year. The 25-basis-point increase takes the repo rate to 5.5%,…
Rupee headed to 100? How much the psychological red line matters
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said India is strong enough to withstand the pressure on rupee. An IMF spokesperson on Friday suggested the US…
RBI policy confronts a world with long tails
With risk events becoming increasingly interconnected and non-linear, the Reserve Bank of India is operating in an environment characterised by a wider range of possible…
New data points to a sharper divide in consumption trends in rural, urban India
Kolkata: Indian households have entered 2026 on a more cautious footing, with urban consumers pulling back on spending even as rural households continued to increase…
RBI’s success on dollar flows raises stakes in inflation fight & clamour for rate hike
Just months ago, India’s central bank pulled out all the stops to draw in dollars to bolster its foreign-exchange reserves and defend the rupee. The…