UPI transaction volumes rose 54% in March, as compared to 60% a year ago

While headline inflation has moderated in recent months, food prices, which account for nearly half the consumer price index (CPI) basket, have remained elevated, squeezing household budgets

Inflation headed towards central bank's tolerance range; 'don't see scope for nasty upside surprises'

Non-veg thali becomes cheaper; pricier onion, tomato and potato push up price of veg thali

The possibility of growth touching 8% in the last fiscal year that ended on March 31 is quite high, he added

India received over USD 111 billion in remittances in 2022, the largest in the world, becoming the first country to reach and even surpass the USD 100 billion mark, the United Nations migration agency has said. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), in its World Migration Report 2024 launched Tuesday, said that in 2022, India, Mexico, China, the Philippines and France were the top five remittance recipient countries. "India was well above the rest, receiving more than USD 111 billion, the first country to reach and even surpass the USD 100 billion mark. Mexico was the second-largest remittance recipient in 2022, a position it also held in 2021 after overtaking China, which historically had been the second-biggest recipient after India, the report said. According to the report's data, India was the top country receiving remittances in 2010 (USD 53.48 billion), 2015 (USS 68.91 billion), and 2020 (USD 83.15 billion), with the remittances crossing the USD 100 billion mark t

Low capacity utilisation meant firms had less incentive to invest: Economists

The Karnataka High Court had struck down the inclusion of international workers in the EPF, deeming it "unconstitutional and arbitrary"

Reducing debt by 20% is seen as positive for demand-based projects, lowering risks from large repayments and refinancing

While realpolitik is not expected to result in a favourable trade agreement between India and EU, the partners would do best in settling for a more realistic agenda with some compromise from both side

Total consumption totalled 19.86 million metric tons (4.85 million barrels per day) in April, up from 18.71 million tons last year, data showed

Public non-finance corporations' (PSUs) share in investment continued to decline, registering at 9.4 per cent in FY23, according to government data

India Ratings and Research on Monday revised upward the country's GDP growth estimate for FY25 to 7.1 per cent from 6.5 per cent earlier. The projection is marginally higher than the Reserve Bank's estimate of 7 per cent. In a statement, the domestic rating agency said strong support from the sustained government capex, deleveraged balance sheets of corporate and banking sector, and the incipient private corporate capex cycle make it revise its estimate. It said that factors that may constrain growth include consumption demand not being broad based and the headwinds faced by exports due to sluggish growth globally. The agency said it expects the growth in private final consumption expenditure to jump to 7 per cent in FY25, up from 3 per cent in FY24, and added that this will be a three-year high. "Current consumption demand is highly skewed, as it is driven by the goods and services largely consumed by the households belonging to the upper income bracket," it said, adding that rur

The numbers tell the story. Last year, investors pocketed nearly $900 billion in annual interest from US government debt, double the average over the previous decade

She praised the new tax system for being pro-poor and beneficial to 4.4 million small taxpayers and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)

The move is likely to shield Indian consumers from rising prices, but could discourage local farmers to boost plantings of the crops

The headline Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) figure, released by HSBC, slid to 60.8 in April from 61.2 recorded in March

The next five years for India are going to be of economic stability coupled with volatility on different fronts, a prominent Supreme Court advocate has said, observing that the country's growth story will be impeded by law and order issues if the government doesn't come out with a mechanism to deal with the street warfare. I think the economic success of Bharat is a foregone conclusion for multiple factors, and I'm not being overconfident here. There is a hunger for economic growth within the population, which is significantly driving the India story," J Sai Deepak, who is also a popular public speaker among the BJP's support base, told PTI in an interview here. This hunger coupled with the enabling factors that the government has decided to create, in terms of a conducive atmosphere, will certainly help the growth story, he said. But the growth story will be impeded by law-and-order issues if the government doesn't come out with a mechanism to deal with the revised form of street .

Favourable market conditions and buoyant demand pushed the new business sub-index to a three-month high, the third-highest in around 14 years

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