State Bank of India (SBI) will try to keep the interest rates benign as long as possible with a view to supporting the economic growth, its chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has said.  On the impact o...

The IMF on Tuesday projected an impressive 12.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021, stronger than that of China, the only major economy to have a positive growth rate last year during the COVID-19...

Aditi Nayar, principal economist, Icra, said: “The Survey’s forecasts of real and nominal GDP growth for 2021-22 of 11 per cent and 15.4 per cent, respectively, will require a substantial ...

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poor understanding of the importance of diversity in India, arguing that economic growth was not possible without social harmon...

Growth projections have been hampered by sectoral data that appear to contradict one another. Household spending is expected to rise 6.6 per cent in 2021 according to Fitch Solutions whereas credit to...

Last week, India expanded its production-linked incentive scheme to 10 manufacturing sectors to a total of 13. The aim is to spur manufacturing, investment and employment through targeted State suppor...

The Centre is offering Rs 12,000 crore in special interest free 50-year loans to states for additional capital spending to boost the economy that has been battered by the pandemic and the resulting lo...

Crude oil imports declined in August, though at a slower pace, as soaring coronavirus cases continued to hit mobility and slowed economic recovery, government data showed on Monday. Crude oil imports...

A small positive economic growth in 2020-21 may not be ruled out as sectors such as agriculture and essential goods and services were fully operational in the first quarter despite the coronavirus-ind...

The CPM has condemned the move to amend the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and several organisations of the disabled have urged the government not to go through with the changes, aimed...