Take note Sir — The retail inflation figure at 6.3 per cent for May 2021, breaching the limit set by the Reserve Bank of India, raises worrying questions (“Through the roof”, June 1...

India houses the largest absolute number of people living below the poverty line in the world. Yet, India has stopped counting its poor from 2011-12. The 75th Consumer Expenditure Survey done in 2017-...

The latest official data on inflation in the Indian economy are disturbing in their implications. Wholesale inflation — measured by the wholesale price index — in May 2021 was 12.94 per ce...

The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its 2021-22 GDP growth forecast for the Indian economy to 8.3 per cent from 10.1 per cent estimated in April, saying economic recovery is being hampered by the devast...

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Hitting back at former Finance Minister P Chidambaram for his comments on the economy, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said India's growth will rebound on the back of cons...

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India's economy contracted by less-than-expected 7.3 per cent in the fiscal year ended March 2021 after growth rate picked up in the fourth quarter, just before the world's worst outbreak of c...