India needs to raise R&D spending to 2 pc of GDP by 2035 to boost manufacturing: ReportIndia's manufacturing growth is hampered by low R&D spending, currently at 0.6% of GDP, a report highlights. To boost its manufacturing sha...
20 May, 2026, 04.51 PM IST
War preparedness: Why India must spend smarter, not just moreIndia's journey towards a modernized defense sector is fraught with obstacles. While military budgets are on the rise, the country's over-d...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
West Asia conflict threatens global energy arteries; prudent economic handling over a decade allows India to keep space for capex: FMIndia's finance minister highlights the nation's strong economic footing. Prudent fiscal management over a decade has built resilience. Thi...
06 Apr, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
Despite downward revision in nominal GDP, India's fiscal dynamics remain comfortable: UBI ReportIndia GDP revision: In absolute terms, India's fiscal deficit for April-January FY26 stood at Rs 9.81 lakh crore, or 63 per cent of the rev...
03 Mar, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
Growth momentum strong; slowdown in first quarter anticipated due to elections: CEA NageswaranDue to the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran noted that GDP growth momentum stayed robust, expl...
30 Aug, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
What India needs to do to be a developed country by 2047GDP ranking isn’t the benchmark to focus on if the country wants to be a truly developed economy, say experts. Improvements in other econom...
09 Dec, 2023, 09.33 AM IST
Icra maintains 7.2 per cent GDP forecast for FY23Growth is expected to pick up to pre-Covid levels on the back of pent-up demand, even though on an annualised basis, the absolute numbers w...
28 Sep, 2022, 06.49 PM IST
India eco growth to rebound strongly, FY22 GDP growth pegged at 9.3%: Moody’sMoody’s Investors Service in its latest report has projected that the economic growth in India will rebound strongly. It has pegged GDP gro...
25 Nov, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Ahead of GDP data today, a snapshot of how the economy performed in Q1The much awaited first quarter GDP numbers will be out today around 5.30 pm. We take a look at the key indicators that capture India’s firs...
01 Sep, 2021, 06.56 PM IST
Economic indicators positive, not perturbed by negative GDP forecasts: HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh"Signs of the wheels of the economy beginning to churn are evident from the following facts: unemployment rates have tapered down from thei...
30 Jul, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
Nominal GDP growth projections ambitious given structural challenges: Moody'sThe Budget expects nominal GDP growth of 10 per cent in the next fiscal , followed by 12.6 per cent and 12.8 per cent in FY22 and FY23, res...
04 Feb, 2020, 04.19 PM IST
India needs 6.3% labour productivity growth to attain 8% hike in GDP: India RatingsCountry will have to increase its labour productivity growth to 6.3% to attain 8% economic growth.
09 Jan, 2020, 01.50 PM IST
Urban sector holds key for double-digit growth: Finance Comm chief NK SinghFRBM committee also recommended that the states should bring down their debt GDP ratio to 20 per cent by the same period.
04 Apr, 2019, 02.40 PM IST
- Substantially reducing emission intensity of GDP: India
"Walking the talk, India's climate action plans are a reflection of our strongest commitment to contribute with our full might to the globa...
10 Oct, 2017, 11.48 AM IST
Don’t worry about GDP; India has put DeMo demons behind itWith Q4 numbers showing the actual damage done by demonetisation, the outrage brigade has now turned around to blast the govt for its Nov 8...
02 Jun, 2017, 09.30 AM IST
- GDP slowed down to 6.9 per cent in FY12: Government
The GDP is estimated to have slowed down to 6.9% in 2011-12 because of falling investment in the industrial sector and recession in the wes...
22 May, 2012, 04.34 PM IST
- Growth gives FM room to borrow more
Nominal GDP rises on high inflation and a revision in numbers due to shift to new inflation index.
05 Jan, 2011, 07.07 AM IST