India hikes windfall tax on petroleum crude, dieselThe Indian government has increased the windfall tax on petroleum crude Rs 3,300 a metric ton from Rs 3,200 with effect from February 16, a...
15 Feb, 2024, 08.46 PM IST
ET analysis: Surging corporate profits to help ease Reserve Bank's inflation fightIndian companies have lately boosted margins from the 2020 trough, but volumes have consistently trailed the exponential growth in operatin...
27 Dec, 2023, 12.23 AM IST
RBI differs with World Bank on growth, inflation; expects higher crop output to help ease price pressuresThe Reserve Bank of India differed with the World Bank and painted a better picture of India's growth prospects and expected price pressure...
07 Apr, 2023, 06.08 AM IST
India can sustain 'miracle' GDP growth of 7%. There is only one riderThis will, of course, require reforms in education, infra, finance, and the police-judicial system. Much depends on global trends, which af...
20 Apr, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
Staying on track amid a pandemic, says Economic Adviser Rajiv MishraThe SOE describes the policy dilemma of lives versus livelihoods faced globally at the beginning of the pandemic forcing countries to choos...
30 Jan, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
Don't leave everything to the RBI is Duvvuri Subbarao's Budget tip to Nirmala SitharamanIn an interview with ET Now, former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao, emphasised on the need for the government to loosen its purse strings an...
30 Dec, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
Economy showing strong signals of comeback, India seen as trusted partner: Piyush GoyalIn a meeting with industry associations, he asked them to focus on improving quality and productivity, the commerce and industry ministry s...
24 Nov, 2020, 08.29 PM IST
India's FY21 GDP estimates cut sharply after Q1 numbers, Goldman predicts deepest 14.8% contractionBoth Fitch and Goldman Sachs have forecast a sharp bounce-back for India in FY22 but attributed this to the lower base of the current fisca...
09 Sep, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
Major downward revision in full-year GDP forecast by agencies raises alarmThe drastic downward revision for both the firms, which was over twice the earlier estimates of -5% by Fitch and -5.3% by Ind-Ra, was due t...
08 Sep, 2020, 07.31 PM IST
What's the cost of Covid lockdown? Today’s GDP data will give an ideaTo be sure, India’s growth was already at a six-year-low during the pre-lockdown period.
29 May, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Dollar crown intact as central banks emulate Fed tightening pauseIt looks like the dollar will continue to enjoy a yield advantage over rivals.
25 Feb, 2019, 02.08 PM IST
GST rate to be moderate, bill likely in monsoon session: Arun JaitleyThe GST will replace various indirect taxes with one simple tax, creating a boundary-less national market that some estimate will lift Indi...
03 Jun, 2016, 05.06 AM IST
Economy on 'upward curve', monsoon, GST to push growth: FM Arun JaitleyOn the forecast of a good monsoon this year, Jaitley said it "would mean an increase in agriculture production, more purchasing power and r...
01 Jun, 2016, 06.37 PM IST
Jaitley's 5 top reasons why FII money will flow back to IndiaWhile the domestic equity market bled through the past months mainly due to large-scale exits by FIIs, FM feels they will return at the fir...
22 Jan, 2016, 04.24 PM IST
- Indo-UK trade talks: Pranab Mukherjee says international investors have confidence in India
Ministers of both countries were in the unenviable position of fielding scam and corruption tainted queries from their respective media con...
26 Jul, 2011, 03.04 AM IST
- Retail fraud management is need of the hour
India, for the fourth time in five years, has been ranked as the most attractive country for retail investment among 30 emerging markets, a...
07 Sep, 2010, 04.47 AM IST
- If Germany recovers, so will rest of Europe
Export-driven Germany is among the strongest economies in the European Union, thanks to its robust manufacturing sector and the reform init...
15 Jul, 2010, 04.20 AM IST