RBI flags inflation risks, revises CPI outlook for FY27 upwards to 5.1%The Reserve Bank of India has raised its inflation forecast to 5.1% due to rising energy prices and an uncertain food outlook. Governor San...
RBI MPC Meeting 2026: Sanjay Malhotra & Co hold rates steady at 5.25% as oil shock, weak rupee & West Asia war cloud outlookRBI Monetary Policy Meeting 2026: The Reserve Bank of India maintained the repo rate at 5.25%, balancing inflation risks from rising crude ...
RBI GDP growth 2026-27: Forecast cut to 6.6% as oil, war and subpar monsoon risks mountRBI GDP Growth 2026-27: The Reserve Bank of India has reduced its economic growth forecast for FY27 to 6.6 percent. This adjustment comes a...
Central banks look through inflation until entrenched, no evidence of second-round effects: Dy Gov Poonam GuptaThe Reserve Bank of India is navigating global economic hurdles and geopolitical tensions. Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta explains the centra...
Below-normal monsoon and West Asia conflict cloud India's agriculture outlook: BoBIndia's agriculture faces a challenging year. A below-normal monsoon forecast and the West Asian conflict threaten crop production and rura...
Market rally continues but fundamentals are weakening, warns Dipan MehtaMarkets are rallying but investor Dipan Mehta urges caution. He believes fundamentals are weakening. A poor monsoon could impact rural busi...
S&P retains India’s growth forecast at 6%; expects higher inflation and no rate cut this yearS&P Global Ratings has maintained its forecast for India's FY24 growth at 6%, citing a global economic slowdown, sub-normal monsoon, and de...
S&P retains India's FY24 growth forecast at 6% citing slowing world economy, growing risk of subnormal monsoonsS&P Global Ratings has maintained its growth forecast for India at 6% for the current fiscal year. The agency cited factors such as the slo...
Uncertainty over tax issues may impact investments: Moody’sA growth rate of more than 7.5 per cent may not be "sustainable" for India in the present scenario, global rating agency Moody's said today.
Government mulls to raise number of days under NREGA scheme to 150The rural development ministry, is of the view that 50 additional days of employment will compensate farmers who have suffered crop loss.
'Plan to deal with impact of deficient monsoon on the anvil'IMD has predicted deficient monsoon, she said, adding the government is working and preparing itself to deal with the situation.
Government considers halting export of wheat from stockpilesTo ease storage pressure, the previous government had allowed 2 million tonnes of wheat to be shipped out from Food Corporation of India (F...
Government alert, preparing for subnormal monsoon: President Pranab MukherjeeThe govt will also adopt a 'National Land Use Policy' to facilitate scientific identification of non-cultivable land and its development, h...
IMD sees no immediate respite as scorching heat continues to roast North IndiaWhile monsoon has set in parts of Kerela, Lakshwadeep and Karnataka, the rain-carrying winds would take another three weeks to reach northe...
Shares of FMCG companies may hit roadblock due to weak monsoon; El Nino may add to worriesThe shares of consumer goods companies have fallen out of investors’ favour due to concerns over slowdown in consumption and lofty valuatio...
Most brokerages discount drought fearsResearch agencies are divided over the impact of a possible drought-like condition this year on farm output and its resultant bearing on gr...
Policymakers must start preparing for shortages, given poor monsoon forecast: Saugata Bhattacharya, Axis Bank"Foodgrain stocks for staples are very, very high, much above the buffer norms and they can be released at that strategic and critical time...