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Production of eight infrastructure sectors expanded by 3.8 per cent in December 2021 against a 0.4 per cent contraction in the same month last year on better show by coal, cement and refinery products, according to the official data…

NEW DELHI : The government is assessing the evolving geopolitical situation and will decide on cutting excise duty on fuels if the current surge in crude price lingers longer than can be absorbed by state-run fuel…

Rating agency Icra on Wednesday said while there is some evidence of the economic recovery becoming broad-based in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, it is yet to attain the durability being sought by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) as a…

In twin blows for the economy, industrial production remained muted for the third straight month in November 2021 while retail inflation rose to a six-month of 5.59 per cent in December. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 1.4…

<!-- -->Rating agency ICRA has said that missing disinvestment target may hike fiscal deficit in 2021-22Mumbai: A miss in the disinvestment target may cause the government's fiscal deficit to rise at Rs 16.6 lakh crore or 7.1 per cent…

As Covid-19 infections spike in the country resulting in restrictions in various states and impacting the fragile recovery, many economists are expecting RBI to delay the policy normalisation move, which is expected in the February review.…

New projects fell 6.3 per cent in the December quarter compared with the September quarter. The value of new projects in the just-concluded quarter was Rs 2.1 trillion, according to the data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy…

NEW DELHI: Gross GST receipts stayed above the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the sixth consecutive month in December on the back of the strengthening economic recovery and anti-evasion measures unveiled by the government. The revenues for…

The economic recovery is likely to be broad-based and more durable in the next financial year as Covid-battered micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), informal industries and contact-intensive services see a pick-up in capital…

'If Omicron had not spread, we would have achieved full recovery in six-eight months. Now that would be pushed back.' IMAGE: Maharashtra imposed night curfew after the rise in COVID-19 cases. Photograph: PTI Photo   With many states…