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Saturday, July 26, 2025
TopicEconomic growth

Topic: economic growth

Output of 8 core infrastructure sectors grows 0.1% in January

The core sectors had expanded by 2.2% in January 2020, according to the provisional data released Friday by the Commerce and Industry Ministry.

Indian economy grows by 0.4% in October-December quarter, official data shows

The GDP had expanded by 3.3% in the corresponding period of 2019-20, according to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).

Prosperous Maharashtra, Karnataka hide a disparity within. Development is not for all: Study

We looked at the share of a district’s income in the state’s economy to bring out inter-district disparity for Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Economic Survey expected to project 11% GDP growth, vaccinations to drive recovery

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the survey for the year 2021-22 in Parliament later Friday.

India & the world face slow-burn problems that could become crises. And then there’s China

China’s economy is now 5.7 times India’s, compared to 3.5 times in 2010. It seems a matter of time before it becomes bigger than America’s.

Air pollution caused 16.7 lakh deaths, Rs 2.71 lakh crore loss in India in 2019 — Lancet study

Study conducted by researchers from AIIMS, ICMR and IIT-Delhi measures economic impact of air pollution in 2019, also finds that it caused over 10 times more deaths than Covid so far.

Relaxing inflation target for growth isn’t necessarily good, Modi govt must assess idea well

The inflation target band is currently 4% plus-minus 2%, but a review is coming up in March 2021. Relaxing it for 5 years may not be a good idea.

Blaming Covid for all economic mess is telling half truths

Poor outlook on jobs is likely to worsen consumer demand slowdown, and in turn, will cap economic growth going forward.

Modi govt reforms will ensure Covid doesn’t ruin India’s growth potential, CEA Subramanian says

Chief Economic Adviser K. Subramanian says sustained growth can happen only through job creation, predicts a current account surplus this year.

If India keeps diluting its liberal character, the West will be a less eager partner

Many Western powers aided India’s ascent, presuming that it would not misuse its power against its own citizens. Yet a recent wave of illiberal policies has eroded this confidence.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.