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Monday, August 18, 2025
TopicEconomic slowdown

Topic: economic slowdown

Car loan lender to target low-cost homes buyers with Rs 1.5 crore fund

A government plan to provide benefits, including interest subsidies, has seen a surge in funding for affordable homes and lured buyers and financiers.

Reviving India’s growth ‘highest priority’, says RBI governor Shaktikanta Das

Shaktikanta Das said the move by some banks, such as SBI, to link their lending rates to the benchmark repo rate is 'encouraging' but expects borrowing costs to move lower faster.

Tax evasion threatens India’s budget goals amid economic slowdown

Poorer tax compliance is adding to the govt's revenue collection woes as consumption, which contributes almost 60% of India’s GDP, takes a knock.

Asia must protect its wealth to survive the next financial crisis

Asia needs to accelerate development of capital markets, create world-class financial institutions and improve confidence in the security of savings.

Hair oil to bikes — Indians are cutting down on spending ⁠& that’s not the real problem

The drop in sales is indicative of the economic slowdown becoming more entrenched, and will add pressure on policymakers to ease fiscal & monetary policy.

India ‘overdependent’ on cars, says R Jagannathan & Soumya Ghosh on 3 reasons for economic woes

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Rupee becomes Asia’s worst performer, poses risk to bond investors

A sharp drop in the rupee may wipe out most profits for offshore investors as they don’t usually hedge currency risk for short-term debt investments.

Car sales in India drop to record low as economic slowdown worsens

Weak sales are forcing manufacturers to cut production or shut factories, leading to at least 15,000 job losses in the industry so far.

‘Palestine in Kashmir’ writes Mani Aiyar, Bibek Debroy on 4 steps for economic revival

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

Chinese FM Wang Yi in India, here’s what’s on top of agenda for talks between New Delhi & Beijing

New Delhi: De-escalation of troops in the icy heights of eastern Ladakh, restarting of patrolling in key areas along the Line of Actual Control...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?