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Tuesday, July 29, 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

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.