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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: Economy

India’s service sector PMI sees marginal fall in November; hiring grew at fastest pace since 2005

Report released Wednesday by HSBC India Services Purchasing Managers' Index highlighted service providers in India attribute strong performance to growth in demand & new business gains.

Ancient Indian temples were like VCs. Today’s economists should study history

Dharmanomics, written by economist Sriram Balasubramanian, proposes an economic framework based on the Indian philosophy of dharma.

Modi govt isn’t listening to people’s issues in Parliament. Sambhal is just a distraction

The Modi govt’s priorities are chillingly lopsided. Instead of stabilising the economy, Modi and his cohorts are busy spurring religious conflicts to win elections.

India’s UPI hits historic milestone with 16.58 billion transactions in October

According to PIB, the digital payment platform processes ₹23.49 lakh crores worth of transactions in a single month.

Manufacturing & construction drag Q2 GDP growth to 5.4%, much lower than RBI’s 7% estimate

The secondary sector, comprising manufacturing, construction and utilities, was the main reason for the slowdown, but agriculture & services did better than last year.

Behind rush to return to agriculture in post-Covid Haryana, state’s ‘struggle to create jobs’

A NABARD report shows number of agricultural households in Haryana rose from 34% to 58% in 5 yrs up to 2021-22, a sharper increase than in other agrarian states, signaling economic stress.

Trudeau’s economic promises go bust with high inflation, housing crisis & the economy on shaky wicket

An examination of different economic metrics under Liberal PM Justin Trudeau, compared to his predecessor Stephen Harper, paints a largely bleak picture.

Labour budget to ‘fix foundations’. churn ‘new path’, says UK PM

PM Starmer pledges long-term growth, investment, and more money for working people.

India’s manufacturing sector is stagnant. Relying on PLI not enough, policies need a relook

India’s high tariff rates, which have been increasing since 2014, are almost double than those of Vietnam and China.

Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

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.