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Monday, November 17, 2025
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Topic: GDP

India’s fiscal deficit seen jumping to 3.7% this year after stimulus to economy: Fitch

Modi govt decision to cut taxes to boost growth will lead to India missing its fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of GDP, Fitch ratings said in a report.

S Acharya on 5-6% GDP, H Drabu on J&K & Valson Thampu rues Opposition ‘collapse’

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

Nirmala Sitharaman must stop stonewalling questions on slowdown. Denial mode isn’t an option

The BJP’s biggest threat and challenge today is not the opposition, but the angry jobless youth on the street.

Does Modi govt need world-class economists to help fight slowdown?

India’s GDP has slipped to a six-year low, growing at five per cent in June quarter. Sectors like automobile, manufacturing and real estate are witnessing unprecedented slowdown.

PM’s discussions on yoga as an economy reels

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Manmohan Singh to Modi Govt: forget vendetta politics, focus on crashing economy

Former PM, in a video address, urges Modi govt to 'put aside vendetta politics' and reach out to sane voices so that economy is steered out of this 'man-made crisis'.

April-June GDP growth expected to fall to 5.7% as slowdown deepened

The slowdown last quarter reflects a slump in investment before polls & high-frequency indicators since suggest economy’s lack of momentum persisted.

Next, Nirmala Sitharaman needs to undo the mistakes of her predecessors

Rollback of tax on FPIs & surcharge on capital gains tax only undo wrong done in this year’s budget, not those in decades earlier.

India’s GDP growing faster than global average, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured that India has not lost its reforms momentum, and said it will remain at the top of her ministry's agenda.

Justice Lokur on judicial reform, Richard Haas roots for India, Narayanan’s warning on Kashmir

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

On Camera

What Modi govt’s Seeds Bill 2025 must deliver for Punjab’s farmers

The draft Seeds Bill gets the big ideas right: universal registration, traceability, real penalties. To work for Punjab, it must get federal plumbing and farmer-facing details sorted.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.