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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicIndian Economy

Topic: Indian Economy

Fiscal deficit zooms to 4.6% in 2019-20, up from 3.8% estimate. Tax hit, lockdown to blame

A sharp fall in tax revenues and lower-than-estimated nominal GDP has pushed the fiscal deficit ratio to levels last seen in 2012-13.

Indian economy grew at 11-year-low of 4.2% in 2019-20, just 3.1% in Q4

These are the first set of GDP numbers showing the impact of Covid-19 and the lockdown. Manufacturing & construction sectors dragged down GDP growth in 2019-20.

How relevant is data, experts ask, as India’s GDP forecasts swing wildly under Covid impact

The pandemic will make the task of data collection tougher as many numbers won’t be backed by hard data, and this will lead to difficulties for policymakers, say experts.

Lockdown has overstayed its welcome. States may resist but Modi govt must put its foot down

As lockdown 4.0 comes to an end, India has to recognise the costs that come with it. We cannot keep different parts of our economy shut until the vaccine arrives.

One nation, many rules — how multiple authorities & chaos they create hurts Indian economy

We saw how confusion in rules about air travel affected passengers. Agencies and authorities should give people adequate notice and allow them to plan.

Yogi vs Uddhav vs Piyush Goyal: Will politics over migrant workers hurt economic revival?

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Railways is not running enough trains to ferry migrant workers sparked a Twitter war with Railway minister Piyush Goyal.

You don’t have to pay term loan EMI for 3 more months, with no impact on credit history

RBI has said opting for the EMI deferment until August 31 won’t hurt borrowers’ credit history, but interest will keep accruing on these loans.

Conditions on extra borrowing will help states’ medium-term growth: Finance panel chief

N.K. Singh, chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, said Centre and states should not cut spending drastically, and keep capital outlays elevated.

Govt cuts Employees’ Provident Fund contributions from 12% to 10% for 3 months

This would increase 4.3 crore organised sector employees' take home pay and reduce the liability of 6.5 lakh employees facing a liquidity crunch under lockdown.

65% boost for MGNREGA, relief for companies from IBC — final part of Modi govt Covid package

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raises MGNREGA allocation to Rs 1.01 lakh crore, to provide work to migrants who have returned to their home states.

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.