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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicInflation

Topic: inflation

RBI may go for a rate cut, but not before February 2025, says SBI report

According to SBI research, inflation is projected to remain below or close to 5% in coming months. For the full FY25, it is likely to average to 4.6-4.7%.

India must ‘capitalise on its labour force’ & how resident doctors face ‘constant threat of violence’

Global media also explores why India’s monetary policies need restructuring & why the consumer price index must be updated.

RBI guv contradicts Economic Survey’s proposal to keep food out of inflation-targeting

The Economic Survey had argued that govt policies should target food inflation, while RBI’s demand-focused policies should target non-food inflation.

‘Wait and watch’: RBI leaves interest rates unchanged for 9th time, projects growth at 7.2%

Four out of six members vote to maintain repo rate while two vote for 25 basis point reduction. RBI governor cites rise in headline inflation in June, primarily driven by food component.

Union government expands price monitoring to curb inflation

16 more commodities added to daily price monitoring.

Why private investment is a key driver of India’s growth & the ‘trump card’ behind Modi-Putin bonhomie

Global media also reported on IMF's upgraded growth forecast due to robust rural consumer spending, and Air India's market share being at its highest in three years.

RBI governor says it’s ‘premature’ to cut rates. Economists divided on whether it’s hurting growth

ThePrint spoke to several prominent economists on whether RBI’s current interest rate policy is adversely impacting growth or if watching inflation should be the way forward.

Canada sees opportunity to engage with India on ‘keeping Canadians safe’ & India’s AI ambitions

Global media also explores the skyrocketing electricity demand amid the heatwave in north India and RBI’s take on India’s inflation trajectory.

India must avoid ‘adventurism’, focus on bringing down inflation, says RBI chief

The central bank kept the key repo rate unchanged for an eighth straight policy meeting earlier this month saying robust economic growth will give it space to focus on bringing down inflation towards its medium-term target.

India’s May wholesale prices rose 2.61% on year, shows govt data

Economists polled by Reuters had estimated the WPI inflation would rise 2.5% in May, compared to 1.26% in April.

On Camera

Pakistan can’t bend Taliban with bombs. It must stop the Yemen-isation of Durand Line

This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.