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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicServices sector

Topic: services sector

India saw a resilient FY25, despite weak manufacturing. Keeping momentum will require reforms

GDP of Q4 of last fiscal grew at 7.4% year-on-year—fastest in a year & above expectations. Despite global headwinds, India is projected to grow at 6.3–6.4% in FY26.

India’s talent beckons US firms & Kunal Kamra row shows political comedy has ‘little room’ in India

Global media also looks at how an ‘experimental community’ near Mumbai is trying to slash its emissions to zero, and how UK is dumping its waste tyres in India.

Big GDP data revisions can impact policy-making. Method behind advance estimates needs improvement

The rebound in growth in December quarter was expected, owing to improvement in govt spending, festival-induced boost to consumption & a sharp increase in non-oil exports.

India mustn’t skip the manufacturing train. Services alone won’t tap into demographic dividend

Jobs, while they increased by 11.2 crore during the Modi years, are the Achilles’ heel of India’s development as labour participation remains low and the informal sector dominates.

Robust services growth, revival in consumption demand & strong capex fuelled 7.8% Q1 GDP growth

Manufacturing sector saw only marginal improvement in Q1. Consumption-based high-frequency indicators present mixed picture. Going ahead, export likely to remain drag on growth.

Amid inflationary pressure, Indian service sector activity rises to 13-year high, says survey

The rise has been attributed to a robust demand strength, new business intakes and pick-up in international sales.

Why Modi critics need not fear India’s stand on regional free trade arrangements, failure of PLI scheme

Two standard criticisms voiced by market-oriented commentators are that the Narendra Modi government has erred seriously in staying away from regional free trade arrangements,...

Despite tepid core sector growth, new FY brings reasons to be optimistic about India’s economic revival

Though production of 8 core infrastructure sectors slowed to a 5-month low in March, other manufacturing and services indicators paint an optimistic picture of the economy.

Strong demand pushes service sector activity to 13-year high in April, fastest output expansion since mid-2010

The S&P Services PMI Index for April also pointed out that the level of job creation had remained static despite the growth in business activity, and that input price pressures remain.

SubscriberWrites: India’s ‘service’ industry misses the mark. Feedback last priority for providers

Customer complaints , if they find their way to the organization , are left to back end teams to handle and close, writes Alok Kumar.

On Camera

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.