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TopicServices sector

Topic: services sector

Service sector in India picks up after recording world’s lowest reading in April

The main services index rose to 12.6 in May after April's 5.4, data published by IHS Markit showed. The services sector accounts for more than half of India’s economy.

How badly has coronavirus hit India’s services sector? Q4 GDP data will tell us today

Businesses providing services of everything from technology to travel & trade were the first to be hit when govt announced the lockdown.

India’s services sector rebounds, offers glimmer of hope for economy

The improvement in the services PMI index in November was driven by higher orders and strengthening business confidence.

Hiring in India dips as activity slows across most sectors

A survey done by Care Ratings Ltd. showed that banks, insurers, auto makers and logistics and infrastructure companies are among those hiring at a slower pace.

India’s services exports will soon beat merchandise exports. That’s nothing to celebrate

This would make the rupee stronger, further putting the manufacturing sector at a disadvantage. And that would mean lack of domestic jobs for millions of youth.

Services sector output drops to 7-month low in sign of weak growth

The PMI survey showed input costs and output charges remained weak by historical standards, keeping inflation below RBI's 4% medium-term target.

India’s services index expands at slowest pace in 3 months, signals cooling off in demand

RBI believes that companies are passing on higher input costs to consumers and fanning inflation, which is at its highest in nine months.

GST, bank recapitalisation & rising exports to boost economy: What the Economic Survey says

This year's Economic Survey has predicted higher growth but has also pointed out the challenges facing the economy.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.