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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

Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?