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India has worked on fundamentals, but problems needs to be addressed: IMF

The IMF on Tuesday trimmed India's growth forecast by 90 basic points to 6.1 per cent. This is second downward revision in seven months and in total 120 basis points reduction. 100 basis points is equal to one percentage point.

Netflix's US subscriber growth slowing as competition looms

The numbers provided further evidence that Netflix's salad days may be over, particularly in the US, where most households that want its 12-year-old streaming service already have it.

IMF says India still the fastest-growing economy despite grim global projections

Globally, India stood in contrast to IMF’s gloomy economic projection of a 'synchronised slowdown'

RBI policy | Head says 'no rate action', but heart says a 'token rate cut'

Tier 3 market registering growth above country rate: Dell Technologies

Rajkumar Rishi, VP and MD, Consumer and Small Business, Dell Technologies India said that Dell is reaching out to schools in small towns to train them on using PC for education and for gaming

Grim times ahead for smartphones as experts predict significant sales drop: Report

The predictions have been lowered as India approaches the festive season, which is typically a sales boom period

Time to 'formalize' linking of new loans to repo rate, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Das said that banks have responded positively to linking interest rates to external benchmark but the process needs to be faster.

Auto slowdown: Manufacturers offer interest-free loans via finance arms to boost demand

The two-wheeler companies are offering these loans in select states via their finance arms such as TVS Credit, Hero FinCorp and Bajaj Auto Finance

Crisil cuts India's GDP growth to 6.9% from 7.1% for FY20

This cut comes amidst slowing global growth and weak monsoon leading to sluggish Q1 data

India beats trend, grows exports as US-China tussle hits major Asian economies

Limited ties with China and a diversified basket proved advantageous as India’s share in world exports rose, even as peers lost out

Railways seeks Cabinet nod for building 3 freight corridors at Rs 3 lakh crore

New corridors will help railways meet growing demand for faster and efficient movement of freight.Railways plans to complete 60-70% of work this fiscal and make them fully operational by 2021

‘Where’s the money going to come from’, Economic Survey asks Budget

A slowdown in consumption will just add to the economic squeeze and also upset the government’s plans to earn more resources

Economic Survey 2019: Pegs FY19 GDP growth at 6.8%

The survey pegs the government's (Centre and states) fiscal deficit to decline to 5.8 percent of GDP in FY19 from 6.4 percent of GDP in FY18

Economic Survey wants India to follow China’s shining example

The East Asian model is far from ‘blue sky thinking’, but what other successful growth stories do we have?

Copy Denmark, and good jobs will follow

The Nordic nation has a unique mix of high mobility between jobs, low job security, and high rates of unemployment benefit which make up its unique “flexicurity” model. Plus, there is a well-developed adult vocational training.

Budget 2019 | Five long term measures to revive agriculture

India needs policies for sustainable and climate-smart agriculture.

Budget 2019 | Why an uptick in IIP will not reduce policy challenges

Ideas for stimulating growth need to go beyond increasing government expenditure.

Budget 2019 | Why problems in the agrarian economy need long term solutions

Making PM-KISAN universal will solve the identification problem to an extent and make its implementation easier.

Budget 2019 | Two big challenges for the Finance Minister

Consumption slowdown should be a cause of concern as it was the last engine driving GDP growth.

India's GDP growth overestimated by 2.5%, says Modi govt's former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian

India's gross domestic product product (GDP) growth rate between this period should be about 4.5 per cent instead of the official estimate of close to 7 per cent, he said in a research paper published at Harvard University.

India likely grew by only 4.5% during 2011-16, not 7%: Ex-CEA Subramanian

The period pertains to both the UPA 2 and NDA 2 regimes.

Monetary Policy | RBI tilts to support growth

MPC strongly signaled the opening of space for deeper and continuing easing by unanimously voting to both cut the repo rate and change the policy stance.

Monetary policy | Focus will now shift to transmission

Further reduction in rates would be a function of negative growth surprises, compared to RBI’s projections.

Monetary Policy | Third consecutive rate cut to support growth

Given the trajectory of growth and inflation, there still is room for another 25 bps cut over the next two meetings.

Monetary Policy | Right response at the right time

The cut in policy rates and a dovish commentary, though eminently welcome, is not a panacea.