Enforcement agencies have highlighted risks related to money laundering and terror financing, prompting closer scrutiny of crypto platforms operating in India.
India's real GDP grew 8.2 percent in the second quarter of 2025-26, up from 7.8 percent in the first quarter and 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal.
India, the world's fourth largest economy, is set to maintain the 'goldilocks' phase with tailwinds of good growth, low inflation and robust banking performance as well as reform initiatives poised to sustain the economic pace witnessed during 2025.
'Because of the size and complexity of the economy, we can address almost every job that is there, from agriculture farming to healthcare.'
The average Indian worker must labour for an extraordinary 160 full working days to afford Apple's latest iPhone 17 Pro.
US accounts for a large part of revenue for top Indian pharma companies like Gland Pharma (54 percent), Dr Reddy's (53 per cent), and Aurobindo Pharma (48 per cent).
India has for the first time secured a place among the top 100 out of 167 countries ranked for their progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report published on Tuesday. According to the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's 10th and latest Sustainable Development Report (SDR), India ranks 99th on the 2025 SDG Index with a score of 67, while China ranks 49th with 74.4 and the US 44th with 75.2 points.
The share of rent in consumption expenditure has risen to 6.58%, according to the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-2024. This is the highest it has been in surveys going back to the turn of the millennium.
A fresh US executive order (EO) which seeks to bring down prices of prescription drugs in the country by up to 90 per cent -- on par with other developed nations -- will affect innovator companies, while sparing the Indian generic drug makers in the short term. US President Donald Trump signed the EO on Monday, directing the US Trade Representative and the Secretary of Commerce to act against foreign countries that "purposefully and unfairly undercut market prices", driving price hikes in the US.
Recent documents by NITI Aayog and periodic labour force surveys on employment show that the importance of agriculture is rising in the Indian economy.
Trump said that the funds used to support students with disabilities and scholarships will be preserved and these duties will be provided to other institutions.
While most economies contracted in the second quarter of 2020, the Chinese economy grew by 3.2 per cent.
The unemployment rate in the OECD region, comprising mostly developed nations, slipped to 8.6 per cent in May, while the count of jobless people in the area stood at 45.9 million during the same month.
Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change event in Baku, Azerbaijan, as the developed world, led by the European Union (EU), and developing countries including India, Brazil, South Africa, and a clutch of island nations and African countries faced a wide chasm between their expectations. This has raised doubts about whether an agreement can be reached this week or whether talks will spill over to COP30, to be held next year in Benem, Brazil.
The Madhya Pradesh high court in Jabalpur on Monday directed the state government to take steps within six weeks for disposal of Bhopal-based Union Carbide's 337 tonnes of hazardous waste as per safety protocols, while restraining the media from publishing any fake news on the same.
The Union government is expecting to rake in Rs 100-200 crore in additional revenue from Pillar Two, only under specific circumstances, a senior finance ministry official said requesting anonymity. It is proceeding cautiously, and is unlikely to implement rules anytime soon, the source said.
India and OECD -- grouping of mostly industrialised nations -- have agreed to strengthen cooperation in cross border taxation issues, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
Crude oil prices could dip to the low $60s by the end of 2025 after rising to $80 a barrel in the last quarter (October-December) of 2024 - up nearly 10 per cent from current levels, suggest analysts at JP Morgan. The main players in West Asia, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have a strong incentive to keep the conflict contained, according to the JP Morgan report.
India's growth is "firming up" while most of the major economies, including China and the US, are seeing stable momentum.
India's economic growth is gaining momentum, Paris-based think tank OECD said on Monday amid the new government initiating various measures to bolster the economy.
Increasing female economic participation by ensuring equal work opportunities for women and expanding access to education and skills training for female entrepreneurs.
The latest reading from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development comes amid rising concerns about India's growth prospects on account of the falling rupee and relatively sluggish investments.
The income inequality gap was found to be highest in South Africa and lowest in Denmark.
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Indian economy is seeing signs of upward momentum helped by gradual reduction of inflationary pressure though the country's growth still remains "relatively weak", according to Paris-based think tank OECD.
Cautioning that risks remain in the 16-nation euro area, Paris-based OECD has called for more financial reforms in many member countries to ensure sustainable growth.
The government on Tuesday announced withdrawal of the 2 per cent equalisation levy or digital tax on overseas e-commerce supplies.
Indian economy is witnessing stable growth momentum, says OECD.
It now occupies Japan's position right below US and China.
India, Asia's third-largest economy, is likely to grow 5.3 per cent in 2013, the OECD said, lower than the November forecast of 5.9 per cent.
Besides India and China, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has projected weak growth for Brazil and Russia as well.
India and China are seeing economic slowdown while growth momentum is losing steam in most of the developed world, says Paris-based think tank OECD.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said its composite leading indicators (CLIs) "for November 2008 point to deep slowdowns in the major seven economies and in major non-OECD member economies, particularly China, India".
Indian economy's growth is expected to be "below trend" even as neighbouring China and most of the developed nations are expected to see better prospects, according to Paris-based think tank OECD.
More than 44 million people were without a job in March in the OECD region - a grouping of countries which account for over 60 per cent of global output.
Supporting the Finance Ministry's view that tax exemptions to the developers and units in SEZs are a drain on economy, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development has asked the government to review tax exemptions in these areas.
The indicator, designed to flag turning points in the economic cycle, suggested there was "stable growth momentum" in the bloc of mostly wealthy developed nations, the OECD said.
Indian economy is expected to improve marginally in the current financial year with its GDP at market price projected to expand by 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent in the previous fiscal, think tank OECD said.
India and China, besides some developed countries, may face economic downturn in the coming months, according to an analysis by OECD -- a grouping of mostly advanced nations.
Reflecting a strained labour market even as signs of economic recovery are rising, the unemployment rate in the OECD region rose to 8.6 per cent in August.
The unemployment rate in the OECD region a grouping of 27 developed and developing nations stood at 8.8 per cent in November 2009, amid the global labour market slowly witnessing signs of stabilisation.
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