A sharp slowdown in mining sector lowered industrial growth to 7.4 per cent during August 2005 as against 8.6 per cent in the same month last fiscal.
Credit growth in the industrial sector has slowed down due to sluggish economic growth.
The size of the GDP in the second quarter of 2018-19 is estimated at Rs 33.98 lakh crore, as against Rs 31.72 lakh crore a year ago
Most employment surveys suffer from drawbacks such as limited data coverage, infrequent data collection, and time lag
The gross domestic product growth the in third quarter (October-December) last fiscal was 8.3 per cent, as per the latest data released by the government on Wednesday.
The economy has shown sharp resilience in the past and has also bounced back in good time. We could hence expect a similar trajectory next year, observes Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, CARE Ratings.
Onion prices, however, continued to rule high with 79.78 per cent increase in September.
As per data released by the government on Monday, industrial output grew by 3.5 per cent in the April-October period this fiscal, as against 8.7 per cent in the same period last year.
Market participants attributed the robust inflows to positive investor sentiment
Global gold demand hit an 11-year low in 2020 at 3,759.6 tonnes, mainly due to a weak October-December quarter and the COVID-19 related disruptions across the world driving a muted consumer sentiment throughout the year, the World Gold Council (WGC) said in a report. The overall consumer demand during 2019 was at 4,386.4 tonnes, while in 2009 the overall demand was at 3,385.8 tonnes, according the WGC's 2020 Gold Demand Trends report. Global gold demand dropped by 28 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to 783.4 tonnes in the fourth quarter compared to 1,082.9 tonnes during the October-December period of 2019, the report stated.
Analysts expect the inflows to accelerate further.
'It is feared that AI can predict the outcome of a case once it is launched.' 'It knows the law, precedents and judicial thinking better.' 'If AI becomes too common, clients will start using the software to measure the chance of success of their cases,' says M J Antony.
'Definitely, they are going to attempt this, not only in Kashmir but elsewhere, maybe in the Jammu area and beyond.' 'They would want to expand the battle space and the conflict area.'
When BJP leaders, including Mr Modi's number two, Amit Shah, use the pandemic to launch an assault on state governments run by opposition parties, or to topple them, they are exploiting a grave crisis in cynical political self-interest, notes Shekhar Gupta.
Sentiment was largely positive after April IIP grew at 4.9 per cent, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors.
At Trump's request, India had last month allowed the export of 50 million hydroxychloroquine tablets to treat COVID-19 patients in America, the country worst hit by the pandemic.
The November IIP has been revised upwards to 3.9% from 3.8%.
The manufacturing sector, which accounts for over 75 per cent of the total weight of the index, grew by just 5.6 per cent in May.
Custom authorities have been keeping strict vigil on the cargo movements from Bhutan, Taiwan, China, Afghanistan, South Korea Japan, and Dubai since January.
As lobbying and counter-lobbying intensify, right now, it looks like a T20 match, discovers Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
During April-February, industrial output grew at 2.6 per cent compared with a growth of 2.8 per cent in the year-ago period.
The early results from corporate India for the first quarter of 2015-16 are in, and these strongly suggest that a cyclical recovery is underway.
The government's move to set up a regulator for the coal sector would help bring in transparency, encourage exploration and enhance quality of the dry fuel, India Inc said on Friday.
India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade. Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover! It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero level of emissions in 2070. But if it is serious, it needs to start today, points out Ramesh Menon.
The apex court said political parties will also have to upload reasons for selecting candidates with pending criminal cases on their website.
New data show tax reform, better tracking needed
India's industrial sector grew by 9.1 per cent in September against 6 per cent in the same period last year.
The sharp rise was also due to a statistical illusion -- low industrial numbers in November 2015, and sharp reversal of a 12-month declining trend in capital goods.
Out of 30 key export sectors, as many as 22 showed negative growth in September.
The previous high GDP growth of 8.1 per cent was recorded in April-June quarter of 2016-17.
India will require new technical solutions and approaches to solve environmental problems.
Mobile payments alone gathered close to $1.51 billion in the year 2017 through 13 rounds of funding, according to data compiled by Tracxn
These five stocks, which have lagged the markets over the last two years, have doubled in value since March 23.
'The increasing mix of fixed price contracts is helping us improve productivity by bringing in more automation.'
Industrial production grows at 2.1 per cent in March.
Database to contain taxable financial transactions and history of any tax-paying individual.
Private consumption is looking up and will get better as the full effect of the good monsoon is felt on rural income, and the effect of the payout from the Seventh Pay Commission is felt on urban income, say Anis Chakravarty & Rishi Shah.
Snapping an eight-month trend of double-digit rise, industrial growth slid to 7.1 per cent in June from 8.3 per cent a month ago.
It keeps getting harder every day for the government to drive its narrative that ample jobs are being created. They sound increasingly silly as they try to defend the indefensible, says Mahesh Vyas.
The change in the baseline for IIP and WPI, currently at 2004-05, is expected to bring in more accuracy in mapping the level of economic activity and calculating other numbers like national accounts.
