India Economy: Page 2

News and Trends

India's Manufacturing Slows A Tad, But Remains In Expansion Mode: Survey

The survey encompasses responses collected by sending questionnaire to the purchasing managers in a panel of around 400 manufacturers

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Adani Group To Invest Over $100 Billion In Next Decade

The world's second-richest person also said that India is full of incredible opportunities and the real growth story is just starting

Finance

India Inc's Path Towards Being Atmanirbhar

While India remains to be one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, the pandemic created an unexampled impact on individuals, enterprises and the government alike

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India Needs To Export More & Import Less: Nitin Gadkari

Till date, the MSME sector has generated 11 crore job opportunities and the government expects to add 5 crore more in the next five years

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COVID-19 Has Triggered Urgency For MSMEs: Cisco's Bidhan Roy

In terms of opportunities, things which would have taken decades are getting accomplished in weeks

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Enable the Creation Of a High-Trust, High-Performance Economy

The bridge between reality and ambition comprises three pillars: enabling consumption to drive demand, investment to create wealth and healthy financial habits to manage wealth

Technology

Can Cryptocurrencies And Security Tokens Help Boost the Indian Economy?

Digital assets' regulation will play a major role in allowing hundreds of billions of dollars of investments to flow into Indian companies

Growth Strategies

Is Pandemic the Right Time To Start a Business?

While some sectors had to re-design themselves, the relevance has grown multifold for others

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India's Projected GDP Decline of 10.3% This Fiscal is Worst Among All Emerging Economies: IMF

The 10.3% GDP contraction for India is for the current fiscal year, ending on March 2021, as opposed to projections for all other economies based on the calendar year 2020. IMF's outlook for India for the current calendar year 2020 is pegged at 8.6% decline

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Despite Pandemic, India On Track To Have 8 Unicorns By End Of 2020

A TiE Delhi-NCR and Zinnov report noted that around 75 per cent of start-ups are gradually recovering post lockdown

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The Govt Wants You to Spend; Announces Festival Advance to Boost Consumer Spending

To encourage consumer spending, Sitharaman announced two schemes- a leave travel concession (LTC) cash voucher and special festive advance-mainly aimed at benefitting central government employees

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The Post COVID-19 Recovery Will Take Some Time: InnoVen Capital's Ashish Sharma

COVID-19 has proven to be a turning point bringing about transformation for investors, startups and entrepreneurs

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COVID-19 Threw Away Our Traditional Wisdom: Dr. Viral V. Acharya

Reserve Bank of India's former deputy governor and Indian economist talks about the role of micro entrepreneurs in nation building and how financial institutions can play a crucial role, especially during the pandemic

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Covid-19 Led GDP Contraction of India Steepest Among Major Economies

In comparison to the G7 nations-France, Italy, Japan, Germany, the US, Canada and the UK- India has reported steepest fall in economic growth in the April-June quarter of this fiscal year

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India GDP Records Worst Historic Contraction of 23.9% in April-June Quarter

Though largely along the lines of market expectations, this contraction is the biggest ever on record and the first contraction since the government started releasing quarterly GDP numbers in FY 1997-98