Economy

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Accusing the Narendra Modi Government of ignoring the fine print of the women’s Labour Force Participation Ratio (LFPR), which as per the government’s statement from last month, increased from 27% in 2017-18 to 41.7% in 2023-24, Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh pointed out that 84%…

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Income-Tax Department on Sunday (November 17, 2024) cautioned taxpayers that failure to disclose assets held abroad or income earned in foreign shores in the ITR can attract a penalty of ₹10 lakh under the anti-black money law. Also Read: I-T Dept. has served notices in…

It is around 10 a.m. in the morning and Manoj Mandal, 38, and about 50 other people are still waiting for the day’s job at a labour chowk in Bhogal in central Delhi. “Kaam down chal raha he (There is less work). It’s already 10 and now chances are less that anyone will come here…

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Though several developed economies suffered badly owing to the COVID crisis, India continued to grow at 7-8% during the last 10 years,” Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday (November 15, 2024.) In his keynote address at the Indian School of Business (ISB) in Hyderabad, Mr….

Whatever may be the Presidency, we are integrating our value chains and we are integrating the two economies through various agreements, says Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Commerce Ministry on Thursday (November 14, 2024) played down anxieties about Donald Trump’s re-election as the U.S. President in light of his remarks…

An official said that initiatives such as transportation through rail to various consuming centres from Maharashtra and the arrival of kharif onions in the market are likely to bring prices further down. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu As the prices of tomato, onion, and potato (TOP), the three essential vegetables in Indian households, remained…

 India’s total exports, including services, is expected to cross the $800 billion mark this year. | Photo Credit: VIPIN CHANDRAN India’s goods exports jumped 17.25% to $39.2 billion in October, marking the best month in recent times, even as the import bill surged to a fresh record high of $66.34 billion, 3.9% over the same…

According to a latest data, potato prices rose 78.7%, up from 78.1% in September, while onion inflation halved from 78.8% to 39.25% in October. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Inflation in India’s wholesale prices hardened from 1.84% in September to 2.4% in October, led by a well over two-year high spike in food…

India’s city dwellers are cutting spending on everything from cookies to fast food as persistently high inflation squeezes middle class budgets, threatening the country’s brisk economic growth. Slowing urban spending over the past three to four months has not only hurt the earnings of largest consumer goods firms, it has raised questions about the structural…

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s retail inflation surged further from the nine-month high of 5.5% in September to the highest level in well over a year of 6.2% in October, led by a 10.9% spike in food prices. October’s price rise pace, the fastest in 14 months,…