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Minister Piyush Goyal said a team of Indian officials will be visiting Canada for the next round of negotiations
A poor monsoon can damage the economy in three ways: it affects agricultural output, reducing the sectors contribution to the economy; it hits rural income, denting aggregate demand; and it threatens to push up food prices, causing inflation.
The loss of momentum points to more challenging market conditions and weaker demand, particularly at home, says Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist at HSBC
The buoyancy in GST collections is spurred by imported inflation
About expanding storage capacities, the Petroleum Minister said India is presently holding crude stocks enough for 76 to 80 days. This is inclusive of crude stocks at ports, refineries, pipelines and strategic petroleum reserves
Under the old scheme, the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme 1952, the wage ceiling, which is 15,000 per month at present, was relevant at the time of joining a firm for providing the employee with mandatory social security cover.
Designed as a collaborative and knowledge-sharing framework, this strategic MoU aimed to support the Ministry in creating a seamless and enriching travel ecosystem that drives both economic benefits and social impact across Indian destinations
Total withdrawals by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from Indian equities have surged to 2.7 lakh crore so far in 2026
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Petrol and diesel prices were hiked 7.5 per litre respectively in four tranches in May this year.
Aviation turbine fuel now costs 110 a litre in Delhi, industry sources said
The report noted that both new order and output levels fell in June, driven by the capital goods sector
The latest IIP dataset raises more questions than it answers
The rates are applicable for the fortnight commencing July 1
Coal Indias R&D spend on research and development increased fourfold in fiscal year 2024-25.
The Finance Ministry says this resilience in remittances is because they are pegged to labour market conditions in the region and do not get affected by short-term crises, unlike more volatile flows like FDI, portfolio flows, or debt flows.
The full customs duty waiver on such products provided on April 2 was a emporary and targeted relief, and was set to lapse on June 30
The U.S. envoy to India cited the personal equation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi which was driving the ties.
This would take the governments total commitment in NIIF to 60,000 crore.
The court was hearing appeals against a Single Bench order directing that developments in places earmarked for a primary school, a park, a community hall and open space had to be treated as unauthorised
Earlier this month, the Government hadbarred industrial and commercial consumers from purchasing petrol and diesel from retail outlets
While releasing the data, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation also said that it has further tweaked the new series of the Index of Industrial Production, which had first been released on June 1.
Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, InterGlobe Aviation, UltraTech Cement and Larsen & Toubro were also among the laggards from the Sensex index
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Eternal, Trent, Asian Paints and Tech Mahindra were among the gainers
Foreign institutional investors purchased equities worth 383.76 crore on a net basis on June 25, according to exchange data
Revanth Reddy asks employees to spare an extra hour every day to accelerate development works
India had halted purchases of Iranian crude in 2019 following U.S. sanctions. However, amid the recent waiver during the West Asia conflict, Indian refiners sought to procure some quantities.
New rules by the central bank would allow victims to avail of a one-time compensation for when they have been tricked or coerced into a fraudulent scam payment
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and its companion Double Contribution Convention (DCC) will be implemented on July 15.
The Indian economy has seen among the worst bouts of capital repatriation, with foreign institutional investors selling more than 2.8 lakh crore in 2026, as earnings of the companies do not justify the prices and their returns in dollars are in the lower single digits
In the latest episode, economist Santosh Mehrotra discusses Indias polycrisis - an ailing economy, failing education, and high unemploymentwith host G Sampath, exploring solutions for a brighter future.
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh calls for collective action among BRICS member-nations to unlock new opportunities in innovation, investment, entrepreneurship and sustainable development
The rupee declined 13 paise to close at 94.76 against the U.S. dollar on June 23
NTPC, Tata Steel, Maruti and Bharat Electronics were among the laggards
Stress from the West Asia crisis has revealed economic pain
According to analysts at S&P, there would be gradual easing with respect to insurance costs and vessel transits too would pick up gradually.
Ability to manage costs only with liquid savings dropped from 32% to 24% in 2024-25 whilefinancial stress faced by insurance holders at the time of raising claims has gone up across all tiers of cities between 2023 and 2025, says consumer insights report by online marketplace Policybazaar
In an interview to The Hindu, Mr. R. Mukundan pointed out several points of friction involving bureaucratic processes or logistics. He added that the private sector was indeed investing, contrary to allegations by government officials
Discussions aim to finalize the framework of the Bilateral Trade Agreement, addressing recent changes in U.S. tariffs and exploring mutual benefits in key sectors
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As an outcome of the West Asia conflict, the CPI headline inflation inched up sequentially to 3.9% (y-o-y) in May 2026 from 3.5% in the preceding month, driven by broad-based increases in all three categories - food & beverages, fuel and core components
40% of gig workers report earnings below 15,000 per month; they have thin-file credit access, which remains a concern as well
Prime Minister Modi, based on the India-KLEMS database, claimed that India created eight crore new jobs in the last three to four years. However, analysts are questioning the methodology used to estimate these numbers. They argue that little meaningful employment was created in these years
In its fact-finding report, CPRM warned that the CZMPs approval of real estate development on the 6.11-km coastal stretch threatens fishing communities access to coastal areas as well as ecologically sensitive zones
It has introduced an Indian Standard for Note Sorting Machines, one that would let pass only machines with advanced technology to identify the counterfeit

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