Centre releases Rs 1.16 lakh crore to boost states’ spending

Uttar Pradesh received Rs 20,928.62 crore – the highest allotment from the total amount, followed by Bihar which received 11,734.22 crore.

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· Aug 11, 2022 · 10:47 am

Price of piped natural gas hiked by Rs 2.63 per unit in Delhi, adjoining areas

The rate has gone up by more than 70% in the last one year.

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· Aug 05, 2022 · 06:38 pm

RBI raises repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.4%, says inflation is expected to remain high

India’s retail inflation has stayed above the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance level of 6% for six straight months till June.

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· Aug 05, 2022 · 10:20 am

What are the real costs of India’s high levels of public debt?

High expenditures on interest payments mean fewer resources for countercyclical fiscal policies and social spending in critical areas.

Prachi Mishra

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Nikhil Patel​

· Aug 05, 2022 · 09:00 am

‘India’s growth is insufficient for the kind of jobs it needs,’ says Raghuram Rajan

On July 18, Centre had said that the economy is expected to grow at 7% – far better than developed nations.

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· Aug 03, 2022 · 11:19 am

‘Not in denial about inflation,’ says Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha

India’s retail inflation came down to 7.04% year-on-year in May, after touching an eight-year high of 7.79% in April.

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· Aug 03, 2022 · 09:40 am

July GST collection rises to nearly Rs 1.49 lakh crore – second highest ever

In June, Rs 1,44,616 crore were collected as revenues in Goods and Services Tax.

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· Aug 01, 2022 · 04:26 pm

India’s July manufacturing activity was at its highest in eight months: Survey

The growth was driven by a significant rise in business orders.

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· Aug 01, 2022 · 02:34 pm

Core sector output rose by 12.7% in June

All sectors, except crude oil, registered an uptick in production.

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· Jul 29, 2022 · 08:32 pm

As a chess-playing robot breaks a child’s finger, complex questions arise about AI

Are we ready to deal with the moral and legal complexities raised by human-robot interaction?

Maria O'Sullivan, The Conversation

· Jul 28, 2022 · 11:30 pm

IMF cuts India’s 2022-’23 growth forecast to 7.4% from earlier estimate of 8.2%

The global growth outlook has been slashed from 3.6% to 3.2% amid a fear of recession.

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· Jul 27, 2022 · 12:02 pm

5G spectrum auction: Bid amount exceeds over Rs 1.45 lakh crore on first day

The four participants included Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio, Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel, Vodafone Idea and new entrant Gautam Adani.

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· Jul 26, 2022 · 10:50 pm