After penny-pinching for months, Indians are ready to spend again during festive season: Survey

Forty per cent of respondents said they plan to spend up to Rs 50,000 on home renovations and appliances.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· 5 hours ago

BJP’s ideology is to keep India in economic slowdown, claims Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia

The Congress leader said that every record was being broken in terms of economic decline in the past six quarters.

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· Sep 16, 2019 · 10:43 am

Economic slowdown: Priyanka Gandhi attacks BJP, says ‘telling a lie hundred times’ won’t help

The Congress leader asked the government how long it will just continue to manage the crisis by attempting to influence the media.

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· Sep 03, 2019 · 02:04 pm

If Nirmala Sitharaman wanted to enthuse foreign investors with the stimulus, she has missed the mark

In just the first two days after the finance minister’s announcement, foreign portfolio investors withdrew around Rs 1,600 crore from equities.

Anand James, qz.com

· Aug 31, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The Indian economy is blaring warnings, but the Modi government remains in denial

While the government was busy celebrating cosmetic measures like ‘ease of doing business’ ranking, the real economy tanked.

Jayati Ghosh, qz.com

· Aug 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm

What the economy needs now: Less government, better governance

Some of India’s most distinguished economists list their prescriptions for the crisis. Is this the book Narendra Modi needs to read?

Mohan Guruswamy

· Aug 05, 2019 · 07:30 am

Series of reforms has slowed down GDP growth, says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

HDFC Chairperson Deepak Parekh said there had been a distinct slowdown in the economy but added that he was hopeful the situation would improve.

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· Aug 03, 2019 · 08:56 am

Are the world’s highest interest rates and biggest IMF bailout helping revive Argentina’s economy?

Three months of 60% interest rates and billions of IMF cash have proved it’s expensive to wrestle the peso into submission.

Robert H Scott III, The Conversation

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Kenneth Mitchell, The Conversation

· Oct 20, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Does the government have the resources to frame an effective stimulus package for India’s economy?

The rate of growth is falling. This could lower tax collections. But a stimulus would need the government to spend more.

Mayank Jain

· Sep 28, 2017 · 08:00 am

What can be done to revive India’s sluggish economic growth? Here’s what five economists prescribe

Hike government spending, pour money into rural areas, cut interest rates, refrain from disruptive moves like demonetisation.

Mayank Jain

· Sep 21, 2017 · 10:30 am

Indian industry is on life support – and the government’s denial of this isn't helping

Multiple indicators, from factory output to low demand for bank credit, show that the manufacturing sector is in the doldrums.

Mayank Jain

· Oct 13, 2016 · 06:30 am

Subramanian Swamy warns Modi the economy is in a tailspin and about to crash

To stop it, Swamy wants to end RBI's independence and abolish income tax.

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· Sep 16, 2015 · 07:01 pm