Category: economy

The experts participating in a panel discussion on the topic ‘Impact of West Asia Crisis on Economic Disruptions and Sustainability: Implications for India’ say India should continue to follow the current policies while focussing on a transition to sustainable practices in the long term

Industry players and experts warn that this decision will not only encourage a shift to smuggling but will also have other negative effects on employment. The government has not yet released an official statement on the duty hikes

The Chief Economic Advisor’s warning comes days after the EU’s Ambassador to India made similar statements about compliances not being used as trade barriers.

Data on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April 2026 showed that inflation quickened from the 3.4% registered in March 2026, the first month following the start of the war in West Asia

Twin shocks of energy crisis and deficient rainfall will lead to this, HSBC said

Governments made difficult trade-offs: saving power at the risk of slowing businesses, prioritising gas for households at the risk of fertiliser production and dipping into energy stockpiles for temporary relief

With this, the total outflow of Foreign Portfolio Investors from the equity market has crossed ₹2 lakh crore in 2026, which is higher than the ₹1.66 lakh crore pulled out during the entire 2025, according to data with NSDL

While the companies have already hiked prices by 3%-5%, executives indicate further increase citing inflationary pressure arising from volatile crude oil prices, higher logistics costs, currency depreciation, and disruptions in global supply chains amid geopolitical tensions

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has held a series of meetings with industry associations, businesses and export promotion councils (EPCs) on ways to increase utilisation of FTIs

All banks expose you to credit risk, but the possibility of defaults are lower compared with, say, investing in a corporate FDs