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Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Health A country’s true wealth is measured not only by GDP, but also by the health, well-being and productivity of its population. Every life saved, every family made stronger by care, every child who grows up healthy – these are the real signs of progress. The Union […]
India’s legendary love affair with gold has reached an extraordinary milestone. With spot gold hitting new all-time highs above $4,500 per ounce in the international market, household gold reserves in the country may have crossed the $5 trillion mark, making the glittering stock worth more than India’s entire gross domestic product (GDP).A Morgan Stanley report […]
The MPC has changed the growth and inflation forecast in this policy | Photo credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to cut the policy rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 percent at the end of its last bi-monthly meeting of 2025 on December 5 was contrary to the ‘consensus’ view of […]
The RBI has addressed market concerns over possible short-term liquidity drying up | Photo credit: ANUSHREE FADNAVIS With inflation hitting record lows, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at its December 2025 meeting unanimously decided to cut interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) to 5.25 percent, while keeping its stance unchanged. While the soft CPI […]
FICCI President Anant Goenka India is “in a good place” to support growth, with GDP expected to grow by more than 7 percent this fiscal on strong macro fundamentals and continued reforms, new FICCI president Anant Goenka said on Tuesday. Goenka also said that the House’s focus for the coming year would be on increasing […]
RED ZONE: The tomato price factor in inflation monitoring | Photo credit: DEEPAK KR The 2025-2026 financial year was one of extreme volatility, caused by a rather erratic policy on rates. This has continuously changed the perception of economic performance, making forecasting a challenge. Does this mean that we should look at the predictions with […]
SBI Chairman Challa Sreenivasulu Setty India’s financial sector is growing rapidly and building a national financial network that connects elements like credit bureaus, fraud registers, e-KYC facilities, UPI and an account collection framework can help lenders tackle fraud and support risk management, said CS Setty, Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI) at the CII Financing […]
On October 1, RBI had kept its policy interest at 5.5% unchanged for the second consecutive time, stating concern about the rate of uncertainties. | Photocredit: Francis Mascarenhas The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the possibility of future tariff reductions open, whereby its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is revised its inflation forecasts downwards […]
India’s financial system has undergone a structural transformation While bank credit expansion during FY25, non-banking sources, both domestic and foreign, played an important role in bridging the financing gap for the commercial sector in India, according to an article in the last monthly Bulletin of RBI. The Increase in Funding from Non-Bank Sources During Fy25 […]
The recent GST rationalization can offer a timely pillow to the Indian economy, because it is confronted with the headwind of steep American rates, according to Suvoepep Rakshit, chief economist at Kotak Institutional Equits. Rakshit now said to Et, said that the GST movement had been in the making for more than a year and […]
