Aditi Nayar

Freight loading by the Indian Railways increased 7.86% year-on-year to 119.32 million tonnes in August, in line with the other high-frequency indicators, indicating a steady economic recovery. Freight loading in August 2021 stood at…

With the sowing season nearing its end, experts have warned that kharif crop output could be significantly lower this year as the area under cultivation of rice, urad and tur is down by an average of 52.98% from last year. Erratic…

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation moderated to a five-month low in July on the back of easing of food prices, bringing relief for policymakers, who are battling price pressures. But, the overall number still remains above RBI’s upper tolerance…

States' borrowing cost went up with the weighted average cut-offs increasing by 11 basis points to 7.84 per cent at Monday's auction, nearly wiping off the decline in the last week's auctions. Last week, the average cost fell by 17 bps…

For the first time in many weeks, the average weighted cost of states' borrowing declined to a nine-week low of 7.73 per cent on Tuesday, witnessing a sharp 17 basis point fall from previous week. Since the beginning of this fiscal year,…

The Centre on Wednesday relaxed norms for adjusting states' off-budget loans. It said such liabilities of last fiscal year can be adjusted against their borrowing ceilings of next four years till March 2026, reported PTI. The move can be…

NEW DELHI: India's crucial services sector expanded at its fastest pace in 11 years as demand conditions strengthened but price pressures continued to pose a concern, a survey showed on Tuesday. Rising from 58.9 in May to 59.2 in June,…

MUMBAI: The current account deficit(CAD) for the fourth quarter of FY22 came in at $13.4 billion, which works out to 1.5% of the GDP, lesser than expected by the market. On a sequential basis, the CAD declined from $22.2 billion, or…