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  Indian climate technology benefitted GDP by Rs 1.34 lakh crore

  July 13, 2015 8:25 IST

  Panaji: Systems developed by Indian scientists to forecast weather, tsunamis and cyclones benefitted the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by nearly Rs.134,000 crore, union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.India has provided

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  India keen to prove its superiority: Chinese daily

  World | January 21, 2015 12:55 IST

  Beijing: A Chinese daily on Wednesday said India is keen to become the best in some aspects and it is in dire need of evidence to show that it is not inferior to China.In an

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  India's growth to reach 6.3% in 2016: UN report

  January 20, 2015 9:25 IST

  Geneva: India will see a gradual growth acceleration with its GDP expected to reach 5.9 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2016, the UN said today while partly crediting the recovery to

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  Only Govt spending can kick start economy: HSBC report

  January 18, 2015 14:01 IST

  Mumbai: With over-leveraged corporates and stressed banking assets, the onus of getting the economy back on track has fallen again on an equally stressed government, says a report.The responsibility is to boost growth by increasing

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  India will catch up with China's growth rate in 2016-17: World Bank

  January 14, 2015 8:08 IST

  Washington: Buoyed by the economic reform measures taken by the Indian government after coming to power in May last year, the World Bank has said that India would catch up with China's growth in the

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  Revival of economy has started: Arun Jaitley

  January 14, 2015 7:39 IST

  New Delhi: The government has managed to bring current account deficit within "comfort level" with help from falling oil prices, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said and added that economic revival has begun.The government, he

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  Global slow growth opportunity for India: Arun Jaitley

  January 08, 2015 7:26 IST

  Kolkata: Observing that India needs to create an environment for cyclic investments and ease norms of doing business, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday pointed to the ongoing global slow growth as an opportunity

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  Manufacture growth revival a major challenge: Arun Jaitley

  January 07, 2015 8:38 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said infrastructure sectors like coal, power and cement have been recording double digit growth in the last few months, whereas reviving manufacturing growth remains a major challenge."Reviving

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  India's GDP expected to grow at 5.5% in 2014-15

  December 19, 2014 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: India's GDP is expected to rise to 5.5 per cent in the current fiscal from 4.7 per cent last year on back of improving macro-economic situation, says the Finance Ministry's Mid-Year economic review

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  Indian economy has potential to grow at higher rate: Arun Jaitley

  December 16, 2014 7:53 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said India has the potential to grow at a higher rate even at a time when the world economy is going through a critical phase."The world economy is

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  India likely to improve economic growth to 6.3% in 2016: UN

  December 11, 2014 10:35 IST

  United Nations: India's economic growth is expected to improve to 6.3 per cent in 2016 with the country leading economic recovery in South Asia, according to a United Nations report.The UN World Economic Situation and

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  India's GDP may grow 5-6% in 2015: Moody's

  December 10, 2014 11:44 IST

  New Delhi: Indian economy is expected to pick up pace in 2015 and grow in the range of 5 to 6 per cent, helped by strong domestic demand, rating agency Moody's today said.“India will have

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  Finance Ministry hopeful of 5.4-5.9 per cent growth this year

  November 29, 2014 8:13 IST

  New Delhi: The Finance Ministry expects the economy to record a growth rate of 5.4-5.9 per cent this year as it said 5.3 per cent second-quarter GDP expansion is on expected lines."The growth in the

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  India's growth of 5.3 per cent intensifies rate cut demands

  November 29, 2014 7:46 IST

  New Delhi: The Indian economy logged 5.3 per cent growth in the second quarter of this fiscal, against 5.7 per cent in the first quarter, making ground for the central bank to ease interest rates

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  India has potential to achieve 9% growth rate: PwC report

  November 25, 2014 11:15 IST

  New Delhi: India has the potential to achieve 9 per cent growth rate and become a USD 10 trillion economy by 2034 on the back of concerted efforts by the corporate sector and a constructive

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  Indian economy to grow at 5.6% this fiscal: FICCI

  September 16, 2014 9:32 IST

  New Delhi: India's GDP will grow at 5.6 per cent during 2014-15 and economic activity is expected to continue with this momentum in the second half of the current fiscal, Federation of Indian Chambers of

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  Poor economy derails Planning Comm's 8% growth target in 12th Plan

  December 26, 2013 23:12 IST

  New Delhi: Poor performance of the economy during 2013 derailed Planning Commission's ambitious growth target of 8 percent for the 12th Plan, which the nation's official think-tank will revise downwards in the new year as

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  HSBC sees fiscal deficit breaching 5% mark in FY14

  December 09, 2013 22:26 IST

  Mumbai: Foreign lender HSBC today said the Government's fiscal deficit target of 4.8 per cent for FY14 is likely to be breached as the revenue growth has slowed, while expenditure has gone up in the

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  Current Account Deficit to fall below 3.8% this fiscal: Montek

  October 20, 2013 22:07 IST

  New Delhi: Current Account Deficit is likely to be lower than the projection of 3.8 percent of the GDP and India will be in a better position to neutralise the impact of the tapering of