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Infosys September quarter results have been healthy, with industry-leading growth, improvement in margins and strong order inflow.

MPC will definitely go for a rate cut, but will it turn around slowing investment cycle and spur demand?
The MPC is officially supposed to target CPI inflation which remains in the comfort zone of 3-3.2 percent which is less than the 4 percent benchmark

Corporate India seeks Rs 1 lakh cr stimulus to kick-start investment cycle, revive growth
India Inc on Thursday said the government has assured to take action soon to revive the industry and push economic growth, which is showing signs of a slowdown

Retail inflation spikes to 7-month high of 3.05% in May on costlier food articles; factory output grows 3.4% in April
The previous high was in October 2018, when the retail inflation print came in at 3.38 percent.

IIP at 1.7%, CPI at 2.57% in January: Growth slowdown disappointing, but wasn't unexpected; MPC may have reason to rush for rate cut
Industrial growth is an important indicator of the real sector as most of the GDP growth we have seen so far is due to services where the government plays an important role

Social norms keep Indian women out of labour market; focus on behaviour change, non-cognitive skills could bring turnaround
Analysis of previous NSSO rounds shows that the Indian labour market lost 1.96 crore women workforce between 2004 and 2011 and 53 percent of this drop occurred in rural India

Industrial growth remains subdued at 2.4% in December on contraction in mining, poor show by manufacturing sector
Industrial output growth remained subdued at 2.4 percent in December 2018 on account of contraction in the mining segment and poor show by the manufacturing sector

Higher IIP numbers signal good news for the economy but inflation battle isn't over yet
Maybe the oil economics which becomes clearer next month will give final direction for the rupee as well as future inflation.

Narendra Modi does well to stand by industrialists; nation leapfrogs in ease of doing business but Make in India still a pipe dream
The manufacturing rut can be gotten out of only through Make in India which sadly is eluding us.

Retail inflation inches up to 4.87% in May on costlier food; industrial output grows 4.9% in April
Retail inflation inched up to 4.87% in May on increase in prices of certain items in the food basket; IIP expanded by 4.9% in April, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors

IIP growth slows to five-month low of 4.4% in March, pulled down by falling capital goods output
Industrial growth measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in 2017-18 decelerated to 4.3 percent from 4.6 percent in the previous fiscal

Economy beginning to look good with IIP at 7%, CPI inflation at 5-month low, but not time to lower guard yet
Several indicators for the economy appear to be showing signs of improvement which gives reason to be sanguine about next year.

Icra sees July-Sep GDP growth inching up to 6.3%, says Q2 period of adjustment after GST rollout
Headline GVA growth, however, is likely to trail the 6.8 percent recorded in the second quarter of FY17.

India poised to become a pivot for hi-technology manufacturing, says United Nations report
Growth performance was much higher in Asian economies, where manufacturing output rose by 6.5 percent in the second quarter of 2016

Retail inflation rises to 5.4%; IIP growth dips to 0.1%; rate cut unlikely soon
Food inflation picked up to 6.32 percent in April from 5.21 percent in the previous month

Three reasons why it may be premature to celebrate India's GDP at 7.3%
There are three areas, where economists have raised concerns, despite GDP numbers suggesting that India is now the world's fastest growing economy.

Growth regimen from NITI Aayog's Panagariya: Move farm workers to service, manufacturing
About 49% of the workforce in agriculture (as per 2011-12 NSSO survey) produces only 14% of the GDP, he said

Day after PM Modi's promises at Vibrant Gujarat, industrial output to show tepid recovery
Modi, hosting captains of industry in his home state Gujarat, said in a speech on Sunday that India's economic outlook was robust.

Eight core industries grow by 5.8% in Aug boosted by strong coal, power output
The sectors of coal, cement and electricity grew by 13.4 per cent, 10.3 per cent and 12.6 per cent, respectively, in the month under review

Full U-turn: Modi govt may scrap required tribal nod to use forest land
Various ministries are debating means to ensure that the approval for the use forest land for industrial purposes be cleared directly by the Centre.