Investment Cycle

Make in India week outcome: Rs 100 cr for marketing, Rs 15.2 lakh cr pledges, doubts linger

Question to Modi as he kickstarts Make in India week: Will the jamboree revive investment cycle?

Oct-Dec GDP today: Exports falling, investment muted; will low base boost growth?

What Ratan Tata tells Modi: Mere promises alone won’t work wonders

Market rout: Modi magic is all but gone, welcome to the real economy

The Modi magic that worked wonders for stock markets is long dead and gone. It’s time for the government to acknowledge the actual state of the economy and work on solutions

Modi is crimping the black economy; but this is also delaying economic revival

The problem with regarding black money as pure evil is that it ignores the real role it plays in the economy. A shrinking of the cash (black money) economy has short-term negative implications for GDP growth, which may need a more robust investment plan from the centre

Despite govt lobbying, S&P unlikely to change India's rating this year or next

S&P said any rating improvement would require reforms that "markedly improve" the government's fiscal position and bring net general government debt below 60 percent of GDP

Recovery at last? PM Modi's infrastructure splurge revives investment in India

Indian firms are, however, waiting for better returns before committing new investments

June quarter GDP at 7%: India is still fastest growing but numbers reveal growth pangs

The positive part is that the government has shown willingness to ramp up spending in infrastructure, but economists note that the spending has to pick up in a much more significant manner if the government wants to arrest the economic slowdown

Govt has no silver bullet, the problem is demand slowdown and not policy, says Crisil

Crisil believes the government has to pick up the gauntlet and try to push the investment cycle