Silver Tops Rs 4 Lakh/kg, Gold at Lifetime High
Silver prices surged past Rs 4 lakh per kg while gold touched a record Rs 1.83 lakh per 10 grams on Thursday, driven by global economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions.
Category : Economy
Economic Survey Flags Labour Reform Gaps for Gig Workers, Women
The Economic Survey 2025-26 reveals persistent challenges in India's labour market despite new labour codes, highlighting income volatility for gig workers, weak skilling outcomes, and gender disparities in formal employment.
PM Modi Lauds Economic Survey for Highlighting India's Steady Progress
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended the Economic Survey 2026 for reflecting India's macroeconomic stability and innovation-driven growth in a challenging global environment, with focus on farmers and youth.
UPSC Economy Quiz: PLI Scheme, Central Counterparties, and More
Prepare for UPSC CSE Prelims 2026 with this comprehensive Economy quiz covering Production Linked Incentive scheme, central counterparties, and other crucial topics. Check your progress and revise key concepts.
Economic Survey Flags Corporate Risk Aversion, Swadeshi 'Inevitable'
The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights Indian corporates' lack of investment appetite and risk absorption, while declaring Swadeshi as inevitable amid global trade shifts.
Economic Survey Backs Crop Diversification, Horticulture Growth
India's Economic Survey highlights the critical need for crop diversification, with horticulture emerging as a standout performer, driving agricultural resilience and economic growth.
India Revamps CPI: Digital Services, OTT Added to Inflation Basket
India will launch a new Consumer Price Index series from February 12, 2025, expanding the basket to include digital services, OTT platforms, smartphones, and app-based transport while removing outdated items like VCRs and audio cassettes.
India's Economic Resilience in Global Uncertainty
India's Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights the nation's robust growth despite global challenges, projecting over 7% expansion while analyzing three potential global scenarios for 2026.
Railways Emerge as India's Logistics Backbone in Economic Survey
The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights Indian Railways as the backbone of freight and energy logistics, with sustained high capital outlay for capacity creation.
Energy Storage Key to India's Renewable Transition
The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights energy storage as crucial for India's clean power transition, noting renewable capacity growth but flagging challenges like high costs and grid constraints.
Economic Survey: India Must Transform into AI Front Office
The Economic Survey 2025-26 warns India must urgently shift from IT back office to AI front office, embracing bottom-up AI strategy for strategic indispensability in compute-driven geopolitics.
Economic Survey Proposes 26% Govt Stake for Companies Act
The Economic Survey 2025-26 recommends amending the Companies Act to allow government companies to retain their status with just 26% ownership, enabling greater disinvestment through OFS while maintaining control.
Economic Survey 2025-26: Agriculture Needs Investment, Innovation
The Economic Survey 2025-2026 emphasizes that India's agriculture sector requires sustained investment and innovation, shifting focus from foodgrains to high-growth areas like horticulture, dairy, and fisheries.
Industry Applauds Economic Survey 2025-26's Stability Outlook
The Economic Survey 2025-26 has received widespread praise from industry leaders for its emphasis on macroeconomic stability and positive growth forecasts, signaling confidence in India's economic trajectory.
Economic Survey Calls for Private Sector Nation-Building
India's Economic Survey 2025-26 draws inspiration from Asian economic miracles, urging private enterprises to blend profit motives with national development goals for sustainable growth.
Economic Survey Flags $4 Trillion Climate Finance Shortfall
India's Economic Survey 2025-26 reveals a widening $4 trillion climate finance gap, with developing nations facing structural biases and limited international funding for critical sectors like adaptation and hard-to-abate industries.
Economic Survey 2026-27: GDP Growth Forecast 6.8-7.2%
The Economic Survey projects India's GDP growth at 6.8-7.2% for 2026-27, lower than current year's 7.4%. Analysis reveals historical divergence between projections and actual growth.
Economic Survey: Growth Up, Inflation Down, But Risks Remain
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran's Economic Survey briefing reveals easing inflation boosting growth and consumption, improved employment indicators, but warns of agricultural challenges, AI disruption, and digital overuse impacts.
Economic Survey 2026 on Rupee Weakness & Global Risks
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tables Economic Survey 2026, acknowledging rupee depreciation but highlighting strong fundamentals. Rupee breaches 92/USD amid FPI selloffs.
FPI Outflows $3.9B in FY26, AI Markets Attract Capital
Foreign portfolio investors withdrew $3.9 billion from India by Dec 2025, as capital flowed to AI-focused markets like US, Taiwan, Korea. Economic Survey cites global uncertainty, rupee depreciation, and equity underperformance.
Ethanol Blending Risks India's Food Security: Economic Survey
India's Economic Survey cautions that the ethanol blending program could undermine food self-reliance as farmers shift from pulses and oilseeds to maize, risking import dependence and price volatility.
CEA: Employment Conditions Improved Since PLFS Launch
Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran highlights significant improvements in India's employment conditions since the launch of the Periodic Labour Force Survey, citing better data and policy insights.
Economic Survey Flags Skill Mismatch, Calls for Job-Oriented Skilling
The Economic Survey 2025-26 identifies a critical skill mismatch in India's workforce and emphasizes the need for skilling programs that directly lead to employment opportunities.
CEA: Manufacturing Key to Rupee Stability
Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran emphasizes that strengthening India's manufacturing capacity is crucial for achieving long-term currency stability and reducing external vulnerabilities.
Economic Survey: Can Profits Stay as India Inc's Main Funding Source?
India's Economic Survey reveals non-bank funding surged 29.3% as corporations increasingly rely on internal profits for expansion, but rising costs threaten this model.
Infrastructure Evolution: Decarbonisation, Digitalisation Key to Growth
Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights infrastructure's evolution beyond physical networks to include decarbonisation, digitalisation, and resilience, with capital expenditure boosting GDP by Rs. 2.5-3.5 per rupee spent.
Budget 2026: 10 Key Facts You Must Know
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026-27. Here are 10 crucial facts about the budget, including fiscal targets, sector allocations, and economic priorities.
India Needs Multi-Pronged Strategy to Sustain FDI: Economic Survey
India's Economic Survey for FY26 emphasizes the need for a comprehensive strategy to sustain foreign direct investment inflows amid global economic volatility, highlighting structural reforms and targeted engagement.
Economic Survey Seeks RTI Act Review for Confidentiality
The Economic Survey 2026 calls for re-examining the RTI Act to exempt confidential reports, emphasizing it wasn't meant for idle curiosity or external micromanagement of government operations.
Gold, Silver Prices to Remain Elevated: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey 2025-26 predicts gold and silver prices will stay high due to geopolitical tensions and safe-haven demand, with India's gold imports rising 27.4% in FY25.
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