The Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 has been released. How is its structure different from the earlier series? What other indicators are used to calculate inflation in India?

New Delhi: Fiscal deficit one of the most searched economic terms in recent weeks grabbed attention this budget season as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Union Budget 2026 on Sunday, ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday revised India’s 2026–27 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast upwards by 20 basis points to 6.4 per cent from its October 2025 projection. This ...

Florida is launching its own food testing program to check for contaminants like heavy metals and pesticides. Initial tests on 24 infant formulas found 16 contained heavy metals exceeding EPA safe ...

All eyes are on the Budget now on February 1. In preparation to the key event in our financial calendar, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) projected India’s real gross ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

India’s economic growth trajectory for FY26 appears steady, with the first advance estimates placing real GDP growth at 7.4%, up from 6.5% in FY25. Gross value added is estimated to grow 7.3%, ...

India’s economy is estimated to grow by 7.4 per cent in FY26, up from 6.5 per cent in FY25, according to the first advance estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) released by the National Statistics ...

India's nominal GDP growth has come in at around 8%, more than 200 basis points lower than the assumptions made in the Union Budget, raising important questions about fiscal management, banking ...

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Nestle has issued a global recall of some baby formula products over concerns they contain a toxin which can cause food poisoning. The food and drink giant said specific batches of its SMA infant ...

Economists broadly agree that India is unlikely to return to the 14–15% nominal GDP growth regime of the past. India's nominal GDP growth has settled near the 10% mark over the past decade, ...