New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) India’s wholesale price inflation (WPI) saw a rise in March, driven largely by higher global energy prices amid geopolitical tensions in West Asia, according to economists on Wednesday.Rahul Agrawal, Senior Economist at ICRA, said that the uptick was broad-based, with crude petroleum and natural gas, along with fuel and power.”Notably, these two groups together accounted for 150 basis points of the 175 basis points uptick in the headline print in March 2026 relative …
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Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to keep the policy rate unchanged reflected a favourable assessment of growth and inflation dynamics, economists said on Friday.The RBI MPC, in its first monetary policy review of 2026, kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent.Analysts welcomed the pause on rate hikes and said they expect the RBI to maintain an extended pause, due to positive cyclical upswing and confidence from successful conclusion of multiple trade deals.Rad…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the vision of a Viksit Bharat (Developed India) by 2047 has transcended government policy to become a genuine mass aspiration. Addressing a group of eminent economists and experts at NITI Aayog, PM Modi said that this shift is evident in the evolving patterns of education, consumption, and global mobility, necessitating enhanced institutional capacity and proactive infrastructure planning to meet the needs of an increasin…