Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, in a release, said the meeting took a number of path-breaking decisions, including simplification and liberalisation of the EPF partial withdrawal provisions. File | Photo Credit: PTI Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told a meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in New…
Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Image/iStockphoto Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation softened to 0.13% in September on easing in prices of food articles, fuel and manufactured items, government data showed on Tuesday (October 14, 2025). WPI-based inflation was 0.52% in August and 1.91% in September last year. “Positive rate of…
Several authors, including us, have argued that a growth rate of 6.5% appears to be the potential growth rate of India as of now. But the first quarter growth rate of 2025-26 is estimated at 7.8%. Does this alter our perception about the potential growth rate? The first quarter real GDP growth in the post-COVID-19…
Retail inflation slipped to 1.54% in September mainly due to subdued prices of food items, including vegetables and pulses. (Image used for representation) | Photo Credit: Reuters Retail inflation fell to a 99-month low of 1.54% in September 2025 on falling food and fuel prices, official data showed. This is once again below the Reserve…
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal meets President & CEO of U.S-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Mukesh Aghi, in New York in September. Photo: X/@PiyushGoyal via ANI A team of senior officials from India will visit the U.S. this week for trade talks and negotiations on the proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) are progressing…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s state-owned refiners trimmed down purchases of Russian oil by more than 45% between June and September this year, according to data from real-time maritime and analytics provider Kpler. Speaking to The Hindu, Naveen Das, Senior Crude Oil Analyst at Kpler said state-owned refiners took 600…
The story so far The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday (October 13, 2025) announced that it had decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, popularly called the Nobel Prize in Economics, to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth”. One half of the prize will go to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through…
China’s exports to the United States have fallen for six months straight. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s exports to the United States fell 27% in September (2025) from the year before, even though growth in its global exports hit a six-month high. Customs figures released on Monday (October 13, 2025) showed that China’s worldwide…
By staying patient, informed and disciplined, you can break the loop of ‘artificial demand’ and avoid inflated prices. Allow time for the situation to settle. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters On September 19, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation raising the annual fee for H-1B visas to a staggering $1,00,000 a year. Almost instantly,…
