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…
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee depreciated 9 paise to 88.77 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Tuesday (October 14, 2025) weighed down by the broad strength of the American currency in the overseas market. Forex traders said the optimism surrounding the India-U.S. trade talks was…
Recently, the Indian government authenticated the hallmarking of nine-carat jewellery Nine-carat gold jewellery is catching up in some regions of India, such as Bengaluru, among Gen Zees and Millennials, while people down further South in Tamil Nadu are still focused on gold purity, according to Vidita Kochar, founder of Jewelbox. “Down South, we have three…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded in early trade on Tuesday (October 14, 2025), driven by buying in IT stocks, optimism over India-U.S. trade talks, and a sharp rally in the U.S. markets. Meanwhile, retail inflation slowed to an over 8-year low of 1.54% in September and…
Spot silver prices surged to an all-time high above $52.50 an ounce, eclipsing a peak set during a notorious attempt to corner the global market in 1980. Spot prices rose as much as 0.4 per cent to $52.5868 an ounce in London, surpassing a peak set in January 1980 on a now-defunct contract overseen by…
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…
