Easing prices of vegetables, pulses and cereals pull inflation to its lowest since 2017; RBI trims FY26 forecast to 2.6 per cent India’s retail inflation eased sharply to 1.54 per cent in September 2025, the lowest in over eight years, as food prices continued to decline across key categories such as vegetables, pulses and […]
RAI survey points to cautious spending on non-essentials, a steady rise in essential categories The Retailers Association of India (RAI) has released its 51st edition of the Retail Business Survey, which shows that sales in May 2024 increased by three per cent over May 2023 levels. All throughout India, retail firms have reported more sales […]
JLL India projects a surge in organised retail space totalling 45 million square feet across seven major cities By 2028, nearly 90 retail real estate properties, covering approximately 450 lakh square feet, are anticipated to emerge across seven major Indian cities, driven by rising demand for quality assets, according to JLL India. The real estate […]
Agarwal was previously associated with organisations such as Star India, HDFC, Tata Cliq, Zee, Byju’s, Zydus Group and Unilever Flipkart’s social commerce vertical Shopsy has roped in former Unilever executive Prathyusha Agarwal as its new chief executive officer, a year after Adarsh Menon resigned from the role to start his own venture. With over two decades of experience, an […]
Indians are spending more on media and entertainment. A consumption report by CMS Info Systems says the media and entertainment sector has grown by 29 per cent in the financial year 2024. The report further suggests that the average spending of Indians in the entertainment sector has gone up by nearly 100 per cent. According […]
Corporates in India have likely logged a 4-6 per cent revenue growth in the January-March quarter, marking the slowest quarterly growth since recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic began in September 2021, as per an analysis of 350 companies (excluding financial services and oil and gas sectors) by Crisil Ratings. The moderation is, though, on a […]
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday stated that India’s startup landscape has undergone a remarkable evolution under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. He highlighted a staggering growth, with the number of startups soaring from around 350 in 2014 to an impressive figure today, establishing India as the third-largest startup ecosystem globally. Singh underscored PM Modi’s […]
The Deloitte Global Economics Research Center has raised its growth forecast for India, projecting a range of 7.6 per cent to 7.8 per cent attributing the increase to GDP revisions and robust growth in fiscal 2024. India’s GDP took a leap on Leap Day in 2024, surprising analysts with a growth rate of 8.4 per […]
Recent data shows that post COVID religious inclinations of Indians have become stronger resulting in an accelerated momentum towards religious tourism. According to the Ministry of Tourism data, last year 8.5 crores of tourists visited Varanasi(Kashi), around 4.5 crore people visited Prayagraj and more than 1.5 crores of people have visited Ayodhya Ram temple since […]
Gross direct tax collections for the Financial Year (FY) 2023-24 in India touched Rs. 19.58 lakh crore, compared to Rs 16.64 lakh crore in FY 2022-23, reflecting an increase of 17.70 per cent. According to a release from the Union Ministry of Finance, the Budget Estimates (BE) for Direct Tax revenue in the Union Budget […]
