High-profile acquisitions, Apple’s foray and the blend of online and offline experiences redefine India’s retail landscape in 2023 As 2023 concluded, the retail landscape experienced substantial changes where high-profile acquisitions and divestments were seen reshaping the corporate landscape. With the arrival of tech giant Apple in India, the direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms and brands embracing the […]
Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal underscored the Centre’s proactive measures in recent years to regulate retail prices of food items, emphasising the government’s commitment to controlling inflation while fostering economic growth. Speaking at an event organized by the ministry to commemorate National Consumers Day, Goyal acknowledged India’s status as the fastest-growing large economy. […]
India’s overall exports, merchandise and services combined, in November are estimated to be USD 62.58 billion, exhibiting a marginal positive growth of 1.23 per cent yearly, official data released on Friday showed. The overall exports during November 2022 were worth USD 61.82 billion. Major contributors to export growth in November 2023, though marginal, include iron […]
European Free Trade Association member countries and India are making “progress” on an agreement on free trade, with officials saying that the two sides have “never been closer” to a pact. In exclusive interviews with ANI on Wednesday, Norwegian Trade Minister Jan Christian Vestre and Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda commended […]
Financial market participants in India will closely monitor the outcome and the policy stance of the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to be announced at 10 am Friday (today), for fresh cues. As things stand, the monetary policy committee is most likely to maintain status quo. The three-day bi-monthly monetary policy committee […]
Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, took to social media platform X to announce achievement in the mobile industry. In a post, he revealed that the Indian mobile industry has experienced exponential growth, expanding by a remarkable factor of 20 in just nine years. Minister Vaishnaw posted on X, “Met Mobile industry to […]
Higher-than-expected oil prices in a scenario where the ongoing Middle East conflict disrupts oil supply would cause lower economic growth and higher inflation, according to Fitch Ratings. According to the rating agency, world GDP growth would be 0.4 per cent points lower in 2024, but only 0.1 per cent points lower in 2025, although the […]
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar has said India’s trade with Africa today is in excess of USD 100 billion and is fairly evenly balanced. “Our trade with Africa today is in excess of USD 100 billion and it’s actually fairly evenly balanced. It’s not just trade, India is among the top five investors in […]
Amid the ongoing festive season, experts have said that business loans to India’s cash-strapped micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are likely to rise by 20 per cent and the sector’s revenue is expected to increase significantly. A number of high-frequency indicators such as goods and services (GST) revenues signal a record-breaking high in consumer […]
India’s trade data for September 2023, released by the Commerce Ministry, reveals a decline in exports by 2.6 per cent, which amounted to USD 34.5 billion compared to USD 35.4 billion in September 2022. “UK delegation will be in India for FTA negotiation. High-level engagements at various levels are ongoing to iron out differences. The […]
