Economics
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Inflexible electricity grids causing ‘dangerous’ situations, says CEA chief
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) Chairperson Ghanshyam Prasad has warned that inflexibility in India's electricity grid is creating "dangerous" situations...
New GDP series may lift FY growth to 7.6%, above govt’s 7.4% estimate
India's statistical authorities are developing a new GDP series that could revise upward the country's economic growth figures for FY2024-25, potentially sho...
Q3 FDI inflows up 16.6% on-year, US second top source in April-December
India's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows rose 18% year-on-year to USD 47.87 billion during April–December FY26 (first nine months of fiscal yea...
Singapore’s Thakral to manufacture drone components in India
Singapore-listed Thakral Corporation announced plans to manufacture drone components in India through its subsidiary Bharat Skytech, becoming one of the firs...
India will have to notify EU in case of new export duty: India-EU FTA text
India and the European Union released the provisional chapter-level text of their Free Trade Agreement on February 27, 2026 — approximately one month after t...
India's April–Jan fiscal deficit hits ₹9.81 trillion, or 63% of full-year target
India's fiscal deficit for the April–January period of FY2025-26 stood at ₹9.81 trillion (approximately ₹9.81 lakh crore), equivalent to 63.0% of the governm...
Over ?275 Crores Disbursed to Jharkhand under XV Finance Commission to Boost Rural Governance
The Union Government has released ₹275.1253 crore to Jharkhand under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) grants for FY 2025–26 to strengthen Panchayati ...
Course correction? GDP revamp ‘reduced’ India’s economy size, not increased
A counter-intuitive finding from the new GDP series with base year 2022-23: the rebasing has effectively reduced the measured absolute size of India's econom...
New GDP series upgrades FY26 growth to 7.6%, but lowers size of India’s economy
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new series of National Accounts Estimates, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to ...
NEW SERIES OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) ESTIMATES WITH BASE YEAR 2022-23
The National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI released on February 27, 2026, the new series of Annual and Quarterly National Accounts with base year 2022-...
PM to visit Gujarat on 28th February
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 28, 2026, inaugurated the Semiconductor Assembly, Test, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) facility of Micron Semiconduct...
Downward revision in nominal GDP to push fiscal deficit upwards: Experts
The release of the revised GDP series with a 2022-23 base year on February 27, 2026 has created a significant fiscal arithmetic implication: the nominal GDP ...
GDP revision trims FY26 size to ₹345 lakh crore; $4 trillion mark may slip
The new GDP series released by MoSPI on February 27, 2026 — using the revised base year of 2022-23 — has produced a lower estimate for India's nominal GDP fo...
What changes in India’s new GDP series with 2022-23 as base year?
On February 27, 2026, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under MoSPI (Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) released a new GDP series with 2...
India's third-quarter GDP for FY26 likely at 8.3% despite adverse base effect: UBI Report
A report by Union Bank of India (UBI) projected India's GDP growth for Q3 FY2025-26 (October–December 2025) at 8.3%, despite an adverse base effect from the ...
Centre’s fiscal deficit at 63 pc of full year target at Jan-end: CGA data
The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) released monthly accounts data showing that the Centre's fiscal deficit at the end of January 2026 stood at ₹9.8 lak...
Economy grows by 7.8 pc in Q3 of FY26 as per new GDP series: Govt data
India's official GDP data for the third quarter (Q3) of FY26 — covering October to December 2025 — was released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme I...
India’s growth may outpace current estimates after GDP data overhaul
India's National Statistics Office (NSO) released a new GDP data series on February 27, 2026, shifting the base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23 — the most signi...
India GDP Q3 FY26 Highlights: Growth at 7.8% in Oct–Dec after data revamp; FY26 forecast raised to 7.6%
India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the third quarter (Q3) GDP advance estimates for FY26 on February 27, 2026, alon...
PM Modi flags capex climb to ₹12 lakh crore in a decade, ties infra push to long-term growth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a post-Budget 2026-27 webinar, highlighted that public capital expenditure has grown from ₹2 lakh crore in 2014-15 t...