India set to be third-largest economy by FY28: SBI Research

India is set to become the world’s third-largest economy by FY28, two years earlier than projected, according to economists at SBI Research. The team said the figures, which would see India surpass Japan and Germany and account for 4% of the global GDP share, were achievable with growth rates anywhere between 6.5% to 11.5%.

Parliamentary panel for forward-looking surveys on private capex

In a report on the action taken by the government on its various earlier suggestions, the panel headed by BJP leader Jayant Sinha has also asked the government to closely monitor the progress of its capital expenditure to ensure that actual spending is in sync with the record budgetary outlay and achieve desired multiplier effect […]

India-ASEAN free trade agreement most ill-conceived: Piyush Goyal

India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal criticised the previous governments for not doing enough stakeholder consultations on free trade agreements, saying the India-ASEAN FTA was “most ill-conceived” and unfairly favoured imports. Goyal also said India opened its markets to Japan and Korea but has not seen an increase in exports to those countries.

US Fed hike on expected lines; RBI to take a balanced view: Analysts

The US Federal Reserve’s 0.25% interest rate increase was expected and paved the way for India’s reserve bank to take a measured approach to policy-making, according to analysts. Edelweiss mutual fund’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Radhika Gupta said the Fed statement permitted the potential for more rate hikes, but the Indian economy currently didn’t […]