Penning down his recommendations to help the ailing Indian economy out of the ongoing slowdown in the India Today magazine, he called for reforms to liberalise capital, land and labour markets, and spur investment as well as growth

Among other things, Raghuram Rajan called for reforms to liberalise capital, land and labour markets, and spur investment and growth

PM Modi said that the BJP government cared for a better future and hence started the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. The PM said that they would now focus on the Jal Jeevan mission

The second and concluding part looks at how the quarterly GDP estimates use the organised sector indicators to measure the unorganised sector, which contributes nearly 50% to the GDP, thereby giving a misleading picture of the state of economic health

While predicting winners is inherently risky, we find that sectors like real estate (RE), staffing companies, and companies with internet and Mobile driven business models are positioned quite well

India GDP growth: The Crisil's estimate is among the lowest, but still above Japanese brokerage Nomura's 4.7 percent forecast

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Rules of 2019 would help but more needs to be done: tighter RBI control and supervision, infusion of long-term funds (including capital) and reduction in mismatch in assets and liabilities

The economic activities which registered growth of over 4.3 per cent in Q2 of 2019/20 over Q2 of 2018/19 are 'Trade, Hotels, Transport, Communication and Services related to Broadcasting' 'Financial, Real Estate and Professional Services' and 'Public Administration, Defence and other services'

The shadow banking sector has been battling a credit crunch ever since one of the sector's biggest firms Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services collapsed in late 2018 amid fraud allegations

One of the best ways to figure out the desired retirement corpus is to follow your expense pattern and factor in inflation. However, return on your corpus will also play a major role in deciding your final corpus amount

As the economy goes into a tailspin, jobs across industries are becoming a casualty

With residential sales hitting the trough and prices stagnant, the realty market can look forward to better times

Commercial real estate is on a strong footing even as the residential segment flounders

The WeWork IPO debacle has not hit the optimism of Indian co-working players

RERA has increased transparency but it lacks in leveraging technology and a large inventory of real estate projects remains outside its purview

Why the Sensex is on fire even as the economy hurtles downhill

P&A Law Offices, which represents and advises nine registered homebuyers associations, has written a letter to Kuldeep Verma, who is an authorised representative of homebuyers in a committee of creditors (CoC)

ICRA forecasted that there would be a further deterioration in the growth rate of India's GDP and the gross value added (GVA) at basic prices in YoY terms to 4.7 per cent and 4.5 per cent, respectively, in Q2 FY20, from 5 per cent and 4.9 per cent, respectively, in Q1 FY20

A new report by PropEquity stated that sales of housing units fell 10 per cent across India's top nine cities to 52,885 units in the third quarter of 2019 versus the year-ago quarter

'I wish India eradicates malnutrition one day', says Bill GatesBill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Saturday identified health as a prominent challenge facing India and said that he wished India got rid of malnutrition. \"If there was one wish I had for India, it would be to get rid of malnutrition because that reduces the potential of those kids so dramatically and their ability to provide and learn are reduced. It's like 15 IQ points go away,\" Gates sa...