Economy

Circular Economy is not only to safeguard future generation but also offers huge opportunities for the present generation, according to Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology.

Fairfax-backed Digit Insurance, an Indian insurtech startup with a mission to “Make Insurance Simple”, has reached 2.8 million customers with US$172 million premium in FY 2018-19.

Economists are evaluating the impact of challenging global trade outlook and disputes on Indian economic growth in fiscal 2020, lowering growth prospects to 6.8% year-on-year from earlier projections of 7%.

Logistics & warehousing is a bright new spot on the Indian real estate heatmap drawing over US$1.1 billon investments, writes Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO – ANAROCK Capital.

India will not allow multi-brand retail by foreign companies and on the pretext of B2B no entry will be allowed for multi-brand retail, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has reiterated, assuring support to small traders and retailers in the...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is conducting a Market Study on E-commerce in India to develop a better understanding of the functioning of e-commerce in the country and its implications for markets and competition.

Fitch has lowered India's growth forecast to 6.6% for the current fiscal (2019-2020) from 6.8% projected earlier, citing slowdown in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors over the past year.

While India has emerged relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis, there should be no room for complacency, Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stressed.

India will be hosting the 14th session of Conference of Parties (COP-14) from 29 August–14 September 2019, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on 17 June 2019 in Delhi, stressing on India’s role in combating desertification.

Representatives of Digital Economy and Start-ups have shared their views and made suggestions regarding Big Data, data mining, building of digital infrastructure as the big challenge before Indian economy besides scaling-up and incentivising Research & Development (R&D) within India.