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No shortcuts to hiking health spend to 2.5% of GDP

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RBI mops up Rs 6.02 lakh crore through VRRR auctions against a Rs 8.50 lakh crore plan

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New producer price index set to replace WPI over next five years

Central bank turns piper to draw in foreign capital; leaves repo rate at 5.25, keeps stance neutral

RBI likely to pay record dividend to govt this year

Mining amendment is unfair to States

RBI books ₹1.69 lakh crore forex gains amid record dollar sales

Consumer inflation rises to 3.93% in May, higher costs from West Asia war get passed on to households

Bursting at the seams: On the rise in inflation

India weighs friendlier investment treaty rules as Cabinet nod nears: DEA Secretary

States' expenditure rises 131% in 10 yrs on welfare, development: CAG Report

Forex reserves hit record $740.8 billion, lift rupee

Core sectors grew at a five-month high of 5% in June 2026 as per new and improved index

What's ailing India's fertiliser subsidy and ethanol policy? Ashok Gulati explains

National Health Accounts figures indicate high burden of health care costs on people

Experts Explain | India’s federalism challenges, and how consensus building is the way forward

UPI and the cost of policy reversal

A semiconductor vision beyond the factory floor

Centre saves ₹55,000 crore as FY26 spending undershoots estimates

S&P affirms India ratings at 'BBB/A-2' with 'stable' outlook

Gujarat emerges as top state in Niti Aayog's Investment Friendliness Index for states and UTs

No shortcuts to hiking health spend to 2.5% of GDP

RBI mops up Rs 6.02 lakh crore through VRRR auctions against a Rs 8.50 lakh crore plan

Southern states deserve fairer share of national wealth based on earnings: Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar

Post-pandemic trend: Strong divergence in corporate profit vs investment math captures policy attention

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 14 LIVE: The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 passed in Lok Sabha

Unfazed by West Asia crisis, fiscal deficit within range at 18.2% in Q1

Tamil Nadu’s decade of debt: 309% increase brings repayment pressure and fresh borrowings, says CAG report

Gold reserves are on the move, but central banks are choosing different vaults

Govt achieves 78 pc of FY27 divestment, asset monetisation Budget target in Apr-Aug

Private capex confidence still catching up as uncertainty clouds investment decisions

Household savings rise to 21.7% of GDP in FY25: Govt

Pneumonia continues to be among the leading causes of infant deaths in Karnataka: Economic survey

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The cost of unconditional cash transfers

Why India’s R&D system needs a map of where the money really goes

Strong health systems for all with better public spending

Former chief statistician Pronab Sen seeks two GDP series with old, new bases for five years

RBI planning to put polymer bank notes in circulation from next financial year

Telangana Deputy CM exhorts revenue earning depts to extensively use modern technologies like AI

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New producer price index set to replace WPI over next five years

Central bank turns piper to draw in foreign capital; leaves repo rate at 5.25, keeps stance neutral

RBI likely to pay record dividend to govt this year

Mining amendment is unfair to States

RBI books ₹1.69 lakh crore forex gains amid record dollar sales

Consumer inflation rises to 3.93% in May, higher costs from West Asia war get passed on to households

​Bursting at the seams: On the rise in inflation

India weighs friendlier investment treaty rules as Cabinet nod nears: DEA Secretary

States' expenditure rises 131% in 10 yrs on welfare, development: CAG Report

Forex reserves hit record $740.8 billion, lift rupee

Core sectors grew at a five-month high of 5% in June 2026 as per new and improved index

What's ailing India's fertiliser subsidy and ethanol policy? Ashok Gulati explains

National Health Accounts figures indicate high burden of health care costs on people

Experts Explain | India’s federalism challenges, and how consensus building is the way forward

UPI and the cost of policy reversal

A semiconductor vision beyond the factory floor

Centre saves ₹55,000 crore as FY26 spending undershoots estimates

S&P affirms India ratings at 'BBB/A-2' with 'stable' outlook

Gujarat emerges as top state in Niti Aayog's Investment Friendliness Index for states and UTs

No shortcuts to hiking health spend to 2.5% of GDP

RBI mops up Rs 6.02 lakh crore through VRRR auctions against a Rs 8.50 lakh crore plan

Southern states deserve fairer share of national wealth based on earnings: Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar

Post-pandemic trend: Strong divergence in corporate profit vs investment math captures policy attention

Parliament Monsoon Session Day 14 LIVE: The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 passed in Lok Sabha

Unfazed by West Asia crisis, fiscal deficit within range at 18.2% in Q1

Tamil Nadu’s decade of debt: 309% increase brings repayment pressure and fresh borrowings, says CAG report

Gold reserves are on the move, but central banks are choosing different vaults

Govt achieves 78 pc of FY27 divestment, asset monetisation Budget target in Apr-Aug

Private capex confidence still catching up as uncertainty clouds investment decisions

Household savings rise to 21.7% of GDP in FY25: Govt

Pneumonia continues to be among the leading causes of infant deaths in Karnataka: Economic survey

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The cost of unconditional cash transfers

Why India’s R&D system needs a map of where the money really goes

Strong health systems for all with better public spending

Former chief statistician Pronab Sen seeks two GDP series with old, new bases for five years

RBI planning to put polymer bank notes in circulation from next financial year

Telangana Deputy CM exhorts revenue earning depts to extensively use modern technologies like AI

Bursting at the seams: On the rise in inflation