Madan Sabnavis

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  Opinion | It's Time Centre's Employment Push Shifted Gears

  Employee costs are a significant part of any company's expenditure, so there is hesitation to hire more people than necessary to run operations.

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  Opinion | These Are The Budget's Two Key Messages For The Future

  Despite the pre-budget hype and multitude of expectations, two principles stand out for the medium and long-term: steadfast adherence to fiscal prudence and a simplified, uniform tax structure devoid of concessions.

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  Opinion | Consumption Boost May Be The Key Theme In This Year's Budget

  Generally, budgets that follow the interim budgets announced by the same government do not have many changes. There is no reason to expect differences this time, considering the economy is performing well and growing at above 7% for FY25.

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  Opinion: GDP Growth-Rising Investment Can Sustain This Momentum

  The NSO recently announced that GDP growth for FY24 would reach 7.6%, surpassing its previous forecast of 7.3%. Though consumption, which accounts for approximately 60% of GDP, presents a mixed picture.

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  Opinion: What Lies Ahead For Economy In 2024?

  There is a definite air of optimism as we begin 2024; almost every economic parameter looks better than last year.

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  Opinion: Will Demand Pick Up This Season?

  Consumer demand has been one of the missing links in the India growth story and it is not surprising that the progress on this front in the period - October-December merits interest.

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  RBI's Surprise Rate Hike: Top Comments From Economists

  Economists across the board felt that more such action could be seen from the central bank in the days to come

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  RBI Likely To Maintain Status Quo On Key Rates During Monetary Policy Panel Meet

  In view of inflationary concerns, the RBI is likely to maintain status quo on key policy rates in its next bi-monthly economic policy review meeting

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  Did Budget 2019 Address Growth Concerns? Here Is What Experts Say

  In the middle of India's growth concerns, the spotlight shifted to Budget 2019 for a big push towards investment and growth.

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  How GST Will Benefit Consumers, Businesses: Your 10-Point Cheat-Sheet

  From July 1, the country will move to a new indirect tax regime as GST or goods and services tax will subsume nearly a dozen of central and state taxes. From the consumer's point of view, the biggest advantage would be in terms of reduction in overall tax burden on goods. For businesses, it means reduction in a multiplicity of taxes and a much simp...

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  Demonetisation Could Knock Off 1-3% From GDP Growth: Economists

  GDP growth rate could take a knock of around 1 per cent to 3 per cent (or 100 to 300 basis points), in the next two quarters.

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  Combined Net Sales Of 2,900 Companies Slip 1.3% In Q4: Care Ratings

  Net sales of nearly 2,900 companies declined by 1.3 per cent and net profit by 27.1 per cent in the March quarter, despite brokerages lapping up the "stellar performance", Care Ratings has said in a report.

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  MSP of Kharif Crops: Here's What Experts Say

  MSP is the minimum price set by the government at which the farmers' produce is procured by the Food Corporation of India (FCI).

• Experts Support RBI's Decision to Keep Rates Steady

  The Reserve Bank of India kept key interest rates unchanged in its policy announced on September 30, citing upward risks to inflation. Although the RBI's decision didn't please many corporates and home buyers, experts supported the central bank's decision to hold rates.

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  S&P's 'Stable' Outlook for India Spells Better Times Ahead: Analysts

  Welcoming Standard and Poor's (S&P) move to revise India's outlook to 'stable' from 'negative', market experts have said the country is entering into faster than expected growth mode.