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India eyes Rs 1 trillion marine exports in 2 years

Debunks reports of poor working conditions, safety standards India is aiming to reach Rs 1 trillion in marine product exports in next two years by increasing its processing capacity and.

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India’s Services PMI rises to 61.2 in March on healthy demand conditions

Ines Lam, Economist at HSBC, said, “India’s services PMI rose in March, following a small dip in February, on the back of strong demand that spurred sales and business activity.”.

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RBI MPC Meet Day 2: RBI likely to keep repo rate unchanged at 6.50%; economists say GDP estimate may be revised up

The RBI MPC meeting commenced on April 3 and the six-member committee headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, will announce its decision on India’s benchmark interest rate at 10 am.

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“Net exports” seen a growth driver in current quarter; Foreign trade was a drag on GDP for three quarters in a row

Economists forecast Q4 GDP growth to be significantly higher than NSO estimate of 5.9%. India’s foreign trade is likely to push the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth by about.

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Q3 CAD at $10.5 bn: FY23-24 current account estimated at $35 billion or 1% of GDP on growing merchandise, service exports, says Barclays

Barclays maintained its forecasts for the annual current account at $35 billion or 1 per cent of the GDP in FY23-24, but stated that it sees a downside to this.

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S&P raises India growth forecast for FY25 to 6.8 per cent

RBI steps creating more robust financial system, says rating agency. S&P Global on Tuesday raised its forecast for India’s real economic growth in the next financial year (2024-25) by 0.4.

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FTAs help engineering exports; shipments to Russia double

Overall, engineering exports entered the positive growth zone by February stood at $ 98.03 billion as against $ 96.84 billion during April-February of last year, securing 1.23% growth. Engineering goods.

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India can push growth close to 9 per cent by implementing a few more reforms in next 5 years: Panagariya

Panagariya said Prime Minister Narendra Modi worked hard over the past 10 years to make India a friendly place for businesses, so investment is coming in. India can realistically push.

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RBI keen to further build up record high FX reserves, say sources

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) FX reserves rose to a record high of $642.49 billion as of March 15. India’s central bank will keep building its forex reserves as.

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India’s current account deficit declines to $10.5 billion in Q3, says RBI

Per the data released by RBI, the CAD in the October-December quarter amounted to 1.2 per cent of India’s GDP. India’s current account deficit (CAD) declined to $10.5 billion in.

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