Indian Economy Review by Mr AK Bhattacharya, Editorial Director, Business Standard | July 2023

Highlights Govt comfortable with Q1 2023-24 revenues and fiscal targets Multidimensional poverty down, rural-urban divide continues Govt releases Annual Economic Review, outlines pros and cons Exports decline continues, signs of weakness in service exports Retail prices higher, IIP growth also up with wholesale deflation Kharif sowing picks up, but monsoon and its spread hold the […]

Focus: Indo-Pacific | 25th July 2023

Despite Henry Kissinger’s landmark visit to Beijing at age of 100 to create working ties with the Chinese leadership, the USA continued to put in place measures to deter China’s aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific region. The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney on July 22), the first time a U.S. Navy vessel joined […]