Rapid and inclusive growth in the medium term does not look too likely if one examines the array of unattended constraints - Tightening constraints to inclusive development

Official data on Wednesday revealing a tepid industrial growth in April with no distinct signs of recovery and a higher-than-expected retail inflation in May further added to the disappointing economic environment - Factory output decelerates to 2 % in April

A quarter of all maternal deaths occur due to anaemia, and 19 per cent due to calcium deficiency, both of which cause often-fatal complications at childbirth, as The Lancet data confirm - Stunting a country

In India, agricultural commodity futures trading has seen several crests and troughs, owing to frequent regulatory action and rapid changes in hedging - ‘Our agri, non-agri business ratio is set to change’

Lack of government encouragement to AP Genco to set up new power projects has been listed by the Standing Committee on Energy matters as the main reason for the present power crisis in the State, resulting in a hefty power tariff hike for consumers - Sidelining of Genco main reason for power crisis

Might discuss Ordinance route tomorrow, note circulated among ministers listing discussion topics - Food Bill on Cabinet agenda

The southwest monsoon, the lifeline of millions of farmers, is expected to cover 90-95 per cent of the landmass by the end of June, within its normal time, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) - Monsoon to cover most parts by June-end

The Food Corporation of India had drawn flak for the tardy manner in which it handled mounting foodgrain stocks - Low wheat procurement addresses FCI’s storage woes

The MSME sector contributes around 9 per cent of India’s GDP and accounts for around 45 percent of manufacturing output - MSME share in exports was 43% in 2011-12

The US fiscal deficit is still dangerously high, but nobody is moving to reduce it - America’s deficit complacency

The country’s industrial output probably rose for a fourth consecutive month in April, but at a slightly slower pace, a Reuter’s poll showed, suggesting economic recovery remained tepid - April industrial growth could be 2.4%

Following India’s economic growth plummeting to a decade low of five per cent in 2012-13, economists say if one considers the first set of data released for April and May, There are no clear indications of a recovery this financial year - Yet to see green shoots of recovery: Economists

The measures taken by the government will lead to economic growth of at least 6 per cent in FY14 against a decadal-low growth of 5 per cent in FY13. According to him, the impact of the government measures would be felt from the second quarter or the second half of the year - ‘More than 6% growth is still possible in FY14’

The rupee today hit a record low to close at 58.14 a dollar, as foreign institutional investors (FIIs) withdrew from the country and the outlook on India’s current account deficit continued to be bleak - Rupee hits record low, makes it difficult for RBI to cut rate

Inflation in bajra has been rising over the last year, peaking in December - Commodity of the week - Bajra

Gold continues to worry India’s policy makers,who have just announced a further increase in import duty by two percentage points to eight per cent,when it was practically nothing a relatively short while ago -STATSGURU: Decoding the rise and fall of gold as an investment

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been the backbone of the Indian economy. That is both a good and a bad thing - SME Nation

Grain to a wider population at prices cheaper than what the Centre has proposed — it’s a winning formula for states - States take a bite out of Centre’s food security bill

The Centre, not in the pink, is making states share some of its financial burden - Weary Centre asks states to lift ‘burden’

Most informal enterprises in slums employ local residents, generating benefits for the local economy. They make profits, pay rent and taxes - Do the urban poor contribute?

Amid multiple sectoral woes, India is projected to see an electricity supply shortfall of 6.7 percent in the current financial year with the southern region expected to be the worst hit - India to see 6.7% power supply crunch this financial year

Though the ability of farm mechanisation to turn agriculture around was well known, it was neither discussed so widely, nor practised so seriously in the past - Labour shortage: farm mechanisation gets a boost

Multi Commodity Exchange’s (MCX) market share rose by five percentage points in the first two months of this financial year, owing to aggressive participation by traders in the non-agricultural space, on higher volatility - MCX’s market share up on volatility in non-agri space

Earlier, the Food Corporation of India had drawn flak for the tardy manner in which it handled mounting foodgrain stocks - Low wheat procurement addresses FCI’s storage woes

The southwest monsoon advanced further over the central and western parts of the country today, an official at the India Meterological Department (IMD) said. - Southwest monsoon advances over central, western India

Household demand growth is expected to be stronger at close to 10% - Power demand to be lower in 12th plan

The market for green certificates issued to developers, has collapsed alarmingly, casting a shadow on India’s ambitious plan for solar, wind and small hydro projects - Green Energy Projects Choke on Weak Demand

HSBC’s PMI slips to 50.1 in May from 51 in April - Manufacturing output falls at 50-month low

The pass through of coal prices, if allowed, would mean rates for power produced from plants set up through the competitive bidding route go through the roof - Power and coal sectors headed for chaos

Demand has been squeezed to such an extent that net sales of companies that have declared their quarterly results have on an average grown at only 7.3 per cent - STATSGURU: Some troubles in corporate results, but also green shoots

Gross energy generation in the country has been assessed as 975 billion units from power plants in operation and those expected to be commissioned during the year - CEA estimates gross energy shortage of 6.7% in 2013-14

The sowing area under sugarcane is likely to decline by 10 per cent this season following shortage of water in major producing states including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka - Sugarcane acreage likely to fall 10% this kharif season

The Centre was able to rein in the Centre’s fiscal deficit at 4.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012-13, against 5.2 per cent pegged in the revised estimate (RE) and 5.1 per
cent projected in the Budget estimate - Fiscal deficit down at 4.9% of GDP

Agriculture growth dropped to 1.4 per cent, a two-year low, in the fourth quarter of 2012-13 due to a drop in kharif foodgrain production as well as rabi wheat output - Farm growth at 2-year low of 1.4%

Weak consumption & investments pull down growth; core also disappoints - Annual GDP growth at a decade low

Rupee recorded another 10-month low on Thursday against the U.S. dollar even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor aired his concerns on stubbornly high retail inflation and widening current account deficit - Rupee sinks to new low

Cotton farmers are a happy lot, at least at the beginning of kharif this year, as they are able to purchase Bt cotton seeds much below the prescribed retail price -cotton seed price keeps farmers happy

In India, annual GDP growth is expected to strengthen gradually, to around 5.3 percent in 2013 - OECD slashes India’s growth forecast for 2013

Index of Educations to track growth of the sector, which contributes about 4% to the GDP - Central Statistics Office Working on Education Index

As many as 1.2 billion people almost  the population of india ont have acces to electricity and 2.8 billion have to rely on wood or other biomass to cook and heat their homes,finds a world bank report - Three power points for india & the world

Think tank says country might have overtaken Japan, but lowers FY13 growth projection to 5.3% - India May’ve Become World’s Third Largest Economy: OECD

India will have to completely reverse how it focuses development activity in the coming decades - Towards 2050:development imperatives

The RBI’s conservatism has been criticised by the government and industry for stalling growth. But the facts suggest a weak correlation - The interest rate illusion

Centre’s nod for setting up three National Investment and Manufacturing Zones in State - ‘AP set to become a manufacturing hub’

To improve air connectivity in remote areas, the civil aviation ministry is considering a proposal to allow scheduled regional airlines to induct smaller aircraft for deployment on regional routes - Govt moots steps to improve regional air connectivity

Much-touted foreign direct investment (FDI) reforms notwithstanding, India received 38 per cent less of such inflows into the country at $22.4 billion in 2012-13 against $35.1 billion in the previous year, data released from The Department Of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) showed - FDI inflows into India

Aprice indexfor agri commodities: ABusiness Standardand Indicus Analytics initiative - Commodity for the week - Potato

HAS THE rupee’s behaviour in the recent past been predictable? - STATSGURU: Making sense of the rupee’s depreciation

Ahead of the arrival of the monsoon in June, water reservoirs have sufficient storage due to good winter rains earlier this year, improving the prospects of hydro power availability and kharif crops - Hydro reservoirs brighten power, kharif crop prospects

The agrochemical industry will reach around four billion USD by 2020 - The future of the agrochemical sector in India

A price index for agri commodities: A Business Standard and Indicus Analytics initiative - Commodiy for the week - onion

Has India’s Parliament been getting worse over the past decade, under the United Progressive Alliance? According to Table 1, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have consistently sat for fewer days than supposed to over the session - STATSGURU: Taking stock of Parliament during the UPA’s rule

A total of 12 per cent of the respondents reported an increase in cultivable land, while 36 per cent reported a rise in the number of crops sown, suggesting the scheme was partly realising its objective of making small and marginal farmers and other marginalised communities self-reliant - MGNREGS labour shifting to horticulture

At the Lok Siksha Samiti meeting with officials on Thursday, the Collector said according to a survey done in the past, some 7.39 lakh illiterates were identified - Call to improve literacy rate

At present, China tops the list with increase in consumption - Steel production may cross 200 million tonnes by 2020

Nitin Desai lays out the key inflection points that will affect India’s development in the decades to come - Looking towards 2050

For the first time since November 2009, wholesale price index-based headline inflation slid further to 4.89 per cent in April this year - Inflation drops to 4.89 % in April

ASHIMA GOYAL, one of the external members of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Reserve Bank of India and professor of economics at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development research, Mumbai, talks to Neelasri Barmanon inflation expectations and the central bank’s likely thinking - With sticky inflation, RBI has to go carefully

Market hopes for more rate cuts as April headline number at 4.89% is the lowest since November 2009 - Inflation backin RBI’s comfortzone

Retail inflation dropped a big one percentage point to single digit in April, as feared spike in food prices in the lean season has not manifest and weak consumer demand kept prices of manufactured goods in check -More Good News on Inflation

This performance was underpinned by an amalgam of strong exports to the U.S. and the depreciation of the rupee against the dollar - World economy in a tizzy, but Indian pharma flying high

Economic growth forecasts for the current year (2013-14) by official and non-official agencies have started coming in at regular intervals - Growth forecasts: fanciful or realistic

How much top executives should be paid has been a vexed one especially since the financial crisis of 2008 - STATSGURU: Making sense of top executives’ salaries in India

Less wheat output is likely to mean less procurement by the government in this year - Wheat output may be less this year

India recorded an unprecedented 46.5 per cent growth in new power capacity in the first quarter ended March this year, according to Platts, a global provider of energy price assessments -India bucks the trend in power development

‘The two seed varieties, MCM 100 and MCM 101, give much more yield than existing varieties’ - Two new paddy varieties developed

Inflation-indexed bonds to be launched by MayInflation down - FinMin bats for rate cut

Orderly rupee depreciation, a lower fiscal deficit and credible stress tests for banks are essential to stave off crisis - What type of crisis for India?

A bull run looks possible only if the Nifty breaks out above 6,111 — and that’s some distance away - Rewriting the Indian growth story

INDIA’S CENSUS has recently released data from the decennial exercise that allows some final conclusions, and draws attention to the startling demographic difference between India’s north and its south - STATSGURU: Two Indias

Colleges or universities can become Vocational Training Provide - The mantra is to impart skills to make youth employable

For the 2012-13 crop marketing year ending June, India’s wheat production is estimated at 93.62 million tonnes (mt), close to last year’s record output of 94.88 mt - Foodgrain output seen rising 2%

Customising the recruitment agenda is key to attracting the right talent during campus recruitment - EMPLOYERS - ARE THEY CAMPUS-READY?

The mistaken notion that the 53 per cent of India’s population ‘dependent on agriculture’ are all ‘farmers’ leads many to dismiss the massive farmers’ suicides as trivial - Over 2,000 fewer farmers every day

In an exercise that may bring cheer to the educated unemployed youth, the government has identified as many as 63,621 vacancies covering a majority of its departments to be filled soon. - 63,621 government jobs available

THE PRIME Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) has come out with its Review of the Economy for 2013 - STATSGURU: Decoding PMEAC’s review of the economy

While the current environment is difficult,the future holds promise - Growth in Q3 has slowed to sub - 5%

Despite impressive Economic growth in past 20 years,85 percent of India's workforce is employed in the informal sector - The Job Scene : Informal Sector a Drag

Rains in 2013 would definitely be better than last year - IMD forecasts normal monsoon this year

Any fruit crop is perennial in nature and takes a minimum of three years after planting to bear the first fruits. Quality planting material key to better productivity in orchards

‘State government encouraging farm mechanisation’ - Make better use of subsidy on agriculture tools: Collector

Communicating a powerful mindset and displaying confidence is what employers look for - How to land that job when you think you can’t

Seeking to explain why its projections on GDP growth and current account deficit (CAD) for 2012-13 went awry - Policy inertia and not low investments that stalled economic progress

New power plants could source imported coal from CIL on ‘cost-plus’ basis - Coal price pooling shelved

Clearence of oil blocks frees up $4.61 bn investment - CCI nod to 13 power projects,25 oil blocks

A price index for agri commodities: A Business Standardand Indicus Analytics initiative - Indicus price monitor

THE INDIAN automobile sector is going through some tough times - STATSGURU: What ails India’s beleaguered auto sector?

Dalit organisations dub the proposal as pro-landed - Uncertainty over move to link NREGS to farm labour

While scaling down economic growth a bit, says retail price inflation will be in double digits in 2013 and 2014 - IMF pegs 2013 current a/c deficit at 4.9% of GDP

The core challenge of energy security is to build up domestic supply through clean coal and renewable sources - How to secure India’s energy

The discipline and practice of education has largely been circumscribed within discussions privileging its role and importance in the growth and development of a country’s social and economic status. - Tracing the trajectory of sociology of education

Lower inflation sparks rate-cut hopes while petrol, gold and a host of other items get cheaper - Inflation Drops Below 6%, Flash Mob Goes to RBI

THE SUGAR industry has been partially decontrolled, which means greater play for market factors - STATSGURU: India’s bitter-sweet sugarcane story

India’s manufacturing sector is in a mess. There is not enough investment and jobs are few. The labour cost-advantage is fast disappearing. What do you think has gone wrong? - ‘We are Slaves in Manufacturing... We Have to be Our Own Masters’

‘Zero-tillage’ farming can reduce the hazards of crop-residue burning - The smoking farmlands

Steady flow of sugar from foreign markets could keep a check on domestic price, due to import parity - Bullish outlook for sugar, cotton

THE INDIAN pharmaceutical sector is in the news,with generic makers (largely Indian) winning a series of administrative and judicial victories against patent-holders (all MNCs) - STATSGURU: Indian pharma is high on profit, low on R&D

Like many other countries, India should proactively assist indigenous firms to take advantage of drugs coming off patents over the next two years - Health Needs Intensive Care, Not a Quick Fix

Hopes economic growth to be over 6% this year : says money-transfer exposé being looked into - FY13 fiscal deficit to beat projection

One of the most competitive and crucial sectors in any economy,the power sector stands to gain from events such  as Grid tech 2013,which not only provides a platform for stake holders but also acts as a showcase for the industry - Gridtech 2013 : A surge of power