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WPI Inflation At 0.79 Per Cent In May, Vegetable Prices Soar

Inflation in vegetables came in at 12.94 per cent, a sharp rise from 2.21 per cent, a month earlier. Pulses inflation remained stubborn at 35.56 per cent

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May Retail Inflation Hits Near Two-years High On Surging Food Prices

India's annual consumer price inflation edged up for the second straight month to 5.76 per cent in May, driven by higher prices of food and fuel products

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RBI's Forex Reserves Hit Record High In Week To June 3

India's foreign exchange reserves hit a record high at $363.46 billion for the week ended June 3, mostly due to the central bank taking delivery of its forward-dollar contracts and dollar buying in spot foreign exchange markets

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India's Industrial Output Shrinks In April

India's industrial output unexpectedly shrank 0.8 per cent in April from a year earlier, its first contraction in three months, government data showed on Friday

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Indian Factory Growth Picks Up Slightly In May

Input prices rose at their fastest rate in 14 months but manufacturers absorbed much of the increase, a survey shows

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Indian Economy Grows At 7.9 Per Cent In March Quarter

The 7.6 per cent growth rate for 2015-16 is the same as projected by the Central Statistics Office in its advance estimates of national income earlier in February this year

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High Food Prices Pose Challenge To India's Inflation Target

Prices of many foodstuffs such as pulses, sugar, vegetables and poultry products are set to surge in India in the next three months on thin supplies, which could fuel inflation and give the central bank little room to cut rates, say analysts

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April Wholesale Prices Rise For First Time In 18 Months

Wholesale food prices last month rose 4.23 per cent year-on-year, compared with a provisional 3.73 per cent gain in March

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Plunging Oil, Gold Imports Trim India's Trade Deficit

Imports shrank an annual 23.10 per cent to $25.41 billion last month. Exports, meanwhile, dropped 6.74 per cent year-on-year to $20.57 billion

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How The Experts View Latest Economy Numbers

India's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to a stronger-than-expected 5.39 per cent in April from 4.83 percent the previous month, government data showed on Thursday

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