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By Dr. Gyan Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 will also mark the beginning of BJP’s campaign for Lok Sabah General Election 2024. Religious events, including fetching large number of Hindu devotees to Ayodhya Ramlala Darshan free of cost for the next two months, will be […]

The post Political Impact Of Ram Mandir Inauguration Will Not Be Pan India first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Public sector banks are rushing to issue bonds in the coming weeks, capitalising on lower government bond yields that have made borrowing cheaper while tight liquidity and robust credit growth are spurring lenders’ demand for funds to meet loan needs. State Bank of India is set to kick off domestic bond issuances for 2024 with […]

The post SBI, BoB Among PSBs Pushing Bond Issues first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Dr. Gyan Pathak India is facing rising industrial concentration in just five hands, and is enriching billionaires, private equity funds, and crony capitalists driving unprecedented level of inequalities and poverty among people. Dalits are facing high and unaffordable out-of-pocket fees in the private healthcare sector, financial exclusion in the private healthcare sector, and overt […]

The post India Faces Rising Industrial Concentration In Just Five Hands: Oxfam first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Devasis Chattopadhyay On 22 January 2024, India will change forever. It’s a misstep we may never recover from, a change triggered by a temple. In our country, regardless of religion, we consecrate shrines all the time. In a multi-faith and primarily agrarian society, home to 140 crore population, places of worship possess a wonderful […]

The post I Am Sad I Will Not Find My Childhood Ramchandra In The New Ayodhya Temple first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy After fiddling with the Indian economy for years, Raghuram Rajan, former governor of Reserve Bank of India, finds himself in a kind of Hamlet moment. Rajan had observed that India would be lucky to reach a 5% growth rate during the current fiscal year. He was heaped with criticism for his pessimism […]

The post Indian Economy Has Shown Its Own Strengths Through High Growth In 2023-24 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

MUMBAI: India has emerged as “vishwa mitra”, or a trusted friend, in the rapidly changing world order, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. He projected the country as a new ray of hope amid global uncertainties and an engine of growth for the world economy. The prime minister was addressing the Vibrant Gujarat Global […]

The post Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024: India A Vishwa Mitra, Says PM Modi first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Industry bodies are keen on getting access to the e-Shram portal, which is a repository of data of nearly 300 million unorganised sector workers. They believe access to this diverse skilled talent pool will help them fulfil their workforce requirements. “Industry has asked for access to the e-Shram database which will help us […]

The post Industry Bodies Eye Access To The E-Shram Portal To Fill Talent Gap first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

GREATER NOIDA: India’s agriculture exports, which stood at over USD 50 billion at present, are expected to double by 2030 and reach USD 100 billion, Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on Monday. He said that the country is targeting USD 2 trillion worth of exports of goods and services by 2030. “I am very sure […]

The post Agri Exports Likely To Double To $100 Billion By 2030: Commerce Secretary first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: As India and the four-member European Union Free Trade Association (EFTA) enter the final rounds of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), the decision of Switzerland to bring down its import tariffs on industrial goods to zero has limited the gains that can be derived from the deal for New Delhi. Switzerland […]

The post Little Gains From FTA With EFTA After Swiss Move To Scrap Tariffs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday took a veiled jibe at his uncle Sharad Pawar over his age, saying some people are not ready to retire even though they are in their 80s. “Employees of Maharashtra government retire at the age of 58. Most people normally stop their active professional […]

The post Ajit’s uncharitable jibe at uncle Pawar first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The government’s dividend collection from non-financial central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and other investments in this financial year could amount to about ₹55,000 crore, more than a quarter higher than the budgetary target of ₹43,000 crore, said a senior official. However, the Centre could reduce its combined disinvestment and dividend (from non-financial CPSEs) […]

The post Centre May Rake In Rs 55,000 Crore In Dividends From Key CPSEs first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

MUMBAI: Borrowing by banks climbed last year, on average by as much as two-thirds in aggregate, as the central bank’s liquidity mop-up to tame consumer prices coincided with higher demand for credit and trailing deposit growth. HDFC Bank’s mid-July merger with mortgage-lending pioneer HDFC also caused borrowings to swell for mainstream lenders under the central […]

The post Bank Borrowings Increase By 67 Per Cent In 2023 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lakshadweep visit last week conjured up a debate on the internet after Maldives minister Abdulla Mahzoom Majid, in a social media post, claimed that India is shifting focus from the Maldives by promoting Lakshadweep as another tourist spot. “Recently, I had the opportunity to be among the people of Lakshadweep. I […]

The post Opposition slams Modi for ‘pushing close ally away’ first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Girish Linganna On December 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is set for a historic journey, edging closer to the Sun than any other man-made object before. Achieving record-breaking speeds of 195 km/s (435,000 mph), it will be the fastest artificial object in history. The probe aims to approach the Sun at a distance […]

The post Unprecedented Solar Proximity Is Being Made Possible In December This Year first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: Expectations are muted over big big-ticket announcements or high-budget schemes being announced in the interim Budget on February 1, but the run-up to the Parliament elections could still feature some such. FE has reviewed the schemes and government programmes rolled out in FY24 budget, and found that while these did not entail huge […]

The post Schemes Unveiled In Budget FY24 Make Headway first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has allayed fears of any problems due to lower wheat procurement this year and expressed confidence in buying a quantity more than the annual requirement under all welfare schemes. Briefing the media on the achievement of FCI since its inception in 1964, FCI Chairman and Managing Director […]

The post India Will Procure More Than Required Rice For Buffer Stocks, Says FCI CMD first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

CHENNAI: Steel giant ArcelorMittal has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to build “Asia’s first” Hyperloop test track facility here, the company said here on Wednesday. The companies, ArcelorMittal and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS), are providing foundational steel materials as well as engineering, design, and project management expertise to support the construction […]

The post ArcelorMittal Partners With IIT Madras To Create Hyperloop Facility In Tamil Nadu first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Sushil Kutty It sounds odd calling Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Nyay Yatra’, “nationwide east-to-west yatra”. The yatra is east-to-west, but not nationwide. Cutting through 14 states and 85 districts is not the entirety of India. It is another matter if it has a nationwide impact. Also, the claim that the Congress “hopes” to win 150 […]

The post Congress’s Bharat Nyay Yatra Will Clash With 2024 Poll Preparations At Ground Level first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Nantoo Banerjee The world is finally recognizing India’s economic strength and its fast-growing market size. Going by the overall development trend, the economy is capable of growing close to 10 percent annually over the next several years. In 2023-24, the economy may reach a growth rate of seven percent. Both domestic and foreign investors […]

The post Surging Demand, Rising Investment Put India’s Economy On Top Gear first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By Anjan Roy Economic forecasting is always hazardous. It is more so in the current scenario. There are always any number of uncertainties about the future. But currently these are multifarious. No one really knows, including the dramatis personae, what will happen in the next week, let alone in course of the coming year. Take […]

The post New Year 2024 May Witness Far More Turmoil In Global Economy first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

A video of DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran, which party sources claim is old, can spell trouble for the unity of INDIA bloc at a time when it is gearing up for the big Lok Sabha contest just a few months away. In a video, the authenticity of which NDTV cannot verify, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran […]

The post DMK MP’s Bihari jibe may be INDIA Bloc’s new trouble first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran The shipping industry is keeping its fingers crossed till the Gaza-Houthi triggered crisis in Red Sea-Suez Canal areas lasts. The duration of the current situation is what matters. A temporary disturbance – a perceived bump in the road – and the industry may cope. But, if it lasts, with container vessels forced […]

The post Global Shipping Industry Hostage To Red Sea-Suez Crisis first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.