Six banks that reported their quarterly business updates for the October-December (Q3FY26) quarter on Friday recorded double-digit growth in their loan books compared with a year ago. Deposits also posted healthy growth during the period. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh State-owned Punjab
The first day of the year 2026 was positive for the debt market with foreign investors buying a net domestic debt of Rs 7,524 crore, the highest single-day inflow since May 29 last year. Foreign portfolio investors pumped Rs 29,179
India’s forex reserves jumped by $3.29 billion to $696.61 billion in the week to December 26, the RBI said on Friday. Photograph: Florence Lo/Reuters The overall kitty had increased by $4.368 billion to $693.32 billion in the previous reporting week.
India’s manufacturing sector activity witnessed the weakest improvement in the sector in two years in December on account of softer expansions in new orders, prompting firms to limit input purchases and job creation, a monthly survey said on Friday. Photograph:
Equity benchmark index Nifty hit its lifetime peak before closing 182 points higher on Friday, and the BSE Sensex jumped 573 points, powered by strong buying in power, banking and metal stocks. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters Unabated capital infusion by domestic
With 7.64 million seats, the Mumbai-Delhi route in 2025 was the eighth busiest route in the world. Photograph: ANI Photo It is among the top 10 busiest routes in the world in terms of the number of seats and
Gross GST collections rose 6.1 per cent to over Rs 1.74 lakh crore in December 2025, even as sweeping tax cuts slowed down growth in revenues from domestic transactions, according to government data released on Thursday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The
India’s household debt climbed to 41.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of March 2025, marking a sustained rise from its five-year average of 38.3 per cent, with consumption-related loans accounting for bulk of the borrowings,
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended flat on the first trading session of 2026, as massive selling in ITC stocks and foreign fund outflows diminished the initial enthusiasm. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 32 points or
India’s new national accounts will leverage new data sources and surveys to enhance the measurement of the country’s informal economy, and introduce double deflation methods across sectors, replacing the current system that relies on a single deflation mechanism in Gross
