Author: FinSiddhi

India’s development ambitions will depend not on promises alone, but on sustained reforms, better-designed welfare, inclusive products, capable leadership and accountability

S&P Global Ratings says reforms and low insurance penetration support long-term growth, but underwriting pressures and weak profitability remain key risks for insurers

Even meeting the target would leave India far behind the US and the UK

Even though the Indian policymakers have periodically articulated lofty goals of self-reliance, they have not institutionalised a robust methodology to measure it

A weak monsoon and El Nino could hurt rural incomes and repayments, prompting major NBFCs to tighten portfolio monitoring and underwriting in vulnerable segments

Oil pares edges up as Hormuz uncertainty keeps supply risks elevated

The Business Standard Defence Index is designed to track the performance of 25 key defence stocks

The indigenous airborne radar system has received final operational clearance, strengthening the IAF’s surveillance and command-and-control capabilities.

The RBI governor’s message in Kochi puts the focus on whether banks can turn formal credit channels, digital rails and policy support into timely finance for small businesses

Over 100 MSME players of the stainless steel sector have urged the government to reintroduce the quality control order, citing a surge in Chinese imports after the order was revoked to ease the sourcing of raw material for domestic manufacturing. The steel ministry, through an order dated April 27, suspended the quality control order (QCO)…