Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed confidence that India will see positive growth in exports this fiscal despite the uncertainties in global trade.
The production of cement, fertilisers, steel, electricity, coal, and refinery products recorded positive growth in March 2025, according to a statement by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The raw silk production in the country stayed at 34,042 metric tonnes (MT) till January 2025, registering an uptick, Pabitra Margherita the Minister of State (MoS) for Textile said in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 4.6 per cent (provisional) in January, 2025 as compared to the Index in January, 2024, commerce ministry data showed on Friday.
The ICI measures the combined and individual performance of the production of eight core industries viz. Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity. The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index
The manufacturing sector demonstrated resilience, with 18 out of 23 industry groups at the 2-digit NIC level recording positive growth compared to October 2023. The overall Quick Estimate of IIP for October 2024 stood at 149.9, a noticeable increase from 144.9 in October 2023.
The average housing prices across the top eight Indian cities witnessed a 3 per cent quarterly growth in Q2 2024, indicating a positive growth and homebuyer sentiment for the 14th consecutive quarter, a joint report by CREDAI, Colliers, and Liases Foras said.
The global sales of the luxury segment of Tata Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, reported a positive growth in sales on Monday for the first quarter (April-June) of 2024
Preliminary estimates of Ajman's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2023, issued by the Ajman Statistics Centre, reveal the emirate's robust economic performance and positive growth rates.
Addressing a gathering in Mumbai at an event organised by the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), he said, "We expect that this year will see positive growth in goods and services exports, our exports will be around USD 800 billion."
The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 6.3 per cent in May, 2024 as compared to last year, said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday.