Growth pangs

Inflation continues to be a worry, but steeper interest rate hike will hurt small businesses and employment.

Perennially worse off

India’s tragedy is that its centre, east and much of the north-east consistently lag the north, west, and south.

IIP growth in july
IIP growth slows to 2.4 per cent in July

On a seasonally-adjusted basis, industrial output contracted by 0.75% month-on-month, against -0.35% in the previous month, according to India Ratings.