India’s leading FMCG players announced their Q4FY25 results on Thursday. The commodity inflation and low single-digit volume growth led to a moderate rise in sales. Both companies sounded cautious on commodity inflation denting their margins. However, they also expect that improving macroeconomic conditions could aid better growth than in the previous fiscal.

The Staff Side of the National Council (JCM) has begun preparing a joint memorandum for the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), focusing on key issues like minimum wage, allowances, pension benefits, and pay scales.

For years, India has championed its demographic dividend - the idea that a young and growing workforce will fuel economic dominance. But is this advantage as inevitable as we think? With AI rewriting the rules of economic competitiveness, the assumption that a large, young workforce is an automatic economic catalyst might need re-evaluation.

Despite the delay in tariffs for a few months, the IMF predicts 6.2% economic growth for FY26 vs 6.5%. The 0.3% downgrade from the earlier estimate is largely due to greater policy uncertainty, trade tensions, and a softer demand outlook, given slower-than-anticipated consumption growth.

NIFTY50 and SENSEX are set for a gap-up opening on Wednesday morning amid positive global cues. The benchmark indices continue to rally for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday. Experts believe NIFTY50 could face some resistance at the 24,500 levels.