Economy
Global economy continues to slide as coronavirus outbreak worsens: Moody’s
The rapid spread of the coronavirus in the last two weeks, widespread business closures and unprecedented restrictions on social interactions will result in a...
Growth rates in low-income countries below mark to reduce poverty, reports World Bank
Growth rates in low-income countries are expected to rise to 6 per cent in 2020 from 5.4 per cent this year, but that is...
Modi 2.0 Govt: More US investment in India; Rupee to improve against Dollar
After being put in currency monitoring list in 2018, foreign investors pulled their money from India.
The Trump administration has removed India from its currency...
After the Huawei ban, US likely to blacklist Hikvision, a Chinese survellience tech firm
The U.S. administration is considering limits to Chinese video surveillance firm Hikvision's ability to buy US technology, a leading daily
Income tax e-filers fall by more than 6,60,000 in FY19
In a first in the recent history of tax filings, income tax e-filings in FY2019 have dropped by more than 6.6 lakh, a trend...
Economic growth may have slowed in 2018-19: Finance Ministry
The central government has said that the Indian economy appears to have slowed down in 2018-19 due to lower private consumption, tepid growth in...
Bad news for Services sector: Growth rate fell to 6-month low
There is a bad news for Services sector, the largest sector of the Indian economy. In spite of claims of the government, a monthly...
Weak exports, rural distress, uncertainty over election outcome to drag IIP: Report
India's industrial production is expected to stay muted in the near term, owing to weak exports, rural distress, credit constraints and uncertainty over the...
As petrol prices spike before polls, Pradhan seeks Saudi help to cool rates
With oil prices on the boil just as general elections are announced, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has asked world's largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia...
CCEA approves Rs 2,790 cr interest subvention on loans to sugar mills
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved Rs 2,790 crore interest subvention for extending loans by banks to sugar mills, Finance Minister...
GST collection drops to Rs 97,247 cr in Feb
GST collections in February dropped to Rs 97,247 crore in February from Rs 1.02 lakh crore in the previous month, the Finance Ministry said...
Indian e-comm market to touch $84 bn in 2021: Report
The fast growing e-commerce market in the country will touch $84 billion in 2021 from $24 billion in 2017 on account of a healthy...