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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government gave opportunity to people to come clean about their accounts held abroad. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Jaitley urges states to slash VAT on petrol, diesel to counter price...

Petrol price rose by Rs 7.8 since early July to reach over three-year high of Rs 70.88 a litre in Delhi.

4 Oct 2017 8:16 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accepted that growth rates have fallen but insisted that his government is committed to reversing the fall. Photo: ANI| Twitter

Modi accepts decline in growth rate, says govt committed to reversing...

He went on to say that after demonetisation, the cash to GDP ratio came down to 9 percent, from 12 per cent in November...

4 Oct 2017 7:51 PM IST

The finance ministry on Wednesday said it has taken note of the RBI decision to maintain status quo on interest rate. Photo: PTI

RBI repo rate status quo, lower growth forecast noted, says Finance...

The ministry, however, welcomed the initiative with regard to Peer to Peer (P2P) NBFC financing regulation.

4 Oct 2017 7:05 PM IST

The government expects a helping hand from the RBI in the form of interest rate cut in the next monetary policy review on Wednesday to boost the slowing economy. Photo: PTI

New foreign portfolio investment norms from April: RBI

New norms will facilitate process of investment and hedging by Foreign Portfolio Investors.

4 Oct 2017 6:41 PM IST

Being the first baby to be born in-flight for the airline, Jet Airways has offered him a free lifetime pass for all his travels.

Jet Airways launches 2 non-stop flights from Bengaluru to Amsterdam

Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube said there there was a demand from people of Bengaluru for direct connectivity to Europe.

4 Oct 2017 6:39 PM IST

Indias GDP slowed down to 5.7 per cent on the back of demonetisation and GST. Photo: AP

RBI should have cut interest rate to boost growth: India Inc

Industry argues rate cut would have propelled demand as interest rates remain unduly high.

4 Oct 2017 6:14 PM IST

The Sensex opened higher before trading at 26,646.65 at 1100 hours, a loss of 51.17, or 0.19 per cent.

Sensex up 174 points at 31,671.71 on RBI's policy decision

A strengthening rupee, which hit 65.03 against the dollar during the day, pepped up mood.

4 Oct 2017 5:53 PM IST

Indias forex reserves have shot up considerably.

RBI mulls transparent foreign exchange trading platform

Such a mechanism will provide transparency while enhancing competition and lead to better pricing for customers, it...

4 Oct 2017 5:38 PM IST

The SpiceJet added that Some passengers were moved to flights of other airlines while the rest travelled by the scheduled SpiceJet flight.

SpiceJet plans to introduce amphibian planes for regional

Airline has plans to launch such flights from Delhi to Jaisalmer, Kanpur and Adampur.

4 Oct 2017 5:33 PM IST

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel. (Photo: PTI)

Stimulus, farm loan waiver to push up fiscal deficit by 1 per cent:...

Central bank in its October policy statement says inflation will go up by 0.50 per cent on such measures.

4 Oct 2017 5:27 PM IST

Pulses production is estimated to increase to more than 20 million tonnes in 2016-17.

'Govt to dispose of 5.5 lakh tonnes pulses from buffer stock'

Around 2 lakh tonnes of pulses will be given for consumption under various central welfare schemes.

4 Oct 2017 5:26 PM IST

Dharmendra Pradhan (Photo: PTI/File)

Dharmendra Pradhan urges states to cut VAT on fuel by 5 per cent

He also went on to say that states are the ultimate beneficiaries of tax collection on petrol and diesel.

4 Oct 2017 5:24 PM IST