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A farmer carries a paddy for transplantation on the outskirts of Guwahati.

World Bank to provide USD 250 mn to boost rural income

The project will help women in rural households develop viable enterprises for farm and non-farm products.

5 March 2019 7:06 PM IST

Shares of Bank of Baroda was trading 0.25 per cent up at Rs 138.95 on BSE.

Bank of Baroda slashes lending rate by 10 basis points

The rate cut comes a month after Reserve Bank slashed key lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to 6.25 per cent.

5 March 2019 6:24 PM IST

E-commerce revolutionised retail sector in India: NITI Aayog CEO...

'Driven by growth in India's retail market, country's GDP will increase and result in more job opportunities,' Amitabh...

5 March 2019 5:13 PM IST

Trump administration in the WTO alleged that export incentives were harming American companies.

India's import duties not high; within global trade norms of WTO: govt

The bilateral trade has increased to USD 74.5 billion in 2017-18 from USD 64.5 billion in 2016-17.

5 March 2019 4:11 PM IST

Exporters said that currently they dont pay taxes for goods bought from the suppliers but under GST they will have to first pay taxes and later on file for its refund.

GSP withdrawal not to have significant impact on India's exports:...

1,900 Indian products from sectors such as chemicals and engineering get duty free access to US market under GSP.

5 March 2019 12:36 PM IST

The decision came after a meeting of representatives of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers, All India Central Excise Inspectors Association and All India

Services sector activity gathers pace in Feb on uptick in new business...

PMI Output Index, that maps both the manufacturing and services industry, rose from 53.6 in January to 53.8.

5 March 2019 11:12 AM IST

The India-Bangladesh container train during its flagging off ceremony for the trial run in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Asian Age )

India's farm, marine exports to be hit by US trade action: exporters'...

'We fear that our labour-intensive exports of agriculture, marine and handicraft products to the US would be hit hard,'...

5 March 2019 10:52 AM IST

For a lot of people, coffee is an integral part of their daily routine. While cooking with coffee may sound unfamiliar, the brown and aromatic bean-like seeds can be used to add that extra zing in your food.

India's coffee exports rise 13 per cent in first 2-months of 2019

Coffee exports rose 13.26 per cent to 48,330 tonnes during first of 2019.

4 March 2019 3:20 PM IST

Indias GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

India Inc foreign borrowing down 45 per cent at USD 2.42 bn in January

Of the total borrowings during the month, USD 2.27 billion was raised through the automatic route of the ECBs.

4 March 2019 2:50 PM IST

Trump a week ago delayed a tariff increase on USD 200 billion in Chinese goods that was previously scheduled to take place on Saturday, citing progress in the talks. (Representational image)

US and China said to appear close to deal to roll back tariffs

Trump administration officials have said they expect the two presidents to close' a deal at a summit in coming weeks.

4 March 2019 2:24 PM IST

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Friday. (Photo: ANI)

Law can't be 'blind', shouldn't treat every default as NPA: Goyal to...

Sections of the industry have moved Supreme Court for special treatment to power sector when it comes to classification...

4 March 2019 12:39 PM IST

Forex dealers said that there was a higher opening in domestic equity market

FPI net inflows in stocks hit 15-mth high of Rs 17,220 crore in...

Foreign portfolio investors had pumped in a net amount of around Rs 19,728 crore into Indian stocks in November 2017.

3 March 2019 11:26 AM IST