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The issue was discussed during the meeting of the Council for Trade Development and Promotion in January.

US tells India to cut tariffs as trade friction heats up

Bilateral trade between India and the United States has grown to about $115 billion in 2016 from $20 billion in 2001.

24 Feb 2018 11:14 AM IST

Indias forex reserves have shot up considerably.

Forex reserves up by USD 1.96 billion to USD 421.720 billion

The reserves had touched a life-time high of USD 421.914 billion on February 9, FY18.

23 Feb 2018 6:11 PM IST

Urban infrastructure is an 'engine of growth', says Jaitley

State possessing capacity to build infrastructure employment and buzzing economic activity becomes an attractive...

23 Feb 2018 10:37 AM IST

15th Finance Commission chairman N.K. Singh. (Photo: PTI)

Finance Commission invites suggestions from stakeholders by June 30

New panel will also look into impact of GST, including payment of compensation for possible loss of revenues for 5...

22 Feb 2018 6:08 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India, RBI, is a banking regulator. It also calculates and fixes repo rate. (Photo: AFP)

RBI's new NPA norms may undermine bank earnings: Fitch

The new framework's overall focus is on recognising and quickly resolving bad loans.

22 Feb 2018 3:27 PM IST

India has been the worlds fastest growing major economy over the past two years.

India growth has slowed due to structural economic reforms: US

RBI predicts that gross NPLs as a proportion of all loans will increase to 10.8 per cent in first quarter of 2018.

22 Feb 2018 1:46 PM IST

The RBI has always said monetary policy should be accompanied by fiscal policy if the wheels of the economy are to be greased. (Photo: PTI)

RBI panel warns on inflation as it monitors growth

Govt has projected growth could accelerate to 7 to 7.5 pc in 2018-19 after expanding at its slowest in 3 years.

22 Feb 2018 10:09 AM IST

Employees Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO stores members PF corpus.

EPFO lowers interest rate, to pay 8.55 per cent on deposits for...

EPFO slashes rate of interest on employees provident fund to 8.55 per cent for its over 6-crore subscribers for 2017-18.

21 Feb 2018 9:01 PM IST

FDI equity inflow in manufacturing sector grew by 31 per cent to USD 4.19 billion during April-June this fiscal.

FDI rises only 0.27 per cent during April-December FY18

FDI inflows were USD 35.84 billion during the April-December period of last fiscal, 2016-17.

21 Feb 2018 5:47 PM IST

Niti Aayog making new list of sick PSUs for divestment: Kant

NITI Aayog has already recommended 40 sick PSUs for strategic disinvestment.

21 Feb 2018 3:39 PM IST

Sensex slips below 34,000 mark, down by 131 pts in early trade

Brokers said investors trimmed positions on distinctly weak sentiment since the detection of a Rs 11,400 crore fraud at...

19 Feb 2018 12:54 PM IST

The RBI has always said monetary policy should be accompanied by fiscal policy if the wheels of the economy are to be greased. (Photo: PTI)

RBI says ready to inject more cash into banks by March-end

RBI will also allow standalone primary dealers to avail term repo auctions on March 28.

15 Feb 2018 4:46 PM IST