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A senior citizen shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after he exchanged old notes. (Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

Upper age limit for National Pension Scheme raised from 60 to 65 years

The scheme anyway has the option of continuing and making contributions up to the age of 70.

11 Sept 2017 5:13 PM IST

India will buy an additional one million tonnes per annum of LNG from Australias Gorgon project after it got Exxon Mobil Corp to cut prices. Photo: PTI

India to buy 1 mt Australian LNG more after Exxon slashed rates

Exxon will charge 12.5 per cent of prevailing Brent oil price for about 1 mt per annum of additional LNG.

11 Sept 2017 4:42 PM IST

Equity MF inflows at record Rs 20K-crore in August

This also marks the seventeenth straight month of inflows into equity schemes.

11 Sept 2017 1:43 PM IST

The decline in retail inflation has been mainly on account of falling prices of vegetables and pulses.

India's August inflation seen at 5-month high on rising food costs

Consumer prices were forecast up at 3.20 per cent in Aug from a year ago, jumping from July's 2.36 per cent.

11 Sept 2017 1:12 PM IST

UIDAI is the nodal body responsible for rolling out Aadhaar

How to link Aadhaar with your mobile number

This is being seen as part of government's war against terrorists, fraudsters and criminals.

11 Sept 2017 12:20 PM IST

Old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes were scrapped on November 8, 2016.

RBI using 'sophisticated' machines to test 'genuineness' of...

Earlier, the media reported the bank's RTI statement saying it was not using machines to count the scrapped currency.

11 Sept 2017 10:08 AM IST

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M&M, Audi, Mercedes Benz plan to pass on cess hike on cars to...

The companies said the constant changes in rates could lead to market instability and affect demand growth trends.

10 Sept 2017 7:03 PM IST

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.

Raghuram Rajan debunks myth of his exit; hints he wanted to stay on

Rajan has debunked the theory that Chicago University's refusal to extend his leave forced his departure.

10 Sept 2017 6:45 PM IST

The GST Council cleared nil rate on live asses, mules and hinnies while placing live horses under the 12 per cent bracket.

GST cess hike on luxury, mid-sized cars to take effect tomorrow

The GST Council on September 9 decided to hike cess on mid-sized cars by 2 per cent, taking the effective GST rate to 45...

10 Sept 2017 6:34 PM IST

Dharmendra Pradhan (Photo: PTI/File)

India renegotiates pricing of LNG with Exxon: Oil Minister

The Gorgon gas prices are now linked to about 13-13.5 percent of the global oil price on a delivered basis.

10 Sept 2017 5:43 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (Photo: PTI)

Govt to focus on water grid, highways-cum-airstrips: Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari spoke about a number of projects the government has lined up for providing better infrastructure to...

10 Sept 2017 5:24 PM IST

PNB customers will have to shell out money beginning October if they carry out more than five transactions a month from the banks ATMs.

PNB customers to pay for more than 5 ATM transactions from October

The revised charges will be effective from October 1, 2017, the bank said in a notice.

10 Sept 2017 4:33 PM IST