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The Sensex fell 334.44 points or 0.82 per cent to settle at 40,445, while Nifty shed 96.90 points or 0.81 per cent to close at 11,921.50.

Sensex jumps over 200 pts; Nifty tests 12,100

The 30-share index rose 203.40 points or 0.50 per cent to 41,142.12 in morning session.

17 Dec 2019 10:20 AM IST

Shaktikanta Das

RBI saw slowdown, acted ahead of time by cutting interest rates from...

In the last MPC meeting when we took a pause, I don't know why the market was surprised, said RBI Gov Shaktikanta Das.

16 Dec 2019 11:52 AM IST

In the reporting week, the rise in reserves was mainly on account of an increase in foreign currency assets, a major component of the overall reserves, which surged by USD 1.891 billion to USD 421.258 billion, according to the data.

Forex reserves soar to touch all-time high of USD 453 billion

The country's reserve position with the International Monetary Fund also increased by USD 15 million to USD 3.644...

14 Dec 2019 11:06 AM IST

Moodys also affirmed Indias local-currency senior unsecured rating and other short-term local-currency rating.

Moody's cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 5.6 pc for 2019

Moody's expects economic growth to pick up in 2020 and 2021 to 6.6 per cent and 6.7 per cent respectively.

13 Dec 2019 1:51 PM IST

Among districts, the funds were released to about 4.72 lakh farmers in Anantapur, 4.05 lakh in Kurnool, 4 lakh in East Godavari, 3.89 lakh in Guntur, 3.75 lakh in Chittoor, 3.48 lakh in Prakasam, 3.22 lakh in West Godavari and 3.04 lakh in Krishna so far.

Centre releases PM-KISAN funds to 43.20 lakh Andhra farmers till Nov

As per the agriculture ministry data, the central government has released funds to 43.20 lakh farmers.

12 Dec 2019 1:21 PM IST

Domestic passenger vehicle sales were up 6.38 per cent at 3,00,722 units in March as against 2,82,698 units in the same month last year.

Passenger vehicle retail sales up 1 per cent in November: FADA

Total sales across categories rose 2 per cent to 21,05,508 units in November as against 20,54,296 units in the same...

11 Dec 2019 4:51 PM IST

The Asian Development Bank lifted its outlook for growth in developing Asia this year thanks to a pick-up in the global export demand but it warned of risks from a potential China-US trade war.

ADB trims India's GDP growth forecast to 5.1 per cent in FY20

Asian Development Bank said growth should pick up to 6.5 per cent in the next fiscal year with supportive policies.

11 Dec 2019 11:55 AM IST

With no incentives from the government yet, and the continuing liquidity crisis and abject lack of consumer and market sentiment, passenger vehicle sales in India continue to head south for straight nine months.

Passenger vehicle sales decline marginally in November

Domestic car sales were down 10.83 per cent to 1,60,306 units as against 1,79,783 units in November 2018, according to...

10 Dec 2019 11:39 AM IST

BCCI President Anurag Thakur

Currency in circulation rises to Rs 21 lakh crore as on March 2019:...

MoS Finance Anurag Thakur was responding to a query whether currency notes in circulation increased post-demonetisation.

10 Dec 2019 9:25 AM IST

Indian economic growth has steadily slowed to a six-year low of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter from an 8.1 per cent peak in the January-March quarter of 2018.

India's real GDP growth in FY20 to come below 5 per cent: Report

For the first half of 2019-20 fiscal, GDP growth slowed to a pace of 4.8 per cent compared to the 7.5 per cent a year...

8 Dec 2019 12:52 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman said the governments efforts last time were thwarted by the poor numbers in the Upper House. (Photo: File)

Govt working on more measures to boost economy: Sitharaman

GDP growth slowed down to more than six-year low of 4.5 pc in second quarter of current fiscal from 5 pc recorded in...

7 Dec 2019 1:20 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

RBI to retain dovish bias going forward: report

The RBI reiterated that it would maintain an accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive economic growth.

7 Dec 2019 10:46 AM IST