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The belief is this would force departments to show efficiency and necessity for funds.

Govt may seek Rs 30,000 cr interim dividend from RBI

Government finances have come under pressure due to moderation in revenue collection and a slew of measures taken to...

29 Sept 2019 2:38 PM IST

So every now and then, we get these fantastic cases which have fantastic amounts and claims. They have dimensions to the competition law which many countries -- which are so-called free economies -- are struggling to understand and disaggregate so that they can handle each aspect for itself, Sitharaman said. (Photo: ANI)

Govt looks to push infra spending, has cleared MSME dues: FM...

Government should not sit on over due payments, Sitharaman said, adding the money should go to people who have been...

27 Sept 2019 6:48 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman spoke on the on-going efforts of Indian Government to counter tax avoidance & evasion, finance ministry tweeted.

FM to meet secretaries, financial advisors of key ministries today

The main agenda of this meeting is to discuss measures to revive the economy and push up investments.

27 Sept 2019 11:00 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Photo: File)

Economic growth to improve in second half of fiscal 2020: Sitharaman

India's economic growth in April-June fell to a six year low of 5 per cent.

27 Sept 2019 10:08 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Economy looking up; no liquidity crisis: FM Sitharaman after bankers...

I heard good things, positive thing, she said, and added that 'the message I got is that consumption is happening.'

26 Sept 2019 10:31 PM IST

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as he hosts a special event commemorating the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

PM Modi urges global business leaders to invest in India

By reduction corporate tax govt creates a golden opportunity & promised more measures to improve business climate.

26 Sept 2019 9:41 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi's big tax cut unlikely to spur job bonanza in India

India's unemployment rate reached 8.19 pc in Aug, up from 6.27 pc in the same month last year.

26 Sept 2019 9:24 AM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

14.24 lakh new jobs created in July: ESIC payroll data

Gross enrolments of new subscribers with the ESIC were 1.49 crore during 2018-19, National Statistical Office said in a...

25 Sept 2019 7:43 PM IST

Govt reconstitutes Economic Advisory Council under Bibek Debroy

Government has reconstituted the EAC-PM for a period of two years with effect from September 26, 2019, said an official...

25 Sept 2019 7:19 PM IST

Hackers used the global SWIFT bank messaging service to initiate a series of fraudulent transactions.

RBI rebuts social media rumours on closure of 9 banks

Finance secretary Rajiv Kumar discribed such social media messages as 'mischievous.'

25 Sept 2019 5:30 PM IST

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant addresses at press conference for the launch of the schemes Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-dhan Vyapari Yojana to encourage digital payments, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Challenge before India is to grow at 8-9 pc and sustain it: Kant

The government also announced a slew of measures to boost exports and real estate sector.

25 Sept 2019 1:34 PM IST

Though the growth rates of output, consumption and investments are comparable in the period running up to the financial market-induced crises as in the run-up to other types of downturns in emerging market crisis, a further analysis revealed that the contractions are much sharper following financial market induced crisis that other types of downturns.

Trade tensions darken growth outlook for developing Asia: ADB

Growth in the region was 5.9 per cent in 2018.

25 Sept 2019 12:33 PM IST