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G20 leaders had agreed last December to review the WTO reform in Osaka later this month.

G20 finance chiefs to warn of trade risks, differ on how 'pressing'

Global growth appears to be stabilizing and is projected to pick up moderately later this year and into 2020, said G20...

8 Jun 2019 6:04 PM IST

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

Sitharaman highlights India's efforts to counter tax avoidance,...

The meeting of the finance ministers would deliberate on issues protectionism and its implication on global growth,...

8 Jun 2019 3:22 PM IST

The Central government is not the lone torch-bearer of the nations economic growth. The achievements and failures, the contradictions and anomalies are spread out in both the Central and state budgets.

Nirmala Sitharaman to meet industry bodies on June 11 for pre-Budget...

Representatives of industry bodies like CII, Ficci and Assocham, among others, are expected to attend the meeting.

7 Jun 2019 6:17 PM IST

Non-profit organisation Educate Girls received a grant of USD 75,000 from Goldman Sachs.

GDP growth may accelerate to 7.2 per cent in FY20: Report

Goldman Sachs report said it expects an acceleration in GDP to 7.2 per cent.

7 Jun 2019 3:27 PM IST

Fund managers believe mutual funds, which are considered popular and convenient investment tools, have advocated asset allocation-based strategies to make the journey smoother for investors.

Singapore can become major investor in India's stressed assets, says...

A large part of existing investment is Singapore's government linked funds and private equity funds in India.

7 Jun 2019 12:50 PM IST

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

RBI cuts key rate 0.25 per cent, loans might get cheaper

All the six members of the MPC voted in favour of a rate cut as well as change in policy stance.

7 Jun 2019 2:34 AM IST

The upcoming elections, rising inflation and interest rates could further dampen the buying sentiment in the real estate, making the task of loan recovery difficult.

Repo rate cut to boost housing demand if banks pass on benefit to...

RBI lowered the benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to a nearly nine-year low of 5.75 per cent.

6 Jun 2019 6:06 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

Rising growth concerns prompted third rate cut: Shaktikanta Das

MPC announced a 25 bps rate cut in short term lending rate to 5.75 percent, which is the lowest repo rate in nine years.

6 Jun 2019 3:36 PM IST

According to the trade data for August, 2018 while exports have shown a growth of about 19 per cent in dollar terms, the rupee realisations for the export shipments went up close to 30 per cent, said Assocham.

Industry, exporters should not depend on subsidies; work on...

The minister emphasised on need to increase strengths of the industry as it would help in boosting manufacturing and...

6 Jun 2019 3:26 PM IST

About Rs 78,000 crore has been budgeted for paying fertiliser subsidy in the current 2019-20 fiscal. (Photo: Representational Image)

Government considering rolling out second phase of fertiliser DBT

The transfer of fertiliser subsidy directly into farmers' bank accounts was to be taken up in the second phase.

6 Jun 2019 2:07 PM IST

Defending the banks in this issue, a senior official, however, claimed that the quick mortality rate on Mudra loans has come down drastically after strict norms issued by the RBI and the ministry of finance.(Representational image)

RBI cuts interest rates to 9-yr low, expects banks to quickly lower...

The reduction in interest rate will help boost credit growth, helping arrest the slowdown in the economy

6 Jun 2019 2:02 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

New NPA resolution norms in 3-4 days: Shaktikanta Das

On April 2, the SC had declared as 'ultra vires' the February 12 circular that mandated banks to label even a day's...

6 Jun 2019 1:18 PM IST