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Sitharaman to announce fifth and final tranche of economic package at 11 am today
Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in coal sector
17 May 2020 9:45 AM
Nirmala Sitharaman announces reforms in mining, defence production in latest tranche
States are being ranked on investment attractiveness to compete for new investments, she said.
16 May 2020 5:20 PM
FM Nirmala Sitharaman's third tranche covers agriculture and allied activities
Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points
15 May 2020 5:42 PM
Stimulus or sleight of hand? Rs 6L crore is the packaging, Rs 24k crore is the cake
The other measures on equity infusion into MSMEs would need to be watched for uptake, given the poor execution of such schemes in the past
15 May 2020 10:16 AM
One Nation One Ration Card: Manna for migrant workers -- by next March
Nirmala Sitharaman's second tranche of the stimulus package addreses farmers, migrant workers, street hawkers
15 May 2020 9:50 AM
FM Nirmala Sitharaman says second tranche for migrant labourers, farmers and poor
Government to give free foodgrain supplies to migrant workers for next two months
14 May 2020 5:11 PM
Govt releases truncated April WPI inflation data; 10% deflation in fuel, power basket
Wholesale price index (WPI) deflation in primary articles was 0.79 per cent in April, as against an inflation of 3.72 per cent in March
14 May 2020 2:00 PM
FM Nirmala to reveal second tranche of Aatmanirbhar stimulus package at 4 pm today
Finance Minister is likely to announce measures to help the agriculture sector and allied activities
14 May 2020 11:55 AM
In first tranche of stimulus, MSMEs to get collateral-free loans to restart business
Employees' Provident Fund contributions will be paid by government for next three months
14 May 2020 9:44 AM
Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free automatic loan for businesses, MSMEs: Sitharaman
To provide stressed MSMEs with equity support, the government will facilitate the provision of Rs. 20,000 crore as subordinate debt
13 May 2020 5:33 PM
BRICS' new development bank provides $1 billion loan to India to fight pandemic
The 'Emergency Assistance Program Loan' to India was approved by the NDB Board of Directors on 30 April
13 May 2020 1:30 PM
US unemployment surges to a Depression-era level
US Labor Department says that 20.5 million jobs vanished in April in the worst monthly loss on record triggered by shutdowns of businesses
09 May 2020 11:08 AM
Coronavirus lockdown causes historic spike in layoffs in India
The steep downturn in activity underlined the widespread havoc wrought by the pandemic worldwide
06 May 2020 1:32 PM
RBI may extend bank loan moratorium by another 3 months amid lockdown
RBI allowed banks and financial institutions to offer a moratorium of three months on payment of instalments of all term loans
05 May 2020 2:18 PM
Indian bank bad debt could double in coronavirus crisis
A fresh surge in bad debt could hit credit growth and delay India’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic
04 May 2020 10:35 AM
RBI reviews measures to ease financial stress
The governor appreciated the efforts of banks in ensuring normal to near normal operations during the lockdown period
03 May 2020 9:16 AM
US Fed leaves interest rates near zero, to use full range of tools to help economy
In its statement, the Fed said it is "committed to using its full range of tools to support the US economy in this challenging time”
30 Apr 2020 10:41 AM
HSBC’s pre-tax profit falls 48% as virus batters global economy
Lender reported pre-tax profits of $3.2 billion, down 48 percent citing credit losses from clients hit by the economic slowdown
28 Apr 2020 10:34 AM
RBI unveils Rs 50,000 cr credit line for mutual funds
RBI also stressed it remains vigilant and will take whatever steps are necessary to mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19
27 Apr 2020 11:24 AM
India's holding of US government securities hits record high of $177.5 billion in Feb
US Treasury Department showed that the amount of securities owned by India has also gone up by the maximum quantum in a span of one month
26 Apr 2020 12:34 PM
Columns
With alacrity, the Centre will have to re-energise its security strategies to combat the Naxals
The political rallies and religious snans could easily become super-spreader events. Some perhaps already have
Under the new policy, MEA will take in about 60 interns every year in two batches, with each intern spending three months in the ministry
What India is seeing is a generation of political leaders who are immature, who lack the poise of a leader of a national stature