Government-owned and private banks besides non-banking financial companies have been saddled with huge NPAs.
05 Jul 2019 12:59 PM
Training of workforce with relevant skills will help address the severe skill shortage technology and IT companies are facing right now.
05 Jul 2019 12:55 PM
Sitharaman proposed the setting up of a payments platform for MSMEs for payment of bills.
05 Jul 2019 12:53 PM
The government aims to connect all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high speed broadband by March 2020.
05 Jul 2019 12:47 PM
Government keeps Gaon, Garib, and Kisan at the centre of everything we do, of every programme by 2022, says Sitharaman.
05 Jul 2019 12:43 PM
Finance Minister said as the world's third largest aviation market, time is ripe to enter aircraft financing and leasing from Indian shores.
05 Jul 2019 12:12 PM
Global FDI flow slipped by 13 per cent in 2018 to USD 1.3 trillion, from 1.5 in the previous year.
05 Jul 2019 12:06 PM
Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman arrived in a separate car in Parliament.
05 Jul 2019 12:03 PM
Breaking the tradition of carrying briefcase to the Parliament for presenting Budget, she posed outside the House with ledger book instead.
05 Jul 2019 12:01 PM
Udaan scheme will improve India's infrastructure, enable connectivity, and bridge the rural and urban divide,
05 Jul 2019 12:00 PM
There is also a proposal to increase minimum public shareholding in companies from 25 per cent to 35 per cent.
05 Jul 2019 11:55 AM
For years, finance minister and their deep maroon or brown briefcases holding budget were a common sight.
05 Jul 2019 10:13 AM
In an economy that is losing growth momentum, all this bring the tightrope walk of balancing growth with fiscal prudence to the fore.
05 Jul 2019 8:57 AM
Usually the duration of the presentation ranges from 90 to 120 minutes.
05 Jul 2019 8:51 AM
Outlining the future roadmap, the Economic Survey was tabled by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
05 Jul 2019 1:20 AM
The survey’s stress on strengthening MSMEs is not misplaced and is vital as they are the job creators.
05 Jul 2019 12:00 AM
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman earlier today tabled the Economic Survey 2018-19 in the Parliament.
04 Jul 2019 8:25 PM
India continued to remain the fastest-growing major economy in the world in 2018-19.
04 Jul 2019 5:12 PM
‘It is important to stick to fiscal deficit path, otherwise there is risk of crowding out of investment,’ Subramanian said.
04 Jul 2019 4:24 PM
EAC-PM welcomes the emphasis of the Survey on fiscal consolidation, fiscal discipline and investments.
04 Jul 2019 4:20 PM