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Moodys upgrading Indias sovereign credit rating is a recognition of a series of reforms undertaken by the government, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Fiscal slippage for two consecutive years credit negative: Moody's

Government announced slippage from its original fiscal deficit targets to 3.4 per cent of GDP both for the fiscal years

5 Feb 2019 12:14 PM IST

Union minister of railways Piyush Goyal at the India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Budget 2019: Goyal lambasts opposition, highlights NDA's achievements...

Government successfully reduced inflation rate to 4.5 per cent from 10 per cent.

1 Feb 2019 6:27 PM IST

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

Farmers, middle class-friendly Budget to boost economic growth: India...

Farmers and workers in unorganised sector leading to more disposable income in their hands, India Inc.

1 Feb 2019 4:39 PM IST

India has been the worlds fastest growing major economy over the past two years.

India to become USD 5 trillion economy in 5 yrs, USD 10 trillion in 8...

India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world and that the GDP growth in the past 5 years.

1 Feb 2019 2:39 PM IST

98 per cent rural sanitation coverage achieved, Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Phto File: Ani Twitter)

Union Budget: Here's what's good and bad

Goyal presented Budget in a last ditch bid to woo the electorate with several popular measures.

1 Feb 2019 12:39 PM IST

The retail inflation which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 2.33 per cent in November and 5.21 per cent in December 2017.

Govt broke the back of high inflation: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said during the previous UPA government (2009-14), inflation averaged as high as 10.1 per cent.

1 Feb 2019 12:12 PM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Union Cabinet approves interim Budget 2019-20

A full-fledged Budget will be presented in Parliament once the new Central government is formed after the General...

1 Feb 2019 11:20 AM IST

Union minister of railways Piyush Goyal at the India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Interim Budget 2019: Highlights

Govt is set to step up rural welfare spending by 16 per cent for the fiscal year beginning April to 1.3 trillion rupees.

1 Feb 2019 9:33 AM IST

small scale industry (Representational Image)

Weak exports, uncertainty over election outcome to drag down IIP:...

Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is likely to have grown by 3-3.2 per cent during February 2019.

25 March 2019 1:24 PM IST

Global rating agency Fitch on Monday slashed its GDP forecast for India for FY18 saying growth has repeatedly disappointed in recent quarters.

Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8 pc

Fitch Ratings cut India's FY19 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent from 7.8 per cent on December 6.

22 March 2019 11:03 AM IST

The global economy is expected to grow at a solid pace through next year, boosted by faster expansion in the United States and Europe.

India one of world's fastest growing large economies: IMF

Details about the Indian economy would be revealed in upcoming WEO survey report to be released by IMF next month.

22 March 2019 10:46 AM IST

Chief Economic Adviser K V Subramanian. (Photo: Twitter)

Effective competition important for fostering innovation: CEA

IBC has catalysed the recovery of around Rs 3 lakh crore from various default cases.

1 March 2019 1:55 PM IST