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

Govt to take into account risks associated with sovereign bonds: CEA

There is a need to manage the risks associated with overseas sovereign borrowings, said CEA K V Subramanian.

9 July 2019 7:45 PM IST

The key findings of surveys and recommendations have been submitted to the RBI Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments. (Photo: ANI)

PCI says abolishing MDR charges to dry up investment capital, kill...

PCI said digital payments in India have received quite high interest from various investors, both domestic and...

9 July 2019 6:25 PM IST

According to Morningstar, India-focussed offshore funds, which are longer term in nature, witnessed net-inflow of $179 million in August whereas the India-focussed ETFs saw a net outflow of $39 million.

India likely to raise funds from interest-soft overseas markets

Until now, all the government debt has been rupee funded with interest rates of 6-6.25 per cent.

9 July 2019 3:31 PM IST

$This was the first meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party after the presentation of the Union Budget, which the Prime Minister hailed as \one of hope\ that would boost Indias development in the 21st century and empower the downtrodden. (Photo: ANI)$ India

PM Modi address first BJP Parliamentary Party meeting after Union...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was also felicitated for presenting the Union Budget.

9 July 2019 11:17 AM IST

Anyone can start buying mutual funds with sums as small as Rs 500. More conveniently, you can do this from home, without having to step into a branch or submit a single sheet of paper for your KYC.

Mutual funds get a helping hand from FM

Fund managers had no choice but to keep buying same shares at higher levels simply because more money was being brought...

9 July 2019 3:32 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget impact: Investor wealth down by Rs 5 lakh crore

In the two sessions of Friday and Monday, the BSE market capitalisation plummeted by Rs 5,61,772.64 crore.

9 July 2019 3:03 AM IST

The government has proposed to halve the income tax to 5 per cent for those earning between Rs 2,50,000 and Rs 5,00,000 per annum, in a relief to the middle class.

5 key changes in annual income tax assessment in Budget 2019

Additional income tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on home loans for houses under Rs 45 lakh announced in Budget 2019.

8 July 2019 8:32 PM IST

Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday was appointed as the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India, a day after his predecessor Urjit Patel resigned. (Photo: File | PTI)

Expect quicker transmission of rate cut by banks: RBI Governor

During this year, RBI reduced the policy rate thrice with an aggregate reduction of 0.75 percentage point in repo rate.

8 July 2019 7:49 PM IST

Between 2000 and 2016, British FDI created 371,000 jobs 10 per cent of all jobs created by FDI.

Over 3.81 lakh new jobs created in central govt departments in last...

Over 53,000 new jobs were created in indirect tax departments and 29,935 in direct tax departments.

8 July 2019 2:53 PM IST

The Union Budget presented by the new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman could not offer tea producers in India the cuppa that cheese. And thats not without reasons.

Tea industry neglected

Interestingly, Iran, under normal circumstances, buys 28-30 million kg of orthodox teas from India.

8 July 2019 2:31 AM IST

Onboard Housekeeping Services of the Central Railway.

Budget revealed govt's intention to 'aggressively' push privatisation:...

Railways will need Rs 50 lakh crore between 2018 to 2030 to complete the sanctioned projects, Sitharaman said.

7 July 2019 6:08 PM IST

BJP leader and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters that elections in six of the nine seats, which have undergone elections on Sunday, were marred by violence. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Govt duty bound to achieve fiscal deficit of 3 pc as per law: FM

In Budget presented on Friday, government lowered the fiscal deficit target to 3.3 pc of the GDP for 2019-20.

7 July 2019 6:00 PM IST