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Interim Budget: The union budget speech by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last year started off with emphasis on the economic empowerment of
Several states, including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh, had previously opted out of the NPS, leaving state government employees uncer
The RBI has been maintaining tight liquidity to curb inflation, a politically sensitive metric that needs restraining, especially as the most populous
House rent inflation has been easing since the start of the year and fell to a 19-month low of 3.52% in December, showed data released last week. On t
The commerce department has begun the exercise with barriers such as registration requirements, higher pesticide levels and domestic standards, put up
Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers increased marginally in December due to higher prices of certain food items.
The Rs 2,000 bank notes were introduced in November 2016, following the demonetisation of the then-prevailing Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 bank notes. The Rs 2
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairman Deepak Mohanty announced that the total corpus under the National Pension Syste
India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $1.6 billion to $618.94 billion as of January 12, 2024, according to the Reserve Bank of India. The res
MSME sector urges Finance Minister Sitharaman for special package in interim Budget 2023-24 to ensure increased access to credit at competitive rates
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has firmed up a policy framework for “pre-legislative consultation” relating to the framing of rules and r
Interim Budget: India's defence strategy faces a Budget conundrum as it grapples with potency versus pragmatism. The 'mother of all procurements,' the
Budget 2024: The most important numbers in the Union budget are the budget size, capital expenditure, fiscal deficit, nominal GDP growth, and net tax
Interim Budget: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to project India's fiscal deficit at 5.3% of GDP in the upcoming budget for FY25, desp
World Bank data shows that India's female labor force participation rate is relatively low at 19.2%, contributing 17% to the GDP. Achieving gender equ
The country's wheat production is expected to be good this year amid higher coverage due to favorable weather conditions. The sowing of wheat, the mai
Budget 2024: India seeks investments from global corporations to strengthen domestic capability in various sectors. The interim budget presents an opp
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das stated that interest rate cuts won't be considered unless inflation firmly stabilises around the 4% tar
The net revenue target for the next financial year will be modest, likely to be between 9-11%. One of the reasons for this modest target is the alread
"Per contra, if monetary policy chooses to neglect a persistent food price shock, inflation expectations become unanchored, leading to generalised inf
