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Replying to the discussion on Union Budget 2024-25 and Union Territory of J&K in Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman said the government is well on track to achie
Nitin Gadkari, the Road Transport Minister, urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to eliminate the 18% GST on life and medical insurance premiums.
The council was set up under the IPEF Supply Chain Resilience Agreement, which aims to help mitigate risks of economic disruptions from supply chain s
MIGA typically promotes cross-border investment in developing countries by providing guarantees and credit enhancement tools to induce investors and l
Comparatively, in FY24, at the end of June, the fiscal deficit was Rs 4.5 lakh crore, 25.3% of the budget estimate. The government has budgeted a fisc
The Index of Eight Core Industries -coal, crude oil, steel, cement, electricity, fertilisers, refinery products and natural gas - has a 40% weight in
If you look at the fiscal deficit and inflation amidst a scenario where there have been twin crises - Covid followed by the Ukraine war - I think the
Despite ongoing transmission of a 250 basis point repo rate increase since May 2022, some banks have reduced lending and deposit rates sequentially, a
Piyush Goyal said that EV focus, and reduction in imports of goods, oil seeds, rubber and pulses would help further strengthen the domestic currency.
The regulator, in draft guidelines, said that all digital payment transactions, other than card present transactions, will have to ensure that one of
The government has extended the deadline for central public sector enterprises and public sector financial institutions to meet minimum public shareho
In 2023, Karnataka's bio-economy reached USD 31 billion, growing from USD 28 billion in 2022. The state accounted for 21 per cent of India's bio-econo
India's longest Greenfield Expressway, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, is slated for completion by October 2025. With 82 percent of the work completed as
A big barrier for factories, big and small, all over the country to achieve optimum output is building regulations that leave little space for core ac
The joint platform of 10 central trade unions criticized the Union Budget 2024-25's employment-linked incentive schemes, claiming they only benefit th
In June, growth of India's eight core sectors slowed to 4%, down from 6.3% in May and 8.2% a year earlier. Despite overall slower growth, several sect
India's fiscal deficit for April to June, or the first three months of this fiscal year, was at 1.36 lakh crore rupees, equivalent to 8.1% of annual e
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for exploring a free trade agreement with India during his visit to New Delhi. Speaking at the Vietna
Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Pralhad Joshi said earlier this week that the government has a Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) mechanism to
India's Ministry of Steel has asked the trade ministry to investigate cheaper steel imports from China and Vietnam amid rising imports. India turned n
