Economy

All eyes are on Pakistan’s new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar who completes a week in office. Needless to say, his measures will be scrutinised with a fine-tooth comb as the …

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, has highlighted the importance of connectivity for expansion of Digital India and its reach to every corner of the …

Public sector behemoth NTPC registered a 15.1 per cent growth in power generation at 203.5 billion units (BU) during the April-September period this year. The high generation growth indicates improved …

The gross goods and services tax (GST) revenue collection for September stood at Rs 1,47,686 crore – an increase of 27 per cent compared to a year ago period. As GST …

The adjudicating authority for foreign exchange transactions has ruled that the remittances from India by Chinese phone maker Xiaomi were illegal and the Enforcement Directorate was justified in seizing Rs …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 5G services in India today in select cities ushering in a new technological era. Apart from powering ultra-low latency connections, which allow downloading full-length …

Notwithstanding the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to increase the repo rate—the rate at which banks from the central bank—by 50 basis points or 0.5 per cent—to 5.90 per …

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting has further hiked the repo rate – the rate at which banks borrow from the central bank– …

The Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) has detected an alleged fraud of Rs 824 crore in availing input tax credit (ITC), without providing any underlying supply …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid the foundation of the Rs 5200 crore project at Bhavnagar in Gujarat. This includes the world’s first CNG terminal. Among several projects, the Prime …

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today held a review meeting to assess the performance of public sector banks (PSBs) on credit and other welfare schemes for scheduled castes to ensure that …

An amount of Rs 7,385 crore has been so far committed to 88 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) by the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), launched under the Startup India …

India is expected to shift its focus back on economic growth even as inflation inched upward touching the uncomfortable 7 per cent mark in August up from 6.7 per cent …

As Pakistan is now set to get a new finance minister– senior member of Pakistan Muslim League – N (PML-N) Ishaq Dar will soon assume charge, the moot question that …

Apple has started assembling its flagship iPhone 14 models in India just weeks after its global launch on September 7, as the US tech giant looks to diversify to alternative …

India’s toy exports have shot up by more than 61% to $326 million (Rs. 2601.5 cr.) during 2021-22 in less than two years despite the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same …

Since its launch in 2014, the flagship Make in India programme of the Narendra Modi government, has drawn foreign direct investments (FDI) from as many as 101 countries. FDI inflows …

Pakistan’s devastating floods which could cost more than $30 billion to the exchequer have once again sparked fears of a possible default. Until the creditors provide debt relief measures and …

Newly-appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Kumar Verma will take over from Vikram Doraiswami. The latter has been appointed as the country’s envoy to the UK. As per protocol, …

The much-hyped revival of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) bailout package under the Extended Fund Facility (EEF) for Pakistan is unlikely to boost economic development in the country. Pakistan Institute …

Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways today laid the foundation for eight national highway projects with a cost of Rs 3000 crore in Andhra Pradesh. Gadkari, while addressing …