Economy

As many as twenty-three goods and services, including movie tickets, TV and monitor screens and power banks are becoming cheaper from today with the reduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) on…

Qatar will cease to be a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries today. The country had sent an official notification to the OPEC expressing its wish to pull out and…

The seventh tranche of electoral bonds sale began today. It will continue till 10th of this month. The State Bank of India, SBI has been authorised to issue and encash Electoral Bonds…

Public sector banks have approved more than 1.12 lakh loan applications of MSMEs worth of 37,412 crore rupees under the '59 minutes' loan scheme launched by the government last month.…

Government has reviewed guidelines for Foreign Direct Investment in E- commerce companies to protect the interests of domestic players. It has taken host of steps and barred e-commerce…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will capture payment habits of individuals in six cities, including four metropolitan towns. For the purpose, the central bank has launched a…

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the perpetual challenge before the government is to strengthen the agricultural sector. In an exclusive interview to All India Radio on…

National Consumer Day observed on Dec 24. The objective is to highlight the importance of the consumer movement and the need to make every consumer more aware of their rights and…

The government has decided to set up an expert committee to look into all the taxation issues being faced by startups and angel investors. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)…

The rupee fell by 37 paise to 70.07 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday amid strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas and foreign fund outflows. Rupee…