Economy - general

Possessing scrapped Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes to attract penalty

02 Mar 2017

Over 50,000 taxmen to write to PM, seek GST amendments

01 Mar 2017

India’s FY17 per capita income seen rising over 10% to Rs103,818

01 Mar 2017

ADB extends $375 mn loan for India’s East Coast Economic Corridor

01 Mar 2017

India’s high GDP growth fails to lift many out of poverty: OECD

01 Mar 2017

Rating agencies too wary, India deserves upgrade: OECD

01 Mar 2017

The OECD on Tuesday pitched for a rating upgrade for India, saying global rating agencies had become "overtly cautious" and conservative in not revising India's rating for last 14 years

India’s GDP grows at 7% in Q3, full year growth seen at 7.1%

28 Feb 2017

The Central Statistics Office also marginally revised upwards the GDP estimates for the first and second quarters to 7.2 per cent and 7.4 per cent, respectively, retaining the growth projection for the full fiscal at 7.1 per cent

India’s core sector output growth slows to 3.4% in January

28 Feb 2017

Govt may shut 7 lakh shell companies to curb black money

28 Feb 2017

Mumbai remains India’s richest city with total wealth of $820 bn

27 Feb 2017

Universal Basic Income only sans present welfare schemes: Subramanian

25 Feb 2017

Banks failing to honour PMGKY amnesty scheme warned

25 Feb 2017

Ceiling on tax-exempted gratuity for private sector to be raised to Rs20 lakh

24 Feb 2017

Demonetisation to see Indian growth slowing to 6.6%: IMF

23 Feb 2017

India's growth is projected to slow to 6.6 per cent in fiscal year 2016-17 due to strains that have emerged in the economy as a result of "temporary disruptions" caused by demonetisation, the IMF says

Indian economy to reach $5 trillion by 2025: Morgan Stanley

22 Feb 2017

The population dynamics will be a key force in shaping India's overall growth and dictate how product markets will develop, says a new report

GST Council approves draft Compensation Bill

18 Feb 2017

A decision on rate slabs will be taken after the next meeting of the GST Council on 4-5 March, finance minister Arun Jaitley said after the council meeting

GST Council approves draft Compensation Bill

18 Feb 2017

A decision on rate slabs will be taken after the next meeting of the GST Council on 4-5 March, finance minister Arun Jaitley said after the council meeting

FDI into India rose 18% to $46.4 bn in 2016: DIPP

18 Feb 2017

BSF seizes Rs2 lakh in fake notes at Bangla border

15 Feb 2017

India’s wholesale price inflation zooms to 5.25% as retail inflation cools

14 Feb 2017

SC upholds cancellation of Vyapam admission of 634 MBBS students in MP

13 Feb 2017

The Supreme Court has refused  relief to the MBBS students, who obtained admission using unfair means in the entrance examination conducted by Vyapam in Madhya Pradesh

Consumer price inflation hits a 5-year low of 3.17% in January

13 Feb 2017

The fall in inflation has been mainly on account of falling prices of vegetables and pulses with the arrival of the winter crop

Govt to crack down on shell cos used to launder money during note ban

11 Feb 2017

India’s industrial production growth declines 0.4% in December

10 Feb 2017

SC fixes monetary compensation for Narmada project oustees

09 Feb 2017

The Supreme Court has fixed Rs60 lakh compensation to each of the families displaced by Narmada dam project in Madhya Pradesh, the state most hit by the Sardar Sarovar Project