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Finance panel, bankers discuss credit rating of states
09 May 2019
In the context of horizontal devolution of union taxes among states, bankers said, fiscal discipline, transparency, governance improvements and revenue raising efforts should be factored in appropriately for credit rating of states
India remains top recipient of remittances with $79 bn in 2018
09 Apr 2019
The value of global remittances sent to low-and middle-income countries increased by 9 per cent to $529 billion in 2018, with nearly half of it landing in five countries, including India, the Philippines, Egypt, China and Mexico, World Bank data showed
I-T raids entities linked to Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath
08 Apr 2019
I-T officials from Delhi escorted by CRPF personnel carried out the searches, while reports said the raids had some connection with the Rs3,600-crore AgustaWestland case
RBI plans another $5 billion liquidity injection
02 Apr 2019
I-T Dept to proceed against 87,000 tax-dodgers
07 Mar 2019
Modi launches Rs75,000-cr PM-Kisan scheme
25 Feb 2019
The PM-Kissan scheme, launched to address farm distress, guarantees Rs6,000 annually to each farmer with less than 2 hectares of land, in three installments
RBI pays Rs28,000 cr to govt as interim dividend
19 Feb 2019
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25 per cent
07 Feb 2019
Backed by the fall in December headline inflation to an 18-month low of 2.19 per cent, the MPC meeting, the first for RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, also decided to lower India’s inflation projection for April-September to 3.2-3.4 per cent from the 3.8-4.2 per cent seen in December
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