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Budget 2025-26 GST set for review, customs duty structure simplified
03 Feb 2025
Finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman has offered to further simplify and rationalise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure and expand it to the remaining sectors so as to multiply its benefits.
Union Budget 2025-26: Focus on employment and consumption as economy slows
03 Feb 2025
The government will focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs, and the middle class to push growth in a slowing economy, finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Hewlett Packard, Juniper defend $14bn deal as US justice department moves to block transaction
02 Feb 2025
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks have come out strongly against the US Department of Justice’s move to block HPE’s $14 billion deal
Govt revises ethanol price for supply to public sector oil marketing companies
01 Feb 2025
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a revision in the procurement price of ethanol for public sector oil marketing companies
HSBC plans big retreat in US, Europe as focus shifts to Asia
01 Feb 2025
HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services groups, is planning to exit some merger and acquisition (M&A) financing and equities businesses in Europe
Highlights of Economic Survey 2024-25
31 Jan 2025
Following are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2024-25 presented by minister of finance and corporate affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today
India’s economy seen re-entering the fast lane
31 Jan 2025
India's economic growth, in terms of real gross domestic product (ie GDP at constant prices), is estimated at 6.4 per cent in FY25 (as per first advance estimates of national income), which is equal to an average
Govt to invest Rs34,300 cr for developing critical minerals value chain
31 Jan 2025
The union government will invest Rs34,300 crore over the next seven years, to build a resilient value chain for critical mineral resources that are vital to fostering green technologies.
India gets into AI mode, plans to build own LLM
31 Jan 2025
The Indian government woke up to reality of its digital status, after a Chinese startup launched a low-cost foundational AI model, and has announced plans to build an Indian version of the Large Language Model
US Fed keeps policy rates unchanged, for now
30 Jan 2025
The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep its policy rates unchanged, as the central bank saw no need for an immediate reduction in interest rates.
Govt to provide 60% guarantee on capital credit of up to Rs100 crore to MSMEs
30 Jan 2025
National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company Limited (NCGTC) will provide guarantee of up to 60 per cent to member lending institutions for extending capital credit to micro
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