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Had cautioned government against hasty demonetisation: Raghuram Rajan
13 Apr 2018
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has reiterated his views that India’s demonetisation exercise was not a good idea and its implementation was ill-planned, adding that he had cautioned the government about it, when the idea was brought up
Heavy rain brings Taj Mahal pillar tumbling down
12 Apr 2018
This was a disaster waiting to happen, as it has long been known that India’s best-known monument is suffering serious damage due to pollution but the buck was being passed around on who is supposed to take what steps to conserve it
Jammu bandh cripples normal life
11 Apr 2018
ADB sees India growing at 7.3% this fiscal and 7.6% in next
11 Apr 2018
In its Asian Development Outlook, 2018, ADB said growth in India will pick up as the new tax regime improves productivity and banking reform and corporate deleveraging take hold to reverse a downtrend in investment
RBI holds rates amidst easing of inflation
05 Apr 2018
RBI said the decision of the MPC is consistent with the neutral stance of monetary policy and in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer price inflation of 4 per cent, while supporting growth
Indian Economy seen growing at 7.4 per cent in 2018-19
05 Apr 2018
The India Ratings and Research report, combined with an uptick in services sector activity in March that pushed up job growth to the fastest pace in 7 years, may come as a boost to the government's economic policies
Salman Khan gets 5 years in 1998 blackbuck poaching case
05 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty by a court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case
Skymet Weather predicts normal rains from June
04 Apr 2018
Net FY18 direct tax collections up 17.1% at Rs9,95,000 cr; GST collections at Rs7,17,638 cr
03 Apr 2018
Core sector output expands at 5.3% in February
02 Apr 2018
Core sector industrial production had expanded at a faster pace of 6.7 per cent in Jan
Share sales to attract long term capital gains tax from 1 April
31 Mar 2018
The tax on long-term gains on share transactions, reintroduced after a gap of 14 years, imposes a 10-per cent tax on gains exceeding Rs1 lakh from sale of shares
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