Economy - general

26 Nov 2016

26 Nov 2016

26 Nov 2016

26 Nov 2016

International rating agencies have given the thumbs-up to the government’s decision to demonetise, saying it is worth the short-term pain

26 Nov 2016

International rating agencies have given the thumbs-up to the government’s decision to demonetise, saying it is worth the short-term pain

26 Nov 2016

Fitch expects India's GDP growth to trend higher than China's in the medium term, adding that it would accelerate next fiscal on the back of reforms and monetary policy easing

25 Nov 2016

Point of Sale transactions in State Bank of India have surged 300 per cent in numbers and 200 per cent by value, indicating that digital transactions have gone up, says SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya

24 Nov 2016

After spending around $500 million in the morning, the RBI intervened again in the afternoon but the rupee was able to claw back only a fraction of its losses

24 Nov 2016

Underlining that the demonetisation will hurt agricultural growth and small industry, former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh called it organised loot and legalised plunder of the country

23 Nov 2016

Reports say most of the money flows into Jan Dhan accounts were in West Bengal and Karnataka, which translates in to huge hoards of cash in these states

23 Nov 2016

22 Nov 2016

In a blog written jointly with a PhD student, the former US treasury secretary and World Bank chief economist Lawrence Summers says most free societies would rather let several criminals go free than convict an innocent man, but India has done the opposite

22 Nov 2016

The new norms are applicable only for dues payable between 1 November and 31 December this year, as this is a short-term deferment of norms due to the current currency crunch

22 Nov 2016

21 Nov 2016

21 Nov 2016

A united opposition today forced four adjournments in the Rajya Sabha in the pre-noon session, asserting that no discussion on demonetisation would take place till the House mourns the nearly 70 deaths caused by hardships due to the withdrawal of higher denomination currency notes

19 Nov 2016

19 Nov 2016

The severe cash crunch following the sudden demonetisation of high-value currency has disrupted economic activity across the country

19 Nov 2016

19 Nov 2016

18 Nov 2016

The finance ministry has raised cash withdrawal limit for the needy even as it reduced the cash exchange limit for discarded notes

17 Nov 2016

17 Nov 2016

Struggling to cope with the aftermath of its demonetisation of old Rs1,000 and Rs5,000 notes, the centre today reduced the limit on over-the-counter exchange of old notes for new ones to Rs2,000 per person from Rs4,500 earlier, effective Friday

16 Nov 2016

15 Nov 2016

Across the globe women still face multiple disadvantages and are less likely than men to have a paid job, IMF chief Christine Lagarde says, adding only half of the world's working-age women were employed