Economy - general

Government eases FDI norms in 15 sectors

12 Nov 2015

Unveiling sweeping liberalisation of foreign investment norms on Diwali day, the government has opened up 15 sectors including real estate, defence, civil aviation and news broadcasting to foreign direct investment

Indirect tax collections rise by 36.8% in October

10 Nov 2015

Tata Motors takes Rs2,500 cr hit in China port blast

09 Nov 2015

Modi must renew focus on reforms, says India Inc

09 Nov 2015

Pledging its support to big-ticket investments in Bihar following the Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance’s thumping victory, corporate India Inc on Sunday sought a renewed focus by the Modi government at the centre on economic reforms

PM announces Rs 80,000-crore package for J&K

07 Nov 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a Rs80,000-crore development package for the all-round development of Jammu and Kashmir

Petrol excise hiked by Rsd1.60, diesel by 40p

07 Nov 2015

Students march to HRD ministry on 17th day of protest

06 Nov 2015

Bankruptcy panel sets 6-month deadline for winding up insolvent companies

05 Nov 2015

The draft law prepared by the panel has proposed early identification of financial distress so that steps can be taken to revive the ailing company

GST only a matter of time, says Jaitley

04 Nov 2015

First tranche of corporate tax cut in Budget: Jaitley

04 Nov 2015

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will list out in the next few days the exemptions to be phased out as part of its plans to gradually bring down corporate tax rate to 25 per cent

India behind Bangladesh, Ghana in gender parity

03 Nov 2015

McKinsey study underscores need to bridge India’s gender gap

03 Nov 2015

Bridging the gender gap in India’s workforce by employing just 10 per cent more women could yield an annual incremental GDP growth of 1.4 per cent, says a McKinsey Global Institute report

Core sector industrial production grows faster at 3.2% in September

02 Nov 2015

Avoid bans, foster debate, says RBI chief Rajan

31 Oct 2015

Significantly, in the current socio-political climate, the central bank governor chose not to speak on the economy or monetary policy, and instead focused his address at IIT-Delhi on the need for tolerance

Annual GDP acceleration in India to be gradual: World Bank

30 Oct 2015

IPL 2015 contributed Rs1,150 crore to India’s GDP, claims BCCI report

30 Oct 2015

World Bank keeps India’s GDP growth projection at 7.5% in FY16

30 Oct 2015

Northeast monsoon on its way; rains lash TN

28 Oct 2015

Easwar panel set up to improve tax laws

28 Oct 2015

India climbs 12 spots to rank 130 in World Bank's ease of doing business report

28 Oct 2015

The report says India made significant improvements by eliminating the minimum capital requirement and a business operations certificate, saving entrepreneurs an unnecessary procedure and five days