New Delhi, August 11 (IANS): The Indian rupee opened stronger on Monday, amid additional 25 per cent tariff proposed by US President Donald Trump on India, which is set to take effect from August 27.The rupee l
New Delhi, August 11 (IANS): The government’s financial inclusion schemes -- from Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) to MUDRA and the quintessential UPI-based digital payments -- are shifting India’s gr
New Delhi, August 10 (IANS): The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has formed an expert committee to review the 2019 norms for issuing licenses for petrol pumps, keeping in mind market efficiency and India
New Delhi, August 10 (IANS): As India-US trade talks stall, the resilience of India's economy is a cornerstone of its ability to weather these tariff pressures with minimal disruption as over the past decade, t
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Swaminathan Janakiraman on Saturday highlighted that true financial inclusion goes beyond expanding banking access, stressing the need to empo
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) IT, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing are undergoing rapid AI-led transformation, creating demand for new roles such as AI imaging specialists, prompt engineers, and smart grid anal
New Delhi, August 9 (IANS) India’s second largest lender ICICI Bank has raised the monthly minimum average balance requirement for all customer segments, effective August 1.Customers at metro and urban locati
Mumbai, August 8 (IANS) The Indian stock market ended lower on Friday amid heavy selling across the sectors and persistent FIIs outflow due to US tariff jitters.Sensex closed at 79,857.79, down 765.47 or 0.95 p
New Delhi, August 8 (IANS) The Income Tax Bill, 2025, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on February 13 to replace the existing Income Tax Act, 1961, has been formally withdrawn, sources said on Friday.A new
New Delhi, August 8 (IANS): Imposition of 25 per cent penalty on goods trade with India, with a proposition of additional 25 per cent on the world’s largest democracy, can be a bad policy decision for the US
New Delhi, August 8 (IANS): The Union government has fixed the ceiling price of four emergency-use medicines and 37 other drug formulations, which include antibiotics and painkillers.The prices were fixed by th
New Delhi, August 8 (IANS) Imposition of 25 per cent penalty on goods trade with India, with a proposition of additional 25 per cent on the world’s largest democracy, can be a bad policy decision for the US a
Mumbai, August 7 (IANS) The Indian stock market settled slightly up on Thursday after witnessing a highly volatile session, sidelining the US President Donald Trump's fresh tariff jitters.However, stocks from t
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS): Billionaire investor Mark Mobius said on Thursday that upcoming 50 per cent tariffs on India, imposed by US President Donald Trump, will have less impact on the country as it has a mass
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Top industrialist Anand Mahindra on Wednesday said that we should be moved to make our own nation greater than ever in the wake of 50 per cent tariffs the US has imposed on the country,
New Delhi, August 6 (IANS): For the next leg of growth in India, it is time to look beyond monetary and fiscal support, and focus on structural reforms, in order to reach "aspirational" levels of growth, an HSB
Mumbai, August 6 (IANS): Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday that the US tariff hike will not have any major impact on the Indian economy unless there is a retaliatory tariff.Speaki
New Delhi, August 6 (IANS): RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced on Wednesday that a large number of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana accounts have become due for re-KYC (Know Your Customer) updates, as the gov
New Delhi, August 6 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (RBI-MPC) on Wednesday decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.50 per cent after its bi-monthly meeting. Keeping the
Mumbai, August 6 (IANS) RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra announced on Wednesday that the monetary policy committee has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent, while sticking to the “neutral” mo