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India’s service sector activity slips for second straight month; employment rises

Industry

Manufacturing PMI rises to 53.9 in January

Interim Budget 2019: Centre’s fiscal deficit target goes for a toss

Interim Budget places it at 3.4% for 2019-20 on higher allocations towards income support scheme for farmers.

Viewpoint: Not just an interim Budget

This is the election year and there was a fair bit of debate on what the 2019 Budget would look like — the build-up to February 1 had some

Interim Budget 2019 promise: File income tax returns, get refund in 24 hours

‘Within two years, all verification will be done electronically’

Interim Budget 2019: Lower, middle income classes gain

Increased spending capacity with consumers will boost various sectors: analysts.

Change in fiscal deficit glide path may put Reserve Bank in a fix

Yield on 10-year benchmark hardens

Interim Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal gives ₹12,500 relief to income tax payers

Benefit extends to ₹6.5 lakh if Section 80C investments are made full use of; 3 crore assesses expected to benefit.

Interim Budget 2019: Funds cut for job scheme

Last fiscal, ₹61,084.09 crore was spent under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Interim Budget 2019: an exercise aimed at pleasing farmers, informal workers, salaried taxpayers

No income tax up to ₹5 lakh; ₹6000 per annum for farmers with less than 2 hectares of land; and a mega pension scheme for the unorganised sector workers top the announcements made by Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in his Budget speech.

Interim Budget 2019: massive FDI worth $ 239 bn received in last 5 years, says Goyal

This period also witnessed a rapid liberalisation of the FDI policy allowing most FDI to come through the automatic route, says Piyush Goyal during the Interim Budget

Interim Budget 2019: Fiscal deficit to be at 3.4% of GDP this year, says Piyush Goyal

Presenting the Interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Goyal said the GDP growth in the last 5 years had been higher than under any previous governments.

How is economy growing when unemployment rate at highest, asks P. Chidambaram

Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday raised doubts over the GDP figures, wondering how the economy is growing at 7% when the unemployment

RBI lifts curbs on three PSBs

Banks exit PCA after capital infusion, fall in net NPA ratio

Centre firm on FDI rules deadline

New norms take effect today; Amazon to ensure minimal impact on consumers

National Sample Survey Office’s unemployment data confirms crisis on the ground: experts

“The NSSO findings are not surprising, but they are alarming. The trends of rising unemployment were already visible,” said Amit Basole, lead author of a report, “State of Working India, 2018”.

Subsidised LPG price cut by ₹1.46; non-subsidised rate reduced by ₹30 a cylinder

This is the third straight monthly reduction in LPG rate.

GDP growth rate for 2017-18 revised upwards to 7.2% from 6.7%

Earlier, the CSO in its advance estimate had pegged the GDP growth rate for 2018-19 at 7.2 per cent.

Govt. may ask taxmen to file GST profiteering pleas

Currently, only consumers file plaints

Gold turns red hot, price at a peak in India

Yellow metal touches ₹33,800 mark in Mumbai on increase in global demand

‘FMCG sector to clock double-digit growth’

Industry likely to grow between 11% and 12% in 2019, a tad lower than 13.8% in 2018, says Nielsen study

I-T dept. confiscated benami assets worth ₹6,900 crore under anti-benami law

The Income Tax Department has confiscated assets worth ₹6,900 crore till now as part of its action under the anti-benami transactions law, the agency

Rupee slips 12 paise to 71.22 against USD in early trade

Forex traders said strengthening US dollar against some currencies overseas weighed on the local unit.

FM Piyush Goyal discusses steps to promote lending to MSME, agri sectors

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday discussed with heads of State-owned banks steps to promote lending to micro, small and medium enterprises

Declining pepper price puts growers in south India in stress

Local produce hit by low duties that aid cheaper imports

Budget wand may grant farm and tax sops

Income support for farmers to the tune of ₹1.5 lakh crore expected; salaried class may get a breather

Budget may provide ₹4,000-cr capital infusion for PSU general insurers

The upcoming Budget may have a provision for ₹4,000-crore capital infusion for the public sector general insurance companies to shore up their

High usage of ITC comes under taxman’s scanner

GST shortfall prompts Centre to act

‘GDP growth may slow to 6.6% in H1’

The Indian economy is likely to lose steam and may grow at 6.6% in the first half of 2019 from 7.4% a year ago, on account of global slowdown and the

‘Agri sector should be boosted through credit flows’

PM’s Economic Advisory Council feels sector should be supported by schemes such as MGNREGS

Now, Donald Trump wants India to cut duties on American whisky

Last February, India has slashed the customs duty on imported motorcycles like Harley-Davidson.

TRAI firm on rolling out new DTH tariffs from Feb. 1, issues notice to TATA Sky

Will ensure customers pay only for channels they want, reduce litigation, says regulatory body chief

RBI okays Ravneet Gill as Yes Bank MD & CEO

Told to join before March 1

Dubai start-up summit opens doors for Indian entrepreneurs

India-leg winners can participate

Cabinet gives nod to set up GST Appellate Tribunal

It will serve as a dispute resolution forum for Centre, States

Centre’s debt-to-GDP falls, States’ rises

While Centre’s total debt as percentage of GDP fell to 46.5% in 2017-18, States’ debt rose to 24%

‘Super star’ firms giving a lot for free, but will it continue asks Raghuram Rajan

The former RBI governor said that we all know nothing is free, so it needs to be known who is paying for it when consumers get it for free

IL&FS crisis: Govt to seek special dispensation from Reserve Bank

Following the crisis at IL&FS late last year that raised concerns over liquidity in the system, the corporate affairs ministry had superseded its board.

Indian economy poised to pick up in 2019, says IMF

IMF in its January World Economy Outlook update said India would remain the fastest growing major economies of the world.

China's 2018 economic growth sinks to 3-decade low

Growth in investment, retail spending and factory activity all declined, the National Bureau of Statistics reported

India’s richest 1% get richer by 39% in 2018; just 3% rise for bottom-half: Oxfam

At Davos, Oxfam said this increasing inequality is undermining the fight against poverty, damaging economies and fuelling public anger across the globe

RBI: on the horns of a dilemma

Must the central bank cut interest rates or only change its stance in the February policy review?

FPI outflow crosses ₹4,000 cr in January so far

Foreign investors have pulled out more than ₹4,000 crore from the Indian capital markets so far in January, highlighting their cautious stance

‘Taxpayers shell out extra ₹20,000, on average per year’

Analysis by ClearTax finds 90% of women not optimising tax savings; lack of awareness, liquidity at financial year end cited

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