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FM Sitharaman pitches special plan for firms fleeing China

Is India the new China? Sitharaman eyes blueprint for firms fleeing trade war

Finance Minister Sitharaman says a 'blueprint' to attract investment deserting China over trade tensions with the US will have importance beyond the current crisis.

Oct 20, 2019

India to beat US in global economic growth share by 2024; China to remain at top

India will be among 20 nations dominating global growth in 2024 in nominal terms, IMF data show.

Oct 20, 2019

Can India tide over economic crisis that may be worse than the 2008 recession?

Goldman Sachs believes the liquidity issue that NBFCs fuelled is only part of the story as the consumption fall is responsible for a third of the overall slump that began snowballing from January 2018.

Oct 18, 2019

DHFL reports $29 million loss in June quarter; company under financial stress

One of India's biggest housing finance companies, DHFL posted a net loss of 2.06 billion rupees during the quarter compared with a profit of 4.35 billion rupees.

Oct 18, 2019

Sitharaman's economic revival plan goes for a toss, slowest credit growth in last two years

The data shows that although retail lending activities have increased, lenders are taking a much cautious approach on some consumer loans.

Oct 17, 2019

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Air India divestment: Permission to retrench staff may clinch deal in second bid

The Modi government may get second time lucky with the offer made sweeter with 100% stake sale and permission to retrench staff under voluntary retirement scheme norms

Oct 17, 2019

Can India defy US pressure and continue trade ties with Venezuela, Russia?

Finance Minister Sitharaman says India cannot sacrifice 'economic strength' and strategic interests to comply with US sanctions.

Oct 16, 2019

Even after growth rate cut to 6.1%, Indian economy remains 'very strong': IMF

India and China with their projected growth rate of 6.1 percent for the current year share the top rank among major economies.

Oct 16, 2019

'Indian economy doing very badly': Nobel awardee Abhijit Banerjee

Abhijit Banerjee, who shared the Nobel prize for economics, said that the Indian economy is "doing very badly" even as the government is increasingly recognising that there is a problem.

Oct 15, 2019

When will economic slowdown end? World Bank predicts 2nd year of fall in growth

World Bank cut India's GDP growth estimate to 6% for the 2019-20 financial year against 6.9% it achieved in FY19 amid broad-based deceleration of different sectors in the earlier quarters of the year.

Oct 13, 2019

This is how War, Joker, Sye Raa box office collections got Ravi Shankar Prasad trolled

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was massively trolled on social media for quoting the box office collections War, Joker and Sye Raa to deny the economic slowdown in India.

Oct 13, 2019

Raghuram Rajan's take on how worrying the economic situation is as growth slows

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that uncertainty over economic vision is causing deep distress in the economy whose growth forecast has been slashed multiple times this fisc.

Oct 12, 2019

Fact Check: Demonetisation again? Rs 2000 currency notes to be discontinued?

A message went viral on WhatsApp that claimed that the RBI will discontinue the Rs 2,000 note from October 10 this year.

Oct 12, 2019

Karnataka to revive 24x7 water supply project in Hubbali-Dharwad, seeks World Bank assistance

The 24x7 water supply project was initiated in 2005 by the Jagdish Shettar government under the Water and Sanitation Sector due to an inadequate supply of water in the state.

Oct 9, 2019

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Will there be any taker for Air India as 100% stake sale proposal sweetens deal?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hopes to raise Rs 1.05 lakh crore from once-shelved Air India stake sale while struggling to make up the Rs 1.45-lakh-crore largesse lost to a corporate tax cut amid worsening revenue account deficit.