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Vijay Mallya's 'sweetheart deal' faces SEBI scrutiny
The King of good times' Vijay Mallya faces an extensive scrutiny of his 'sweetheart deal' by markets regulator Sebi
Economic Survey 2015-16: Impressive strides made in the power sector in the last two years
The Survey states that renewable energy targets have been revised from 32 GW to 175 GW to give a policy push to the renewable sector and sustainable development.
Rupee bounces back by 10 paise vs US dollars, trades at 68.62
The benchmark Sensex recovered 178 points to to close at 23,154.30 on fag-end buying ahead of the Union Budget after the Economic Survey projected the Indian economy to grow at 7-7.75 per cent in 2016-17, which could accelerate to 8 per cent in a couple o...
Budget expectation: Increase budgetary allocation for Ministry of Women & Child Development
Parliamentarian Rajeev Chandrasekhar seeks enhancement of budgetary allocations to the Ministry to fight child abuse.
Infuse more capital in PSU banks to avoid rating pressure: Moody's
Moody's Investors Service says ratings of public sector banks could face pressure otherwise.
More tax benefits needed for PEs to boost start-ups: Experts
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at the launch of Start-Up India, Stand-Up India programme, in New Delhi on January 16, 2016.
Health sector expects raise in tax exemption on preventive health check-up in Union Budget
"There is also a rise in Health checkups from 15-17%, therefore government should come up with the policies to support and spread awareness for early diagnosis," Indus Health Plus JMD said.
Sensex slides 330 points on fag-end selling, GDP data eyed
The BSE barometer opened on a flat note and remained sideways for most part of the session awaiting quarterly GDP numbers, but sank heavily on weakness in European equities. Most markets in Asia, including China and Hong Kong, were closed for the Lunar Ne...
Sensex plummets 286 points after RBI keeps rates unchanged
RBI, which had cut interest rate by 125 basis points or 1.25 per cent in 2015, retained the benchmark repo rate at 6.75 per cent.
Rs one lakh crore disbursed in loans for small businesses: Amit Shah
Addressing a gathering after distributing small loans to poor and landless people at an event here, Shah rued that around 60 crore people did not have bank accounts even six decades after independence.
8% growth possible, Opposition must pass key reforms: Jaitley
Don't play games in Parliament, Jaitley tells Opposition
New software for filing digitally signed I-T returns
The new software was developed after taxpayers had recently reported that they faced issues in using the Digital Signature Certificate at the time of uploading their Income Tax Returns.
External sector risks have risen since 2015: Moody's poll
About 75 per cent of the market players and investors polled expect India's economic growth to be in the range of 6.5-7.5 per cent over the next 12-18 months.
'Consensus-based system' better for policy rates: Panagariya
The revised draft of the Indian Financial Code (IFC), released by the ministry in July, had suggested doing away with RBI Governor's veto power and proposed a 7-member MPC to take rate decisions by a majority vote.
Fiscal gap math won't impact near-term India rating: Moody's
Even amid falling nominal growth and a wide gap on the revenue front, with April-December tax mop-up reaching only 66 per cent of the Budget target.