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Govt holding in select blue chip companies to fall below 51% under new divestment drive

The minimum government holding required for an entity to qualify as a central public sector enterprise (CPSE) is 51 per cent.

Sep 12, 2019

Modi govt's challenge now is to turn nationalism into an economic force

The economy was taken for granted in the last few quarters and the country was battered by many issues like non-performing assets, demonetization, implementation of GST and the recent NBFC crisis.

Sep 11, 2019

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African nations to sell India minerals in return for infra projects in barter deal

In the early 2000s, India imported palm oil from Malaysia in exchange for building a railway line.

Sep 11, 2019

Automobile sector needs more than the GST band-aid to ward off a meltdown threat

With passenger vehicles sales skidding to worst in two decades and thousands of jobs at stake amid an economic slowdown, the government needs to take substantive measures; deliveries in August fell 41% year on year to 115,957 units.

Sep 10, 2019

Passenger vehicle sales plunge to the lowest since 1998

Industry sales have been on a downslide since the last 10 months due to a high GST rate and lack of adequate liquidity.

Sep 9, 2019

Centre sets up task force to identify infrastructure to be included in ₹100 trillion plan

The task force will be headed by the finance ministry's economic affairs secretary and will draw officials from government's policy think tank NITI aayog and other senior officials.

Sep 7, 2019

Slowdown will not hit social sector spending: Nirmala Sitharaman

The minister said the government was yet to take a call on how it would use the surplus reserve of Rs 1.76 lakh crore it has received from the Reserve Bank of India.

Sep 7, 2019

Good news for home, auto buyers: RBI makes external benchmark-based interest rate mandatory from Oct 1

The step is another attempt by the central bank to spur growth in the economy, which registered the slowest growth to a six-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter.

Sep 5, 2019

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What recession? Here's why investment guru Mark Mobius is bullish on investing in India

Mobius believes that India is going to benefit due to trade war between the world's two largest economies, China and the United States.

Sep 3, 2019

PSU banks lose on BSE post merger announcement

Earlier the government had also announced upfront capital infusion of Rs 70,000 crore into the public sectors banks.

Sep 3, 2019

Sensex down 800 points after GDP shocker, bank, auto stocks drag

Indian 'VIX' or the volatility index -- market's expectation of volatility over the near term -- shot up by 7 per cent to 17.41.

Sep 3, 2019

Move to monetise roads expected to power quality network expansion

NHAI plans to drive around PMO's speedbumps over runaway expenditure by offering roads as collateral to lenders.

Sep 3, 2019

FM ducks 'slowdown' question, says consultations on

Concerns of a slowing economy have racked up again as severe slowdown in manufacturing activity in the country pulled down India's GDP growth rate.

Sep 1, 2019

Economy in shambles because of govt's 'all-round mismanagement': Manmohan Singh

Dr Manmohan Singh urged the government to put aside vendetta politics and consult with "all sane voices and thinking minds" to save the economy.

Sep 1, 2019

Maruti Suzuki sales fall 33% in August

The company sold a total of 1,06,413 units, including exports, last month, compared to 1,58,189 vehicles in August 2018.

Sep 1, 2019

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Economy News

Govt holding in select blue chip companies to fall below 51% under new divestment drive

Modi govt's challenge now is to turn nationalism into an economic force

African nations to sell India minerals in return for infra projects in barter deal

Automobile sector needs more than the GST band-aid to ward off a meltdown threat

Passenger vehicle sales plunge to the lowest since 1998

Centre sets up task force to identify infrastructure to be included in ₹100 trillion plan

Slowdown will not hit social sector spending: Nirmala Sitharaman

Good news for home, auto buyers: RBI makes external benchmark-based interest rate mandatory from Oct 1

What recession? Here's why investment guru Mark Mobius is bullish on investing in India

PSU banks lose on BSE post merger announcement

Sensex down 800 points after GDP shocker, bank, auto stocks drag

Move to monetise roads expected to power quality network expansion

FM ducks 'slowdown' question, says consultations on

Economy in shambles because of govt's 'all-round mismanagement': Manmohan Singh

Maruti Suzuki sales fall 33% in August

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