Economy News

Mukesh Ambani's e-commerce foray: Shoppers hope for high-volt Diwali fireworks

E-commerce industry relishes the prospect of intense competition with Reliance Retail's entry into the market space already lit up by the intense rivalry between Amazon and Flipkart.

Mar 7, 2019

Cross-border insolvency law changes to boost ease of doing business in India

A separate section in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) modelled after international best practices will help partners in foreign tie-ups

Mar 5, 2019

No Indian 'retaliation' to Trump decision to curtail duty-free trade benefits

The removal of India from countries enjoying the generalised system of preferences (GSP) list will mainly hit $5.6 billion duty-free exports of agricultural and handicraft products.

Mar 5, 2019

Traders eye bullish turn as border tensions recede, US-China trade wars ease

Indian markets are closed on Monday but are expected to respond positively amid improving chances for Modi government's return and global cues.

Mar 4, 2019

NSEL scam: Commodity brokers jittery as Sebi ban hangs over more entities

Six big names including Motilal Oswal and Geojit hit by the ban as the market regulator is probing about 300 broking entities in the Rs 5,500-crore NSEL scam

Mar 2, 2019

Jet troubles worsen as other airlines refuse to fly passengers with cancelled tickets

Air India, Air Vistara cancel deals with Jet for carrying interrupted flights passengers citing big gap in prevailing rates and the standard rate applicable under an agreement.

Mar 2, 2019

Economic growth for FY19 at 7% projected to be lowest for Modi years

GDP growth estimated to hit a six-quarter low of 6.6% in the third quarter with the expansion falling in all key sectors, CSO data show.

Mar 1, 2019

Finance Ministry asks tax panel to rationalise existing income-tax slabs

Panel will look at tax slabs, particularly the 20% slab, and revise them in the light of international best practices.

Feb 28, 2019

Bengaluru boasts highest number of cryptocurrency job openings in the country

Bengaluru currently has 34 per cent job openings in cryptocurrency in recruitment website 'Indeed', making it top the list while Pune trails far behind with only eight per cent job openings in cryptocurrency.

Feb 28, 2019

Volatility spirals as border tensions hammer Karachi stock exchange

KSE100 plunged nearly 1,500 points after Indian strikes and Pakistani retaliation; benchmark recovers some ground though choppiness remains.

Feb 28, 2019

Airports privatisation: Aggressive bidding landed five airports in Adani kitty

High growth trajectory in the five airports is expected to give the AAI a win-win partnership with the Adani Group

Feb 27, 2019

India to keep off WTO talks on global regime for e-commerce

New Delhi treads a cautious path despite surprise Beijing turnaround; indigenous e-commerce policy targets data security by localization of storage

Feb 25, 2019

GST rate cut: Real estate sector eyes massive demand spurt

Widening of 'affordable housing' category and rate reduction expected to give a push to Narendra Modi government's 'Housing for All 2022' programme.

Feb 25, 2019

Center eases Kisan Credit Card norms to push farm lending

Interestingly, Kisan credit cards were introduced in 1998 with the objective of providing formal credit to farmers -- including small farmers -- for cultivation, consumption and investment needs.

Feb 21, 2019

Saudi Aramco in talks with Reliance to ramp up oil sector investments

The proposal is apart from the $44-billion Ratnagiri project in which Saudi Arabia and UAE are partnering India's state-owned oil marketing companies.

Feb 21, 2019