Economy

Mumbai: The rising number of Covid-19 cases and concerns of return of lockdown in many states of the country played havoc today and the Indian share markets saw a sharp decline. The Bombay Stock Exchange index Sensex was trading at…
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New Delhi: India has attracted total FDI inflow of US$ 72.12 billion during April to January, 2021. It is the highest ever for the first ten months of a financial year and 15% higher as compared to the first ten months of 2019-20 (US$ 62.72…
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New Delhi: The Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday kept the rate of interest on provident fund deposits unchanged at 8.5% for 2020-21 financial year. The Central Board Trustee recommended 8.5% annual rate of…
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Bhubaneswar: The Economy Survey Report has been tabled in Odisha Assembly today. As per the report, the economy of Odisha has grown at 7.1 percent per annum during the period 2012-13 to 2019-20 (at constant 2011-12 basic prices) and…
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure has released the 17th weekly instalment of Rs.5,000 crore to the States to meet the GST compensation shortfall. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 4,730.41 crore has been released…
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New Delhi: Deendayal Port Trust, one of the 12 Major Ports of India, has crossed 100 MMT (Million Metric Tons) in cargo handling. Deendayal Port, erstwhile known as Kandla Port, is situated in Kutch, Gujarat. Deendayal Port handled…
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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) between India and Mauritius. The India-Mauritius CECPA will be the first…
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New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today kept repo rate, as well as the reverse repo rate unchanged while maintaining an 'accommodative stance'. According to RBI governor Shaktikanta Das the decision was taken unanimously and the…
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New Delhi: The Union Budget 2021 presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not bring any relief to the middle class as income tax slabs remained unchanged. Sitharaman proposed a sharp rise in capital expenditure for the…
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New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament today. The key highlights of Economic Survey 2020-21, which is dedicated to the COVID Warriors, are as…
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