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The Finance Minister announced that the government was looking to honour the promise that BJP had made in their manifesto for the 2014 general elections – that of implementing the MS Swaminathan report.

While presenting the Union Budget for 2018-2019, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely set ambitious targets for the Indian Railways, with a capital expenditure of Rs. 1.48 lakh crore.

As announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his Budget 2018 speech, the government plans “to treat education holistically with integration of class 2 to class 12”

Income Tax, GDP, fiscal deficit — Here's a look at what you need to watch out for in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget 2018-19.

Similarly, the Home Ministry’s project on Organized Crime Investigative Agency was appraised at Rs 83.20 crore, out which nothing has been spent.

In the September quarter, the lender had reported a net loss of Rs 198 crore. On a positive side, its net interest margin massively improved to 2.16 percent from 0.86 percent in the same quarter last fiscal.

The D&B Economy Forecast of January notes Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is still expected to clock a good growth in December 2017 due to the low base effect at play, although it is expected to be lower from November 2017. In October 2017, IIP growt...

Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar said a comprehensive review of the foreign tax credit provisions will ensure efficiency and ease of compliance for exporters from India.

According to market observers, other themes for the trade week starting on January 29, will be macroeconomic growth and select industrial production data points coupled with stock-specific movement due to the ongoing earnings result season.

This comes following an outflow of over Rs 3,500 crore by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) from the capital markets (equity and debt) in December, depositories data showed.

The BSE Sensex today fell over 111 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 36,050.44; and the NSE Nifty concluded the session with a loss of over 16 points, or 0.15 percent, at 11,069.65.

In a latest report, the World Gold Council (WGC) said that Cryptocurrencies may become an established part of the financial system, but golds role as a mainstream financial asset will likely continue to resonate in todays digital world.

Central Statistics Office has predicted farm sector growth to slow down to 2.1% for the current financial year – this anger is unlikely to subside in the coming days.

The government said it will infuse an unprecedented Rs 88,139 crore capital in 20 public sector banks (PSBs) before March 31 to boost lending and revive growth.

Twenty-six-year-old Singh, who addressed the forum on 'Private Public Partnership and Its Future in India' on Wednesday, is the youngest among four business delegates selected from India for the annual meet.

Speaking in Davos at a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, Rajan said there is a risk that by the time the West goes to the emerging world for their support, they may have to answer quite a few questions about why they did not share...