May 01, 2018 06:03 PM IST
Cumulatively, the eight core sectors grew by 4.2 percent in FY18, the lowest in the last three financial years.
May 01, 2018 04:02 PM IST
The law will enable the central government to set benchmark minimum wages for different regions across the country.
April 30, 2018 07:30 PM IST
The crop insurance scheme compensates farmers if any of the notified crops fail due to natural calamities, pests and diseases
April 30, 2018 04:30 PM IST
The Emirates-based businessman has group company who has invested in the health insurer
April 30, 2018 12:43 PM IST
The insurer's new business premium rose by 5 percent to Rs 833 crore in FY18.
April 30, 2018 11:00 AM IST
This blog will keep track of key global and local developments impacting business and markets through the day. Important local and global political developments will also find resonance here.
April 28, 2018 08:08 PM IST
Ask any insurance company executive and they will tell you that looking at quarterly profits is not the right way to measure their performance
April 28, 2018 07:58 PM IST
According to the RBI's revised framework, lenders are required to report a missed interest payment on day one.
April 27, 2018 09:37 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has encouraged co-operative federalism and he asks foreign dignitaries to visit state leaders instead of only focusing on the Central leadership so that the states can become growth engines, the chief minister said.
April 27, 2018 06:27 PM IST
According to agri-export promotion body APEDA, the country exported 13,48,225 tonnes of buffalo meat for Rs 25,988 crore during the last fiscal.
April 27, 2018 04:45 PM IST
The 62-year-old former businessman parliamentarian had first represented Karnataka as the member of the Upper House of Parliament between April 10, 2002 and April 9, 2008.
April 27, 2018 04:41 PM IST
The business school will have a programme for individuals who cannot do an offline course
April 27, 2018 04:04 PM IST
In the last fiscal, the government collected Rs 62,021 crore as cess on sin and luxury goods. This amount will make up for the compensation kitty used to make good for any revenue shortfall faced by states on implementation of GST.
April 27, 2018 03:36 PM IST
The country's buffalo meat exports in the year ended March 31 rose nearly 2 percent to 1.35 million tonnes on upbeat demand from Vietnam, Malaysia and Egypt, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority said.
April 27, 2018 03:00 PM IST
This blog will keep track of key global and local developments impacting business and markets through the day. Important local and global political developments will also find resonance here.
April 27, 2018 02:17 PM IST
Global credit rating agency Fitch today affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-' with 'stable' outlook, saying that the country's medium-term growth potential is strong. 'BBB-' rating indicates lowest investment grade.
April 27, 2018 11:51 AM IST
Agency channel is the primary source of distribution in insurance, accounting for almost 55 percent of sale of the total insurance policies in India.
April 26, 2018 09:56 PM IST
In its latest note, Fitch also said that the combination of Bharti Infratel with Indus Towers, announced on Wednesday, reflected the "fierce price competition" in the Indian telecom market that has prompted consolidation and incumbents to sell assets to raise funds.
April 26, 2018 09:38 PM IST
These 25 aspirational districts are in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and partnership is for a period of four years, i.e. up to April 2022, ITC said in a statement.
April 26, 2018 08:44 PM IST
"Innovation needs legal protection. We are now working on administrating the laws properly. We are modernising patent offices," the commerce and industry minister said at a CII function here.
April 26, 2018 07:20 PM IST
Talking to reporters later, the minister said suggestions have been invited from all stakeholders on the proposed cargo policy as the aim was to make "India the next cargo hub".
April 26, 2018 06:02 PM IST
The exports stood at Rs 2,89,207.47 crore in 2016-17, according to data by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India.
April 26, 2018 05:55 PM IST
They said the department raided a number of entities that were found to be hoarding cash in various states.
April 26, 2018 05:11 PM IST
Making his inaugural speech before the visiting 15th Finance Commission, Sonowal said: "The experience of GST till now has not been encouraging. There is an estimated 15-20 percent loss when collections are compared with expected revenue on month to month basis."
April 26, 2018 04:52 PM IST
The Housing and Urban Affairs Minister said that the success of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) would hugely depend on the success of India just as the success of China in taking people out of poverty led to the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
