New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has launched a dedicated website for Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, government's flagship financial inclusion programme, to help people open bank accounts."The website will provide an easy access to information
New Delhi: Industry chamber Assocham has said that it is premature to disclose the names of Indians who have allegedly illegal bank accounts abroad.It said that doing this will hurt India's battle against black money.It
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has cleared 20 FDI proposals including 6 in the pharma sector envisaging a total inflow of Rs 988.3 crore.The proposals of Fresenius Kabi Oncology for Rs 119 crore and Amneal
New Delhi: Even as the ordinance allowing reallocation of coal blocks cancelled by the Supreme Court received presidential approval on Tuesday, the Indian industry welcomed the move saying reforms towards a transparent allocation system must
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) put the onus of forming a Joint Lenders' Forum (JLF) on the bank with highest exposure to a distressed borrower and said here today that failure to do
New Delhi: On the back foot on black money issue, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit back at Congress saying the party will be embarrassed once the names of people holding illicit foreign accounts are
New Delhi: Days after approving lower than demanded gas price increase, finance minister Arun Jaitley has said the $5.61 per mmBtu rate will ensure explorers make profit but not windfall gain.The increase in rate, approved
Mumbai: The government decision to free diesel prices will give more space to the Reserve Bank to slash interest rates earlier-than-expected, and also help in improving the overall finances of the country, says a report.The
New Delhi: Good show by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls will give further impetus to the Modi government to push ahead with key economic reforms, including GST, industry body
Visakhapatnam: It may take a month for Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to resume production, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said.Naidu visited the plant badly hit by severe cyclonic storm Hudhud which battered this port
New Delhi: In much-awaited reform, the government today deregulated diesel prices, a move that will result in a price cut of Rs 3.37 a litre with effect from midnight tonight.Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said the
New Delhi: Representatives of bank employees headed by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for early settlement of wage revision negotiations.Javadekar said the Finance Minister assured the delegation that he
Chennai: The country's largest life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India, has appointed nodal officers in cyclone-devastated Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for stepping up its services in the region, including expediting settlement claims.LIC has eased
Washington: The US-India Business Council (USIBC) will lead a US delegation of Fortune 500 CEOs and senior executives to the Vibrant Gujarat 2015 summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat in January 2015.This will be USIBC's fourth, and
New Delhi: The government's Rs 43,425 crore disinvestment programme is on track and a schedule for sale of stake in state-owned firms will be announced shortly, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said."The process (of disinvestment) is
On Board Special Plane: Allaying any concerns of foreign investors about the 'Make in India' policy being ‘restrictive', President Pranab Mukherjee unequivocally said India is committed to trade liberalisation.Talking to reporters on board his special
New Delhi: India's economic growth rate for the second quarter of the current financial year is likely to be "subdued" at 5.2 per cent and a revival can be expected only from the last quarter
New Delhi: India's economic growth rate for the second quarter of the current financial year is likely to be “subdued” at 5.2 per cent and a revival can be expected only from the last quarter
New Delhi: Asserting that trade facilitation and food security are closely interlinked, President Pranab Mukherjee today asked developed nations not to view India's decision against ratifying WTO's TFA as "market distortion".Mukherjee, who returned to New
Hyderabad: RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Thursday said the central bank and the government are in discussion to formulate a new monetary policy framework which will be more expressive and in line with international standards."The
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