Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with Britain’s King Charles III for the first time ever since the monarch assumed the office of the Sovereign of the UK,…
Category: Economy
Govt keeps General Provident Fund interest rate unchanged at 7.1%: Report
Government on Tuesday kept General Provident Fund interest rate unchanged at 7.1%, reported CNBC TV-18. General Provident Fund is a social security scheme available to central government employees. The interest…
‘Country which attacked Mumbai, went after hotels’: S Jaishankar calls out Pakistan
External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar called out Pakistan for the dastardly 26/11 attacks on Mumbai in an interaction during his Vienna visit. Jaishankar said that Pakistan is the country…
GDP, GST, foreign reserves: What high frequency economic indicators tell us about state of India’s economy
India’s GDP at constant prices in the first half of the current financial year H1FY23 (April to September 2022) is recorded as Rs 75.02 lakh crore, which is 9.7 per…
Centre hikes windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 2,100 from Rs 1,700
India has raised windfall tax on petroleum, crude oil, and aviation turbine fuel, according to a government order dated Jan. 2. It raised windfall tax on crude oil to 2,100…
Parliament’s Budget Session to start from Jan 31, Union Budget FY24 to be presented on Feb 1: Report
The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to begin on January 31 and is expected to conclude on April 6 with a recess in between, a report said on Monday. …
Private sector gets a leg up as govt introduces National Geospatial Policy
The National Geospatial Policy, unveiled by the government asks ministries and departments, envisages to “increasingly engage” the private sector for creation and development of geospatial data required by them under…
India’s digital ad spending to hit $21 billion in the next five years
Despite muted growth in the current fiscal (FY23), owing to global macroeconomic headwinds, India’s digital ad spends are expected to reach $21 billion by FY28, according to a new report…
‘Centre’s note ban action was unlawful’: What the only dissenting SC judge said in 4-1 verdict
Justice B V Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, who gave the only dissenting verdict on demonetisation on Monday, said the scrapping of the whole series of Rs 500 and Rs…
Union Budget 2023: PM Modi to chair second national conference of chief secretaries from January 5-7
Ahead of the Union Budget 2023-24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the ‘second national conference of chief secretaries’ in the national capital next month, a senior government official has…