Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday exhorted large central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) to exceed their planned capital expenditure (capex) target for 2020-21 by March to accelerate eco...

The fiscal deficit widened to Rs 9.53 lakh crore, which is 119.7 per cent of the Rs 7.96-lakh-crore budgeted target, at the end of October of the current financial year. The deficit widened mainly on...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the momentum gained by the reform process would continue and make India a favoured destination for global investors. Sitharaman claimed several sove...

China’s factory output rose faster-than-expected in October and retail sales sped up as recovery in the world’s second-largest economy from its Covid-19 slump gathered momentum. Industria...

The Bengal government has partially agreed to the latest formula proposed by the Centre to clear the shortfall in GST compensation to the states. While it has decided to go along with the Modi govern...

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The government has extended the Rs 3-lakh-crore emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) till March 31, 2021 and has also widended the scope of the scheme to include mid-sized companies in the 2...

In a move to boost the real estate sector, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday relaxed income tax rules to allow the sale of primary residential units of up to Rs 2 crore value below the c...

The Narendra Modi-government on Thursday announced a Rs 1.19 lakh stimulus package, which coupled with Wednesday’s Rs 1.45 lakh production-linked incentives takes the Centre’s boosters for...

In an attempt to spark pre-Diwali cheer, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered Thursday a third round of stimulus measures to help revive the Covid-devastated economy along with an upbeat asse...