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For over a year, India had been the fastest growing economy, second only to China. This has now changed.

India to grow 7.6 per cent in calendar year 2018: Moody's

Budget for 2018-19 includes some measures that could stabilise the rural economy that was disproportionately hit by...

28 Feb 2018 10:50 AM IST

PM seeks foreign investments, says India one of the most open...

India is already the third-largest economy in terms of purchasing power.

27 Feb 2018 11:35 AM IST

Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari

Profits from major ports to touch Rs 7,000 crore: Nitin Gadkari

Ministry expects Rs 15 lakh crore investments under ambitious 'Sagarmala' infrastructure development programme.

26 Feb 2018 5:03 PM IST

P-Notes are typically instruments issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas investors who wish to invest in Indian markets without registering themselves directly in India to save on time.

P-Note investments dip to 8 year low at Rs 1.19 lakh crore in January

Of the total investments in November, P-note holdings in equities were at Rs 84,278 crore.

26 Feb 2018 4:54 PM IST

It said that retail inflation is expected to moderate to 5 per cent in January (5.2 per cent previously) and that the trade deficit narrowed to $12 billion ($14.9billion previously). (Representational Image)

CPI inflation to trend higher; chances of rate hike rising

UBS expects headline CPI inflation to remain in the range of 5.1-5.6 per cent over the next few months .

26 Feb 2018 3:35 PM IST

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) number by itself tell the whole story of a nations development?

India's December quarter GDP growth likely to be 7 per cent: report

GDP grew by 6.3 per cent in July-September quarter of the fiscal, up from 5.7 per cent in first quarter.

26 Feb 2018 1:15 PM IST

The Nifty scaled 108.35 points to end the day at 10,491.05 while the Sensex soared 322.65 points to end the day at 34,142.15.

FPIs turn sellers of equities in February.

Latest data available with the National Securities Depository Ltd shows that the overseas investors had pumped in Rs...

26 Feb 2018 1:24 AM IST

The finance ministry has notified the rules for e-way bill which requires online pre-registration of goods before transportation under GST regime.

E-way bill for inter-state movement of goods to be implemented from...

The e-way bill mechanism was implemented from February 1 but the system crashed and its implementation was deferred.

24 Feb 2018 7:22 PM IST

Taxpayers can check return filing status of suppliers on GSTN portal

Once GSTIN is inserted in system, it would show taxpayer details like legal name, status (active or cancelled).

24 Feb 2018 12:25 PM IST

United States buys close to a fifth of Indias goods and services exports and its trade deficit has widened from $13 billion in 2006 to $31 billion in 2016.

US tells India to cut tariffs as trade friction heats up

Bilateral trade between India and US has grown to about $115 billion in 2016 from $20 billion in 2001.

24 Feb 2018 11:11 AM IST

RBI data show fall in foreign currency assets caused drop in total forex reserves. (Photo: PTI)

Forex reserves up by USD 1.96 billion to USD 421.720 billion

The reserves had touched a life-time high of USD 421.914 billion on February 9, FY18.

23 Feb 2018 6:09 PM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley

Urban infrastructure is an 'engine of growth', says Jaitley

State possessing capacity to build infrastructure employment and buzzing economic activity becomes an attractive...

23 Feb 2018 10:36 AM IST