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Finance minister Arun Jaitley.

Centre to borrow Rs 50,000-crore more

May breach fiscal deficit cap. Lower realisation in revenue due to dip in GST mop-up.

28 Dec 2017 1:22 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Govt slashes interest rates on small savings schemes by 0.2 per cent

Since April last year, interest rates on all small savings schemes have been recalibrated on a quarterly basis.

27 Dec 2017 9:29 PM IST

The RBI felt there was enough liquidity in the system and credit growth was picking up.

'RBI to cut rates 25 bps in April to signal lower lending rates'

Reserve Bank in its fifth bi-monthly review of this fiscal kept repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent.

27 Dec 2017 2:07 PM IST

Subsidised LPG now costs Rs 477.46 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi. It was priced at Rs 419.18 in June last year.

India challenges China as world's leading LPG importer

India's average monthly imports in 2017 of about 1.7 mn tonnes are well still behind China's 2.2 mn tonnes.

27 Dec 2017 1:14 PM IST

FDI inflows into India firmed up by 22 per cent to USD 35.85 billion during April-December 2016.

DIPP approves 2 FDI proposals in retail sector

FDI into the country grew 17 per cent to USD 25.35 billion during April-September this fiscal.

27 Dec 2017 10:45 AM IST

As per the Centres calculations, all the states put together should collect GST revenue of Rs 92,000 crore. But, only Rs 81,000 crore was realised, a deficit of Rs 9,000 crore.

GST mop up dips for 2nd straight month

The collection, under the nation-wide indirect tax regime, had surpassed Rs 92,000 crore in September, but fell to Rs...

27 Dec 2017 12:18 AM IST

The industrial growth entered negative territory in June shrinking by 0.1 per cent mainly due to decline in manufacturing and capital goods sectors.

SBI Manufacturing index inches up to 53.1 per cent in December

Month-on-month index declined to 50.6, showing low growth in the month compared to 51.2 in November.

26 Dec 2017 5:12 PM IST

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

India to leapfrog UK and France in 2018, Britain's Cebr predicts

Global economic growth in 2018 looks likely to quicken slightly to 3.6 per cent from 3.5 per cent this year.

26 Dec 2017 11:24 AM IST

Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) have pulled out more than Rs 7,300 crore from the equity markets in August. Photo: PTI

FPIs' net outflow from equities at Rs 7,300 crore in December so far

Overall, FPIs have invested Rs 49,836 crore in equities so far in 2017 and another Rs 1.5 lakh crore in debt markets.

25 Dec 2017 11:09 AM IST

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

Economic growth may touch 7 per cent in 2018: report

Inflation may range between 4 to 5.5 per cent towards the second half of the next calendar year.

25 Dec 2017 10:29 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Open to improvements in Aadhaar-based privacy framework: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley pointed out that curb on linkages through Aadhaar has led to huge savings for the government.

25 Dec 2017 10:24 AM IST

The recent hike by capital markets regulator SEBI in the FPI investment limit for government debt will lead to more FPI inflows.

Offshore India funds, ETFs register USD 565-mn inflows in Nov

India-focussed offshore funds have seen an investment of USD 501 million last month.

25 Dec 2017 10:11 AM IST