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EPFO is a retirement fund body that has a savings corpus of Rs 6.5 lakh crore. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Paperless EPFO by 2018: Here are 5 benefits subscribers will enjoy

The EPFO has in fact already launched a host of online services like EPF withdrawals.

20 Oct 2017 12:51 PM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. (Photo: PTI)

Karnataka CM urges Centre to exempt handmade products from GST

State government would support the satyagraha's demand for zero per cent GST on handmade products.

20 Oct 2017 12:34 PM IST

Govt has fixed inflation target of 4 per cent with tolerance level of +/- 2 per cent for the period beginning from August 5, 2016 to March 31, 2021.

MPC minutes: Bleak chances of rate cuts in Dec, says Nomura

Reserve Bank of India released the minutes of the October 4 policy meeting on Wednesday.

19 Oct 2017 5:14 PM IST

Chinas current growth rate is well above governments target for year of 6.5 per cent.

China's GDP expands 6.9 per cent to $8.96 trillion in first 3 quarters

Growth rate held steady from a 6.9-per cent increase in first half of this year.

19 Oct 2017 4:51 PM IST

Paytm said that it has started charging fee because some people were misusing facility to top up wallet using credit card for free.

Paytm shines on Dhanteras; records 30 per cent spurt in sales

Paytm played an important role to democratize access to digital payments for hundreds of millions of Indians.

19 Oct 2017 4:21 PM IST

Employees Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO invests in markets and corpoarte bonds. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

What Tamil Nadu govt employees will get under 7th Pay Commission

State raises minimum wage to Rs 15,700 and maximum to whopping Rs 2.5 lakh under latest pay proposals.

19 Oct 2017 2:43 PM IST

With consecutive holidays from Saturday to Tuesday, some airlines operating out of Vizag have hiked the fares by 300 per cent.

Charter planes new Ola, Uber of air travel; offer 50 per cent...

An aggregator is a company that offers flyers all available aircraft on one platform and optimise the use of the planes.

19 Oct 2017 1:41 PM IST

This Diwali, switch to financial gifts like Systematic Investment Plans to secure your loved ones futures. (Photo: Pexels/ Representational)

This Diwali, ditch presents and gift your loved ones an SIP!

SIP or Systematic Investment Plan helps one to regularly invest small amounts in a mutual fund scheme.

19 Oct 2017 11:04 AM IST

According to the Indian commerce ministry, the trade deficit with China last year mounted to over $52 billion when the bilateral trade stood at $70 billion.

China third quarter GDP growth likely to cool as property, debt curbs...

Economists in the poll estimated GDP grew 1.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter, unchanged from the second-quarter.

19 Oct 2017 10:59 AM IST

Banks to provide funds to women self help groups under DAY-NRLM

Banks to provide funds to women self help groups under DAY-NRLM

All women SHGs will be eligible for interest subvention on credit upto Rs 3 lakh at 7 per cent per annum.

19 Oct 2017 9:51 AM IST

RBI governor Urjit Patel.

Medium-term risks to inflation led to cautious policy stance: Urjit...

The RBI Governor-headed six-member MPC had met on October 3 and 4 to decide this fiscal's third bi-monthly monetary...

18 Oct 2017 8:43 PM IST

India and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation on Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP) on Wednesday. Photo: PIB| Twitter

India, Japan ink pact on tech training co-operation

This programme aims to train 30,000 persons over next 10 years with Japanese style manufacturing skills and practices.

18 Oct 2017 8:08 PM IST