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Arun Shourie is former BJP member and was Cabinet minister during Atal Bihari Vajpayees rule. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Shourie slams Modi govt, says demonetisation was 'idiotic jolt'

Former BJP member adds note ban was largest money-laundering scheme ever rolled out by a govt.

4 Oct 2017 12:10 PM IST

Apparel and Leather & Footwear sectors are eminently suitable for generating jobs that are formal and productive, providing bang-for-buck in terms of jobs created relative to investment and generating exports and growth (Photo: Representational Image)

Crackdown on Muslim-run leather units dents exports, hits jobs

The industry is also grappling with a GST, introduced in July, which has pushed up production costs by 6-7 per cent.

4 Oct 2017 10:34 AM IST

General Insurance Corp of India, GIC Re, is one of the state-run insurance companies. (Photo:Represenational/PTI)

Govt seeks to raise up to $1.7 bn from state-run reinsurer GIC Re's...

GIC Re set a price range of Rs 855-912 a share for its IPO that will run through Oct 11-13.

4 Oct 2017 10:22 AM IST

The Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said the government has been of view that Right to Privacy should be fundamental right. (Photo: PTI)

Aadhar to help catch money launderers, fake bank a/c: Prasad

The minister said everyday six crore authentications are done on the Aadhar platform.

4 Oct 2017 9:20 AM IST

The daily change in prices of petrol and diesel across the country follows the success of a pilot implementation in five cities.

India to beat China as fastest-growing Asian petro product market

Moody's said it expects its refined product demand growth will moderate to 2.5 to 3 per cent in 2017-18.

3 Oct 2017 6:53 PM IST

CII president Shobana Kamineni at an event. (Photo: File/PTI)

CII wants 'out of the box' intervention from RBI with 100 bps rate cut

industry, govt hope for interest rate cut to spur growth which fell to a 3-year low of 5.7 per cent in June quarter.

3 Oct 2017 6:10 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at a 2014 World Economic Forum, WEF, event. (Photo: File/PTI)

Jaitley, who's who of India Inc, Bollywood biggies to attend WEF event

More than 650 leaders from 35 countries taking part in event organised by World Economic Forum and CII.

3 Oct 2017 5:43 PM IST

NITI Aayog has been urging states to improve infrastructure and encourage public private projects.

India's infrastructure output grows 4.9 percent in August, highest in...

The output grew 4.9 percent in August compared with a revised 2.6 percent year-on-year growth in July.

3 Oct 2017 5:42 PM IST

Trai plans to strengthen its MySpeed app, which measures mobile data speeds. Photo: Screengrab| MySpeed website

TRAI to strengthen MySpeed app after complaints of results, evaluation...

TRAI will also come out with a white paper on underlying methodology and algorithms used by the said app for calculating...

3 Oct 2017 4:59 PM IST

1.5 Lakh traders in the state have registered for GST but are clueless of the way forward.

Cabinet likely to approve setting up of GST anti-profiteering body...

GST Council introduced the anti-profiteering body to keep a tab on businesses that have not passed on to consumers.

3 Oct 2017 4:39 PM IST

The 30-share BSE Sensex had opened higher in the morning at 31,299.52. (Photo: PTI)

Sensex climbs 213 points on auto, oil stocks rally ahead of RBI policy...

The broader NSE Nifty retook the 9,800 level to end at 9,859.50 by surging 70.90 points.

3 Oct 2017 4:09 PM IST

EPFO has raised its equity allocation to 15 per cent in current fiscal from 10 per cent in 2016-17. (Photo:Representational/PTI)

RBI to print soon new Rs 100 notes to boost lower denomination supply

Central bank already printing new Rs 200 notes as it gears itself up to ensure enough cash in the system.

3 Oct 2017 3:39 PM IST