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With no incentives from the government yet, and the continuing liquidity crisis and abject lack of consumer and market sentiment, passenger vehicle sales in India continue to head south for straight nine months.

Passenger vehicle sales decline marginally in November

Domestic car sales were down 10.83 per cent to 1,60,306 units as against 1,79,783 units in November 2018, according to...

10 Dec 2019 11:39 AM IST

BCCI President Anurag Thakur

Currency in circulation rises to Rs 21 lakh crore as on March 2019:...

MoS Finance Anurag Thakur was responding to a query whether currency notes in circulation increased post-demonetisation.

10 Dec 2019 9:25 AM IST

Indian economic growth has steadily slowed to a six-year low of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter from an 8.1 per cent peak in the January-March quarter of 2018.

India's real GDP growth in FY20 to come below 5 per cent: Report

For the first half of 2019-20 fiscal, GDP growth slowed to a pace of 4.8 per cent compared to the 7.5 per cent a year...

8 Dec 2019 12:52 PM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman said the governments efforts last time were thwarted by the poor numbers in the Upper House. (Photo: File)

Govt working on more measures to boost economy: Sitharaman

GDP growth slowed down to more than six-year low of 4.5 pc in second quarter of current fiscal from 5 pc recorded in...

7 Dec 2019 1:20 PM IST

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das

RBI to retain dovish bias going forward: report

The RBI reiterated that it would maintain an accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive economic growth.

7 Dec 2019 10:46 AM IST

Private traders have imported 1.72 million tonne (MT) wheat so far and total inbound shipments are expected to cross 2 MT this year.

Wheat sowing up 4.28 per cent at 202.54 lakh hectares so far

As per the ministry's latest data, wheat was sown in 8.34 lakh hectare more area so far in the ongoing rabi (winter)...

6 Dec 2019 7:53 PM IST

Shaktikanta Das

RBI pegs GDP down to 5 per cent, no rate cut

The policy repo rate since February was cut in every policy, cumulatively easing by 1.35 per cent or by 135 basis points...

6 Dec 2019 3:22 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

NBFCs, MFIs & co-ops can now become SFBs

The minimum paid-up voting equity capital or net worth requirement has been set at Rs 200 crore, up from Rs 100 crore as...

6 Dec 2019 2:18 AM IST

Shaktikanta Das

RBI rubs it in, says no respite from price rise

Shaktikanta Das says vegetable prices should soften by early February 2020.

6 Dec 2019 2:17 AM IST

Of the five mines, two were allocated to Birla Corporation Ltd and one each to Vedanta Ltd, Prakash Industries Ltd and Powerplus Traders Pvt Ltd.

Govt approves allocation of 5 coal blocks, to generate Rs 17,136 cr...

The ministry of coal, after a long gap of four years, has approved the allocation of five coal mines, the ministry said...

5 Dec 2019 5:57 PM IST

Governor Shaktikanta Das

We can't keep on slashing policy rates every time: Shaktikanta Das

The sharp decline in growth had many analysts assuming the Reserve Bank will deliver a rate cut on Thursday.

5 Dec 2019 1:34 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Reserve Bank keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.15 per cent

The central bank also revised GDP growth downwards to 5 per cent for 2019-20 from 6.1 per cent projected in its October...

5 Dec 2019 12:08 PM IST