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Under GST (Compensation to States) Act, if a states GST revenue does not grow by at least 14 per cent over the base year of 2015-16, the Centre has to pay it the difference every two months.

Kerala seeks better data access to get out of GST compensation

"These states are heavy borrowers and the government entities also come to markets for borrowing," said Aditi Nayar,...

20 Dec 2019 1:42 AM IST

The Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) was discontinued from August 1. Though it was reinstated later for other export sectors, it is still not available for apparels and made-ups.

Apparel exporters await Rs 5,000 crore refunds

The Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) was discontinued from August 1.

20 Dec 2019 1:37 AM IST

Future First Insurance Broking has teamed up with Arohan Financial Services, part of the Aavishkaar Group, eastern Indias largest NBFC MFI, to offer simple, customized and affordable insurance products in areas of major livelihood threats including health, accident, natural calamities, theft etc.

Women's share in life biz, policies rising

In the last fiscal 2.86 crore life policies were sold with a first year premium of Rs 97,690 crore.

18 Dec 2019 2:09 AM IST

The increased salary and pension for retired judges will be effective from January 1, 2016.

Vocational jobs score over engg, MBA with double-digit growth in...

The average salaries for vocational jobs grew by 18 per cent whereas engineering and MBA jobs rose only by 4 per cent...

18 Dec 2019 2:06 AM IST

Think and Learn, the holding company of edu-tech start-up Byjus has grown its revenues by 177 per cent and cut its losses in FY19.

Byju's more than doubles revenue, reduces losses

In a statement, Byju's said its net revenue increased from Rs 490 crore in FY17-18 to Rs 1,341 crore with a net profit...

18 Dec 2019 1:59 AM IST

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have not benefitted India much. Exports to countries with whom India has entered into FTAs have grown by a meagre 10 per cent in FY19, while the imports have grown by 27 per cent.

Free trade fails to boost exports, imports grow

According to the government, these agreements are meant to provide opportunities for exports to these trading partners...

13 Dec 2019 1:26 AM IST

E-commerce has been one sector which has been recording phenomenal value growth during festive season year-after-year.

Traders say etail majors have predatory pricing

A draft e-commerce policy was prepared by the government and put up in the public domain on February 23, 2019, for...

12 Dec 2019 1:36 AM IST

PE/VC funding in the first eight months has surpassed the previous record high yearly investment of 2018 and is expected to touch $50 billion this year.

FoF infuses Rs 700 crore in startup cos

Till November, SIDBI has committed '3,123.20 crore to 47 Sebi registered AIFs.

12 Dec 2019 1:28 AM IST

The rupee fell against the dollar as the greenback strengthened post Fridays upbeat US non-farm payroll data.

MFIs raise Rs 14,000 crore via securitisation in H1

The rise in securitisation is being driven by the inadequate funding available to NBFC-MFIs from conventional sources,...

12 Dec 2019 1:20 AM IST

In the race between the duo, the winner is e-ride. The newer models in online mobility services are growing rapidly, but the average order value of food aggregators is rather shrinking.

E-ride overtakes e-food in volume terms in Q2

The average order value of food tech has also been coming down over the last few quarters.

11 Dec 2019 1:34 AM IST

The ICE had in March arrested 161 students from the fake university established by it. (Representational Image)

Engineering students learn Japanese

Japanese companies require graduates skilled in latest technologies like AI, Machine Learning, etc.

10 Dec 2019 1:33 AM IST

In the international market also, gold prices were trading higher at USD 1,502 an ounce and silver at USD 17.71 per ounce.

Gold bonds gather less than 1 per cent of total spend in four years

After 33 tranches in four years, just about 28.6 tonnes of gold has been bought by investors through the SGB scheme.

10 Dec 2019 1:26 AM IST