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Union Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Photo: PTI)

Govt allows Iranian bank to open Mumbai branch: Gadkari

Iran's Bank Pasargad will open its branch within the next three months.

8 Jan 2019 12:03 PM IST

The rules will enable operators to improve coverage and capacity and address the issue of call drops, ultimately benefiting consumers.

Penalty of Rs 58 lakh on telecom service providers for call drop

During the March quarter, Rs 3 lakh penalty was imposed on BSNL, Rs 10.5 lakh on Idea, Rs 22.5 lakh on Tata and Rs 6...

4 Jan 2019 5:10 PM IST

The protesting farmers had ended their march at Kisan Ghat in Delhi early on Wednesday after the police, which had stopped them on the citys border, allowed their entry. (Photo: PTI/File)

Govt takes direct benefit transfer route to farm votes

As part of immediate relief measure, the government will offer Rs 3,000-4,000 per acre to each farmer for every season.

4 Jan 2019 10:31 AM IST

Shares of Bank of Baroda was trading 0.25 per cent up at Rs 138.95 on BSE.

Cabinet clears merger of Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank with BoB

With the merger, BoB will become the third largest bank after State Bank of India and ICICI Bank.

3 Jan 2019 10:34 AM IST

The needless controversy between the government and the RBI is a direct consequence of economists without any practical experience in administering policies at a high level being inducted to executive positions.

RBI vs Govt in 2018: A 'husband-wife' relation that turned stormy

The differences came out in the open when Deputy Governor Acharya, in a hard-hitting speech in October.

1 Jan 2019 10:52 AM IST

Sebi has begun looking into the matter for any possible disclosure and corporate governance-related lapses.

Sebi wants govt rethink on RBI representation on its board

Officials said Sebi first proposed to the Ministry of Finance to amend the relevant provisions in the Sebi Act.

28 Feb 2019 5:51 PM IST

Rafale deal has protected both security and commercial interest of India. Allegations on Rafale was fiction writing that was compromising national security, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. (Photo: ANI)

Govt keen on merger of PSBs to create globally competitive, healthy...

Reserve Bank insisted that banks should provision for all stressed assets so that only sound banks survive.

28 Feb 2019 3:53 PM IST

The finance ministry on Friday said a 5 per cent GST will be levied on food and drinks supplied by the Indian Railways or IRCTC in trains, platforms or stations.

IRCTC launches payment aggregator, IRCTC iPay

Under this new arrangement, IRCTC will have full control of the payment system.

28 Feb 2019 1:59 PM IST

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference after the 5th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Govt detects Rs 20,000 cr GST evasion in April-Feb FY'19

The GST Council, chaired by FM Jaitley decided to cut tax rates on under-construction apartments to five and one per...

27 Feb 2019 2:34 PM IST

Fund infusion into PSBs not sufficient to support lending growth:...

Fitch estimates that banks will need an additional USD 23 billion (around Rs 1.6 lakh crore) in 2019.

27 Feb 2019 1:03 PM IST

Hesitating from taking actions against terrorists is also kind of encouraging terrorism. Being a part of G20 countries, its also important that we implement 11 point agenda of Hamburg Leaders Statement, PM Modi said. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

PM-KISAN scheme to be rolled out Sunday; over 1 cr farmers to get Rs...

The ministry in its statement did not mention the number of farmers who will get their first instalment of Rs 2,000 on...

23 Feb 2019 7:26 PM IST

Asked about by when it could be implemented, he said it would be too premature to comment on this. (Photo: Twitter)

Institutionalisation of P J Nayak panel report to improve governance...

Some of the recommendations of the Nayak committee have been implemented and some more need to be institutionalised.:...

23 Feb 2019 12:55 PM IST