Category: Economy

Govt should stick to fiscal deficit target, continue reforms: Panagariya

New Delhi, Nov 18: The Centre should stick to the fiscal deficit target for 2018-19 and continue with the reforms undertaken during the over four years of the Narendra Modi-led government, former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said Sunday. The present government, Panagariya said, has made a huge […]

Saudi Arabia to supply extra oil cargoes to India in Nov as Iran sanctions loom

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI – Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, will supply Indian buyers with an additional 4 million barrels of crude oil in November, several sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The extra cargoes indicate a willingness by Saudi Arabia to increase crude supply to […]

Government moves to take control of debt-laden IL&FS

open view web desk MUMBAI- India on Monday moved to take control of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), whose recent defaults have roiled Indian markets, in a rare move highlighting the extent of the woes at the debt-laden financing and construction firm. The government has filed an […]

India to borrow gross 2.47 trillion rupees during October-March: official

  open view web desk NEW DELHI – India will borrow gross 2.47 trillion rupees ($34.08 billion) from the market between October and March through dated securities, lower than budgeted estimates, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said on Friday. Reuters had previously reported the borrowing for the […]

India’s shadow banking scare could derail its robust growth story

open view web desk MUMBAI – Manzoor Ahmad lost his job as an electrician and is struggling to make ends meet after a crucial road tunnel project shut down in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state in the north. Construction of the Z-Morh tunnel came […]

IL&FS – its recent troubles and why investors should care

open view web desk MUMBAI – A credit crunch facing Infrastructure Financing and Leasing Services Ltd (IL&FS) has roiled the nation’s financial markets in recent days, triggering concerns about risk in the rest of the country’s shadow banking sector. Below is an outline of what the company does […]

Arun Jaitley says confident of meeting fiscal deficit target

open view web desk NEW DELHI – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the government is confident of meeting its fiscal deficit target of 3.3 percent of gross domestic product in the current fiscal year, a day after outlining a number of measures to bolster the […]

Petrol, diesel rates scale new highs

open view web desk New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices Friday scaled new highs as rates were increased on account of rupee depreciation and rise in international oil rates. While petrol price was increased by 28 paise a litre, diesel rates went up by 22 paise, according to a […]

RBI submitted a list of high profile fraud cases to PMO: Rajan

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 11: A list of high profile cases related to banking frauds was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for a coordinated action, said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in a note to Parliamentary panel. In the note to Chairman of Estimates […]

If rupee slump persists, it can hurt Modi

open view web desk NEW DELHI/MUMBAI- The rupee’s plunge to a record low has worried a wide cross-section of India’s society: companies, importers, those going on vacation and students planning to study overseas. But if the weakness persists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s job could become a lot harder […]

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