Month: September 2025
Employees entitled to assured payout on pro rata basis on VRS after 20 yrs service or more: Govt
Central government employees are entitled to “assured payout on pro rata basis” on opting for voluntary retirement after completion of service of 20 years or…
Who is Deedy Das? Ex-Google and Facebook techie becomes partner at Menlo Ventures
Menlo Ventures has promoted Kolkata-born Deedy Das to partner. The promotion comes less than two months after Das joined the venture capital firm, underscoring the…
India-US trade deal breakthrough unlikely till Trump drops 25% oil-linked tariffs: GTRI
Any progress on the India-US trade deal front largely hinges on Washington rolling back the Russian oil-linked additional 25 per cent duty on India, and…
Rice, edible oils to hurt less this festive season
Kolkata: Rice and edible oil prices have fallen sequentially this month ahead of the main festive season, companies said. While most rice varieties that Indian…
Central govt employees can take VRS after 20 years but full assured payout will be given only after 25 years of service under UPS
The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare on Tuesday notified the CCS (Implementation of UPS under NPS) Rules, 2025. Under the new rules, Central Government…
RBI may cut rates by 25 bps each in October, December MPC: Morgan Stanley
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to lower policy rates by 25 basis points each in the upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings…
GST 2.0: Key changes effective September 22; explained in FAQs
The 56th GST Council, led by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on September 3, 2025, announced a major overhaul to India’s Goods…
US threats of more tariffs on India may just backfire
A Western trade alliance against the world’s two most-populous nations is a silly idea. As a mechanism to discipline a third country, it’s dangerous. China…
RBI issues detailed guidelines for Payment Aggregators, Gateways to boost digital payment ecosystem
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has rolled out detailed regulatory guidelines for Payment Aggregators (PAs) and recommended baseline technology standards for Payment Gateways (PGs),…
US, India teams begin trade talks after Washington slapped ‘unfair and unreasonable’ tariffs on New Delhi
New Delhi: Chief negotiators of India and the US have commenced talks on the proposed trade agreement to iron out issues in the wake of…