Category: Economy
Financial Inclusion 2.0 in works; FinMin plans push to bring informal borrowers into formal credit system
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Wednesday held deliberations to prepare a road map for Financial Inclusion 2.0. In a statement, the finance ministry noted…
Piyush Goyal urges exporters to take advantage of FTAs
New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday urged exporters and industry bodies to take full advantage of the series of free trade…
UP Budget 2026-27: Yogi govt boosts social welfare, minority and divyangjan spending
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Khanna on Wednesday earmarked Rs 14,953 crore for social welfare schemes, Rs 2,058 crore for minority welfare and Rs…
Budget earmarks total expenditure of Rs 53.47 lakh crore for 2026-27: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the government has envisaged a total expenditure of Rs 53.47 lakh crore for the next…
The big inflation reset: What India’s new CPI means for you
India is about to measure inflation differently — and that could quietly reshape how economic reality is interpreted. From tomorrow, the revised Consumer Price Index…
RBI proposes July 1 rollout of stricter mis-selling rules for banks
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to refund the entire amount to the customer where mis-sell of a product / service is…
Net direct tax mop-up hits Rs 19.43 lakh cr, up 9.4%
Net direct tax collections for the current financial year rose 9.4% year-on-year to Rs 19.43 lakh crore as of February 10, reflecting steady growth in…
India to revise base year for CPI, GDP, industrial output data every 3-5 years, official says
NEW DELHI: India plans to revise the base year of key economic indicators, including consumer price index, gross domestic product and industrial output, every three…
Labour-intensive sectors & biopharma receive strong push in Budget, says Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday asserted in the Lok Sabha that the Budget prioritises labour-intensive sectors and gives a strong push to biopharma, as…
India-US trade deal: The apple math triggers anxiety among farmers in Kashmir, Himachal
The recent reduction of duties on apples imported from several of the 44 countries supplying India has raised concerns among domestic growers, a situation further…