Savings rates on small savings could come off by 25 to 50 basis points (bps) over the next few days…
While the last Budget unveiled the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to catalyse financing of projects, the Centre may…
To mop up higher non-tax revenue to bridge the fiscal gap, the government has asked public sector undertakings (PSUs) to…
Expanding the tax base has to be the central medium-term objective as we have such few taxpayers relative to voters,…
Disinvestment target reduced to Rs 30,000 crore as ‘strategic’ sales fail to take off, minority stake sales in PSUs stagger.
The Centre may drop a plan to set up a ‘shell’ public debt management agency (PDMA) via an executive order,…
India’s current account deficit remains at comfortable levels despite the crisis on the export front, but given the rupee’s volatility…
Aid agency to provide the bulk of the funding for the project via soft loan
The proposed sale of another 10% government stake in Coal India (CIL), on which the Centre’s FY16 non-tax revenue hinges…
Finance minister Arun Jaitley was only stating the obvious when he said recently that the Pay Commission-mandated higher pay for…
The move is aimed at allowing the new multilateral agency headquartered in Shanghai to use a larger basket of currencies…
The government may extend the tenure of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) chairman UK Sinha by 6-12 months…
With the fear that disinvestment revenue this fiscal could be less than Rs 30,000 crore as against the ambitious target…
‘Just because someone got two more marks to become an IAS and I became IPS, that does not mean there…
The Centre could discontinue the practice of appointing pay commissions every 10 years to suggest salary revisions for its staff,…
Despite low crude prices and decontrol of key fuels that have reined in petroleum subsidy, the Centre’s subsidy bill may…
Finance ministry believes market not mature enough yet
In the run-up to the Bihar assembly polls, PM Narendra Modi unveiled a Rs 1.65 lakh crore “development package” for…
