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Services sector rebounds in Jan on strong demand

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- India's services sector recovered in January, after hitting an 11-month low in December, as new business intake and output rose amid a demand push, a private survey showed on Wedn... Read More


India's services sector rebounds in January as new businesses rise

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- India's services sector recovered in January, after hitting an 11-month low in December, as new business intake and output rose amid a demand push, a private survey showed on Wedn... Read More


Govt mulling proposal to raise FDI ceiling in public sector banks to 49%: DFS secretary Nagaraju

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government may consider hiking the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in public sector banks from 20% to as high as 49% after conducting a review of foreign direct holdings... Read More


Budget proposes infrastructure risk guarantee fund to ease project funding

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced setting up of an infrastructure risk guarantee fund to ease financing bottlenecks and revive stalled projects. Announcing ... Read More


Dividend income, spending control keep India's fiscal deficit in check

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- India's fiscal deficit for April-December 2025 stood at Rs.8.6 trillion, or 54.5% of the budget estimate for the year ending March, helped by strong growth in tax and non-tax rev... Read More


Netflix, Uber, smartphones: The items entering India's retail inflation basket

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- From Uber trips to Netflix subscriptions and digital devices, India will soon start counting a host of new goods and services to determine its retail inflation. Simultaneously, i... Read More


Economic Survey 2025-26 bats for 26% government shareholding in PSUs

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- In a push to restart disinvestment in government companies through offer for sale (OFS), the Economic Survey 2025-26 has made a strong case for amending the Companies Act to allo... Read More


Infrastructure capex key to Viksit Bharat aim, private sector must step up

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India should maintain its investment momentum in infrastructure, positioning it as a central pillar of the country's medium-term growth strategy, and a key enabler of its vision ... Read More


Centre to notify new maritime regulator by March as India eyes global shipping scale-up

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The Centre is set to notify a new regulatory framework by early March to establish the Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DGMA), creating a unified regulator for Ind... Read More


Govt may budget Rs.9,800 cr for MDF

new delhi, Jan. 24 -- The government is set to operationalise the Rs.25,000 crore Maritime Development Fund (MDF) by allocating Rs.9,800 crore to it in the upcoming budget. The fund aims to lower capi... Read More