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Bihar records 13.1% growth in 2024-25, beats national average

India, Feb. 3 -- Bihar Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav on Monday said the State recorded a 13.1 per cent growth in the 2024-25 financial year, which was better than the "national average of 9.8... Read More


Naqvi hails Budget as a Gazette of roar, resonance of self-reliant India

India, Feb. 3 -- Former Union Cabinet Minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Union Budget 2026 is a "Gazette of roar and resonance of a self-reliant India and a robust d... Read More


Chargesheet filed against Rajasthan educational trust: ED

India, Feb. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has filed a chargesheet against a Rajasthan-based educational trust and its promoter on money laundering charges linked to unlawful ... Read More


MSME back in focus in a capex-oriented budget

India, Feb. 3 -- There is a definite shift in policy and strategy from last year's populist and consumption spend led economy growth budget. This is towards the necessary Capex, infrastructure and inv... Read More


Finance Ministry mulls raising FDI to 49% in public sector banks: DFS Secretary

India, Feb. 3 -- The Finance Ministry is contemplating hiking foreign direct investment in public sector banks to 49 per cent from the current 20 per cent to enhance their capital base. "We are still ... Read More


Sustaining 7-8% growth govt's top priority: FM

India, Feb. 3 -- Sustaining a 7-8 per cent economic growth is the government's top priority, as it will benefit all citizens and create more jobs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.In an in... Read More


Govt to tread carefully on fiscal targets: Official

India, Feb. 3 -- The Central Government will have to tread very carefully so that its fiscal targets and debt glide path are adhered to, considering the huge amounts that will be given to the states p... Read More


Budget shows commitment to stability: Fitch

India, Feb. 3 -- India's budget demonstrates the ongoing commitment to maintaining macro stability through a gradual path of government debt reduction balanced against a still-robust capex program to ... Read More


How KRA officer was framed in Busia sugar smuggling racket

Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- A former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officer was unfairly dismissed after being set up as the "fall person" in a sugar smuggling racket at the Busia border, the Employment and Lab... Read More


Court backs KRA's push to tax unexplained bank deposits

Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has received backing from the Tax Appeals Tribunal to tax unexplained bank deposits in the fight against tax evasion. The tribunal ruled that mone... Read More