Budget 2019
Finance
Budget 2019: Govt lifts disinvestment target, open to reducing stake below 51%
The Union government on Friday increased its disinvestment target to a record Rs 1.05 lakh crore for the current financial ......
Markets
Markets slip as higher public holding, buyback proposals unnerve investors
India’s benchmark stock market indices closed nearly 1% in the red as many of the proposals announced in the Union ......
Economy
Live Blog: Finance minister Sitharaman makes maiden budget speech
India’s new finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, is all set to present her first budget today, as the Narendra Modi government ......
Infrastructure
India plans $330 bn renewable energy push by 2030: Economic Survey
India said on Thursday it needs $330 billion in investments over the next decade to power its renewable energy dream, ......
Finance
Cross-border insolvency law, steps for individual bankruptcy on cards: Economic Survey
India plans to enact a cross-border insolvency law and take steps to make bankruptcies of individuals easier as part of ......
Economy
GDP growth may nudge up to 7% this year: Economic Survey
India is likely to grow at 7% in the current fiscal year but will have to accelerate growth to 8% ......
Finance
Budget 2019: Will govt look beyond recapitalisation to overhaul state-run banks?
As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives final touches to her first budget speech later this week, she’d be doing so ......
Economy
India's fiscal deficit hits half of budgeted target in first two months of FY20
India's fiscal deficit in May stood at 3.66 trillion rupees ($53.04 billion), or 52% of the budgeted target for the ......
Finance
Budget 2019: Why India needs a more meaningful disinvestment strategy
Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office for a second five-year term, the government’s policy think-tank Niti Aayog said ......
Infrastructure
Budget 2019: Infrastructure spending to climb but all eyes on discoms' rising debt
Last week, while inaugurating the budget session of parliament, President Ram Nath Kovind said that India will build 35,000 km ......
