Nirmala Sitharaman
Economy
Budget 2019: Highlights
Expectations were high as Nirmala Sitharaman took the podium to present the first Union budget on Friday following the Narendra...
Finance
Budget 2019: Govt lifts disinvestment target, open to reducing stake below 51%
The government on Friday increased its disinvestment target to Rs 1,05,000 crore for the current financial year from Rs 90,000...
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...
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’s economy is likely to grow at 7% in 2019-20, the government’s latest Economic Survey has estimated. The...
Finance
Wilful defaults in India cross $21 bn in 2018-19
India’s state-owned banks had classified 1.50 trillion rupees ($21.76 billion) worth of loans as “wilful defaults”...
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
Govt considers granting RBI more powers to regulate NBFCs
The Indian government is considering giving more powers to the central bank to regulate the struggling shadow banking sector,...
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...