Nirmala Sitharaman
Healthcare
Budget 2021: Govt eyes healthcare ramp-up, ignores PE-favourite bulk drugs
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget proposed a 137% increase in the government's spending on healthcare as it plans ......
Finance
Budget 2021 Live Blog: All eyes on Sitharaman as India hopes for coronavirus bailout
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget today as prime minister Narendra Modi's government tries to bring the pandemic-hit ......
General
Indian economy to get shot in the arm from budget: Economists
India's path to economic recovery will be stronger than previously thought as fiscal expansion and vaccine hopes help the country ......
Economy
Economy on rebound, govt focuses on spending: Finance minister
India's economy will return to growth in 2021/22 after a sharp contraction in the latest year, and higher public spending ......
Economy
Moody's expects India GDP to shrink by 8.9% in 2020
Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday it expects India's economy to shrink by 8.9% in the 2020 calendar year due ......
Economy
Govt unveils third round of stimulus totalling $16 bn to boost jobs, farm sector
The Indian government announced a fresh stimulus of $16.1 billion on Thursday to be spent largely on creating jobs and ......
Economy
Centre planning about $20 bn of new stimulus
India is planning to announce a fresh round of stimulus worth about $20 billion (around Rs 1.5 trillion) this week ......
Manufacturing
India to spend $27 bn over 5 years to boost manufacturing
India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to provide production-linked incentives of about Rs 2 trillion ($27 billion) over five ......
Economy
GST shortfall: Central govt to borrow $15 bn to give to states
India's federal government said it plans to borrow 1.1 trillion rupees in tranches to compensate states for tax losses due ......
Markets
Sensex, Nifty rally for eighth day as IT gains offset banking losses
Indian shares ended higher on Monday as gains in IT stocks offset losses in banking shares, which slid after fiscal ......
