India's industrial input grows by 3.1 pc in April 2017 from last year
New Delhi, June 12 (IBNS) India’s industrial output grew at 3.1 percent in April 2017 from the corresponding period last year, according to the quick estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), said the government on Monday.
Indian economy grew 6.1 pct in Q4
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): In the fourth quarter ending in March, India's economic growth slowed down to 6.1 percent, government data released on Wednesday showed.
Budget: Political Parties cannot receive donation above Rs. 2,000 in cash from one person
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitely while presenting the General Budget 2017-18 in Parliament on Wednesday said that the political party can receive maximum donation up to Rs. 2,000 in cash from one person.
Budget 2017: New law to freeze assets of offenders who flee, bad news for Mallya
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while presenting the Budget 2017 on Wednesday, said that the government proposes to freeze the assets of offenders who flee the country, according to media reports.
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IBNS): The number of digital financial transactions made through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) mode has grown exponentially by 3,574 per cent and 10,603 per cent respectively till 18th January 2017, Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology, P.P. Chaudhary said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
Agent, sales person least trustworthy for those buying insurance: ASSOCHAM study
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): Insurance agent is taken as the least trustworthy source in the sales process of an insurance policy across different policy segments both among the financially literate and financially non-literate consumers, an ASSOCHAM study has found.
Growth will be lower because of demonetisation: Chidambaram
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked the Centre over the note ban issue and said the move will lower India's growth.
Effective implementation of schemes announced by PM will boost India’s economic growth: ASSOCHAM
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): Terming the steps announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on New Year’s Eve as ‘extremely positive for the Indian economy,’ apex industry body ASSOCHAM today said that the focus should now be on effective implementation of these schemes to drive economic growth.
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IBNS): In order to mitigate the problems of farmers and those engaged in allied activities like poultry farming and horticulture, arising out of the demonetization, the ASSOCHAM has suggested issuance of Transferrable Receipts (TRs) by agencies like the Food Corporation of India (FCI), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and other Central and state entities against procurement of the farm produce.
Growth rate should be high if benefits of growth are to percolate down to all: Arun Jaitley
Mumbai,Sept 2 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that if the benefits of growth are to percolate down to the last man, especially minorities, it is important that the growth rate should be high enough.