Category: Finance

The Reserve Bank of India and banks are looking to get beneficiaries of the Government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT) schemes to do their routine transactions on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform, in a bid to make more people transact digitally instead of cash. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which runs UPI, is […]

Car sales in the local market rose 1.3% to 335,629 units last month. Automakers attributed the tepid pace of growth to tapering off of the post-pandemic pent-up demand that sustained for the last two financial years.  A high base due to the strong growth in the last two years weighed on the year-on-year comparison, resulting […]

Public sector banks’ cumulative profit crossed ₹1.4 lakh crore in the financial year ended March 2024, recording a growth of 35% over the previous year on a high base of ₹1 lakh crore. The 12 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) together had earned a net profit of₹1,04,649 crore in 2022-23. Out of the total profit of […]

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, computer chips and medical products, risking an election-year standoff with Beijing in a bid to woo voters, who give his economic policies low marks. Biden will keep tariffs put in place […]

The Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s likely third term will be marked by “more governance and less government”, with a continued thrust on an investment-led and inclusive growth strategy, and welfarism that seeks to uplift the poor. It will also be marked by policies for “greater foreign direct investment […]

To regulate the public offers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), SEBI along with market exchanges has decided to switch on the screw. The move is in response to concerns over misuse of a dedicated listing platform started in 2012 that was meant to ease small businesses’ access capital markets. The regulator may consider raising […]

Rerefer to the CBIC Circular No. 204/16/2023-GST dated October 27, 2023 on the issues pertaining to taxability of personal guarantee and corporate guarantee and whether it is applicable for such guarantees given before the date of the circular. The circulars only clarify or convey the understanding of the CBIC about the existing legal position. So, they […]

The number of unique mutual fund investors is up from 37.9 million in April 2023 to 45.2 million in April 2024, an increase of 19.3 per cent. A poor experience early in their investment journey could turn many of these newcomers off equities for a long time, which is why they must enter the market […]

New Delhi: Private sector capital expenditure is likely to see a gradual expansion amid expectations of high growth though geopolitical uncertainties and tepid consumption remain a concern, say economists. CII’s business confidence index touched a 12-quarter high in Q4FY24, with 51% of firms expecting capacity utilisation of 75% and above. Moreover, 71% expect an improvement […]

Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman administers Oath of Office to Justice (Retd.) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra as the first President of GST Appellate Tribunal in New Delhi Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman administered the oath of integrity and secrecy to Justice (Retd.) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra as the President of the […]