Economy News

Jaitley to resume duty as finance minister on Monday, Feb. 18: Reports

The President of India had appointed Piyush Goyal as Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs to fill...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 12:09 IST | February 15, 2019

Employment Quotient: When skills meet requirements

While the demographic dividend has created a necessity of employability for millions of youth, this challenge is g...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 09:49 IST | February 15, 2019

January wholesale inflation at 2.76%; vegetable inflation at -4.21%

The rate of inflation based on WPI Food Index consisting of Food Articles from Primary Articles group and Food Pro...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 12:16 IST | February 14, 2019

India retail inflation unexpectedly eases to 19-month-low on falling food prices

Consumer prices rose 2.05% in January from a year earlier, the Statistics Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday....

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 18:15 IST | February 12, 2019

GDP for FY20 seen at 7.4%: RBI

GDP growth for 2019-20 is projected at 7.4% in the range of 7.2-7.4% in H1, and 7.5% in Q3 with risks evenly bala...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 12:26 IST | February 07, 2019

Govt remains committed to inclusive, holistic and sustainable high economic growth: Dharmendra Pradhan

The Minister said that Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), which was launched in May 2016 with a target of 5 cro...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 10:22 IST | February 06, 2019

India Nikkei services PMI at 52.2 in January

The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index was at 53.6 in January, unchanged from December an...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 10:50 IST | February 05, 2019

Budget FY20: Balancing Pragmatism vs. Populism?

The government missed the FY19 fiscal deficit target by 10bps to 3.4% of GDP, which was largely in line with marke...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 18:39 IST | February 01, 2019

One lakh villages to go digital over next five years: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal said the Government will make one lakh villages into Digital Villages over next five years. This, he ...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:53 IST | February 01, 2019

Budget 2019-20: Govt allocates Rs64,587cr for Railways in 2019-20

Indian Railways has experienced the safest year in its history as all Unmanned Level Crossings on broad gauge netw...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:47 IST | February 01, 2019

RFID technology to be used to improve export logistics: Piyush Goyal

Indian Customs is introducing full and comprehensive digitalization of export/import transactions and leveraging R...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:42 IST | February 01, 2019

Govt unveils vision for the next decade: Piyush Goyal

The Minister further said, India is poised to become a five trillion dollar economy in the next five years and asp...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:37 IST | February 01, 2019

Budget 2019-20: Govt takes several measures to strengthen MSMEs

While presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today, the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:33 IST | February 01, 2019

India now 6th largest economy in the world with high growth: FM

"Fiscal deficit has been brought down to 3.4% in 2018-19 revised estimates from the high of 5.8% in 2011-12 and 4....

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:27 IST | February 01, 2019

Budget 2019-20: GST, led to increase in tax base, higher collections and ease of trade

India became a common market. GST has resulted in increased tax base, higher collections and ease of doing busines...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 14:16 IST | February 01, 2019

Highlights of the Interim Budget 2019-20

Our Government is launching a historic programme PM-KISAN with an outlay of Rs75,000cr for the FY 2019-20 and Rs20...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 13:38 IST | February 01, 2019

Piyush Goyal's interim Budget 2019-20 speech

Finance Minister Goyal claimed that his government has prepared the foundation for sustainable growth, progress, a...

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai 13:25 IST | February 01, 2019