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Threefold rise in trade restrictions since 2019: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Speaking at the Stanford University, the FM flagged a threefold increase in trade restrictions since 2019 with both advanced and emerging economies striving to protect domestic production and jobs

IMF cuts India's FY26 growth forecast to 6.2% amid trade tensions

The WEO stressed that a swift escalation of trade tensions has generated extremely high levels of policy ambiguity, complicating efforts to establish a central global growth outlook

New accounting norms to bolster financial reporting quality: ICAI

The proposed standards also present two additional subtotals in the profit or loss section: 'operating profit or loss' and 'profit or loss before financing and income taxes'

Govt considers SFIO action against Gensol Engineering and promoters

Experts opine that regulators and policy action need to evolve due to the social media impact and the financial influencers getting paid for endorsements

Arvind Shrivastava named revenue secretary in major FinMin rejig

With the appointment of four new secretaries, the Finance Ministry has, in recent months, witnessed an unusually high frequency of changes at the top bureaucratic level

Retail inflation at 6-year low a result of govt efforts: Finance ministry

It said that this trajectory underscored the country's resilience and commitment to ensuring price stability without compromising on development goals

Fitch cuts India's GDP projection by 10 bps to 6.4% as trade war escalates

Fitch says, excluding the pandemic, world growth rate to be the weakest since 2009

Moody's Ratings revises forecast of India's 2025 GDP growth to 5.5-6.5%

The revised growth forecast takes into account a scenario of 10 per cent universal tariffs and 145 per cent tariffs on China

Former NFRA chief Ajay Bhushan Pandey joins AIIB to lead 3 key departments

Over the last decade, Pandey has been at the helm of several reforms in finance, corporate governance, Aadhaar, digital payments, Goods and Services Tax (GST), and direct tax

Explain steps taken to safeguard small retailers: House panel to CCI

Committee also seeks status of the proposed digital competition law

Trump's reciprocal tariffs: Big Four face flurry of trade playbook queries

The top consulting firms expect the current pace of activity to intensify in the coming days

US tariff impact: Moody's Analytics cuts India's 2025 GDP forecast to 6.1%

Moody's Analytics said that its April baseline represents the economic toll they'll have should the tariffs eventually go ahead in full

ADB revises India's FY26 growth forecast to 6.7% amid US tariff risks

Risks could 'potentially be mitigated' by trade agreement between India and the US, it says in April outlook

UK to support India in the internationalisation of rupee currency

The FM is currently in the UK for the 13th Economic and Financial Dialogue between the two countries

India to be 6th largest insurance market by 2032, says FM Sitharaman

Sitharaman in a tweet highlighted decriminalisation and reduction in compliance burden for businesses and individuals among reforms undertaken by the government in the last ten years

MCA considering an oversight body for lender committee functioning

"We are discussing whether an oversight committee is required. The discussions at this stage are being done internally at the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) level," the senior official said

Speeding up fast-track mergers: Govt proposes wider scope, action awaited

Company Law experts said listed companies were unable to take the benefit of the fast-track mechanism for mergers with a wholly owned subsidiary since approval of all shareholders was required

Govt may launch full-fledged version of PM Internship Scheme by Sept 2025

The pilot of the scheme was launched on October 3, 2024. The MCA will have to get the Cabinet's approval for the launch of the full scheme

CCI seeks evidence in complaint against quick-commerce companies

The AICPDF had filed a complaint with CCI on behalf of its President, Dhairyashil Patil against Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart last month

Govt's FY25 capital expenditure may surpass RE of Rs 10.18 trillion

To meet the RE would require a 44 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in capex