Vikas Dhoot

Market regulator Sebi to boost cash shorts, untangle promoter tag

Regulator may blink on brokerage fee cap for MFs

Private sector capex led the way in H1FY26 with manufacturing boost

Private investment projects constitute well over 70 per cent of the nearly ₹34 trillion of fresh investments announced in H1 this year

CBSE to teach the language of artificial intelligence from Class 3 onwards

Separately, efforts are underway to integrate AI education into all degree programmes - including BA, BCom, BSc, and specialised courses

Kautilya Conclave: AI boosting services exports, says World Bank economist

South Asia Chief Economist Franziska Ohnsorge flags India's low net FDI flows

Desist from spending on festival gifts, Finance Ministry tells CPSEs

The Finance Ministry has asked CPSEs to discontinue the practice of spending on Diwali and festive gifts to ensure judicious utilisation of public resources and fiscal discipline

GST revamp to set off demand, investment, job cycle: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman says the govt will shift focus to speed up disinvestment

GST reforms: Taxation can't be an emotional decision, says FM Sitharaman

Days after the big-bang GST reform announcement, FM Nirmala Sitharaman, at her North Block office on Saturday, spoke at length on a range of issues in an hourlong interaction with Business Standard

Rajasthan rides the crest of renewable energy wave, attracts investments

The state emerges as the top destination for new investment projects in Q1FY26, displacing the more advanced states of Maharashtra and Gujarat

On India Inc's radar: Operation Sindoor, US tariffs and AI impact

Beyond defence issues, Rajnath Singh also touched upon broader issues clouding the economic landscape, linking the increasingly fractious global order marked with rising conflicts

UK FTA: India may leave Pakistan, Türkiye behind in textile exports

India's apparel and home textiles shipments to the UK attract an 8-12 per cent import duty, that would be scrapped under the FTA expected to come into force in calendar year 2026

Pahalgam terror attack may weigh on Jammu and Kashmir investment boom

This marked the second-highest jump across states in a year that saw overall new investment plans in the country rise by 25.35 per cent to ₹44.15 trillion

I am sanguine IPO markets will take off soon: Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Pandey highlighted Sebi's efforts to engage with foreign portfolio investors and market participants to streamline compliance

Guardrails in place to check fraud: Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Independent directors, boards, auditors must step up to rein in greed: Pandey

Everybody doesn't need subsidised public services: Finance Secy Ajay Seth

Seth said the country needs to ramp up investments and productivity from all factors of production

IMF's Pak loan review: India to question Pakistan's Brics Bank stake plan

India has generally abstained from voting on loans sought by Pakistan in the IMF's executive board meetings

Stock price moves unrelated to taxation: Economic Affairs Secy Ajay Seth

The secretary was responding to a query at a press conference in Visakhapatnam on whether the long-term capital gains tax rate of 12.5 per cent for equities is to blame for market's sharp correction