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Private sector's efficiency to unlock value of firms being privatised: FM

Sitharaman on Monday said efficient management and use of the latest technology by the private sector will help unlock the real value of CPSEs undergoing strategic sale

No proposal to bring petrol, diesel, ATF, gas under GST: FM Sitharaman

The announcement comes amid record-high fuel prices

MP CM urges Gadkari to approve road projects worth Rs 1,858 cr

Chouhan has urged Union minister Nitin Gadkari to approve 26 road projects worth Rs 1,858 crore in the state

Privatisation hurts public, benefits only a handful of cronies: Rahul

Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked the BJP government over privatisation of airports

Inflation woes: Here's how experts have interpreted CPI, WPI numbers

Most experts say the numbers are worrisome and can dent the economic recovery going ahead. Here's how economists at leading brokerages and research houses have interpreted the numbers

Centre, states need to think about reducing taxes on petrol, diesel: Thakur

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur on Monday said both the Centre and the states need to think about reducing taxes on petrol and diesel

WPI inflation rises to 4.17% in February on costlier food, fuel, power

After witnessing months of softening of prices, the food articles in February saw 1.36 per cent inflation. In January it was (-) 2.80 per cent

Search for the best deal: What India's draft e-commerce policy says

Apart from China, India is one of the few countries that has specific regulations targeted at online sellers

India will not 'shut off' all cryptocurrency, wants blockchain: Sitharaman

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and earlier cryptocurrency, has crossed a record high of $60,000.

AAI to offload residual stake in Bangalore and Hyderabad airports

Sale of 13% stake in each may fetch Rs 3,000 crore

Statsguru: From Bihar to West Bengal, a peep into state Budgets

To keep their expenditure at the desired levels at a time of significant revenue losses, all states have expanded their fiscal deficits - similar to what the Centre did last month

Asset monetisation target for states may be set at Rs 3 trillion

Central ministries given a target to monetise assets worth Rs 2.5 trn over 3 years

Investors see more sheen in paper gold this year amid lower prices

So far, FY21 has seen sale of 32.4 tonnes worth of sovereign gold bonds and 13 tonnes of exchange-traded funds

US stimulus effect to be felt beyond its shores

The package takes pandemic-related spending in the US to over $6 trillion since the start of the crisis.

Finmin asks Sebi to make greater disclosure in the annual report

Ministry put out a new rule through a gazette notification

India FX reserves surpass Russia's to become world's 4th biggest

Reserves for both countries have mostly flattened out this year

PM Narendra Modi urges people to post views for 'Mann Ki Baat'

Modi on Sunday appealed people to share their views, ideas and interesting topics from across India for this year's third 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme

Central government plans to sell residual stake in four airports

The Central government aims to sell its residual stake in four airports as part of the asset monetisation pipeline

UP's public debt to rise Rs 6.11 trn in FY22, driven by Covid-19 impact

Topping the debt is market borrowings of more than Rs 4.18 trillion by the state government and its agencies.

Modi's next election play is ensuring clean water in all 192 mn rural homes

Programme aims to supply at least 55 litres of potable water to each person per day by building new pipelines.