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Low premiums on parts of Indian credit prompt calls for RBI help

Spreads on five- and 10-yr rupee corporate bonds diverging

Surpassed freight loading for FY21 as compared to FY20: Railway official

Despite Covid, on March 11, 2021, Indian Railways achieved cumulative freight loading of 1145.68 million tonnes, which is higher as compared to last year's total cumulative loading

This year's outlook on services trade uncertain amid Covid-19: WTO

WTO's Services Trade Barometer rose sharply to 104.7 during Oct-Dec 2020, higher than the baseline value of 100 and well above the low of 91.2 seen earlier due to the economic fallout of the pandemic

Labour ministry to come up with quarterly job survey on organised sector

One on unorganised sector to come by April; four more surveys to follow

Haryana govt presents Rs 1.55-trillion Budget; focus on agri, health

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who also holds the finance department portfolio, presented his second Budget in the State Assembly

Debt worth Rs 30,000 crore for wind power projects faces risk

The problem predominantly pertains to four key states - Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh

Saudi cuts April crude for some Asian refiners, maintains India supply

Saudi Arabia has pledged to continue with an extra 1 million barrels per day voluntary output cut for a third month in April

PFRDA looking to introduce minimum assured return product: Chairman

PFRDA is working on plans to introduce innovative retirement benefit products, such as one providing minimum assured return, to attract more subscribers, its Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said

India's forex reserves fall by $4.255 bn to $580.299 bn: RBI data

The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 4.255 billion to USD 580.299 billion in the week ended March 5, according to RBI data

India's fuel consumption falls 5% in February over surge in prices

India's oil demand had fallen 10.54% in 2020 to 4.40 million bpd from 4.91 million bpd in 2019

India's retail inflation rises to 5.03% in Feb; January IIP contracts 1.6%

Food inflation rose steeply to 3.87 per cent in February, compared to 1.89 per cent in the previous month, according to government data released on Friday

Top headlines: Feb retail inflation rises; Sebi asked to nix AT1 bonds note

How Gautam Adani added more billions to his wealth than anyone else in the world this year. That story and more headlines in our evening wrap.

CPI inflation averages 3.9% during Oct 2016-Mar 2020, says report

The monetary policy committee headed by the RBI Governor is set to revise the policy framework and inflation targets by March 31

India looks to greater participation from Japan in PLI scheme: DPIIT Scy

The key sectors covered under the scheme include telecommunication, food processing, medical devices, automobile and its components, textiles and solar PV modules

Share of wages in industry GVA is highest since 1992-93, shows data

Imputed cost of finance to industry rose, share of profits in GVA fell in 2018-19

Indian students heading back to foreign universities, shows data

Those expenses were only a little lower than what they spent in August-September 2019 -$998 million

NITI Aayog submits first list of about 12 PSUs for privatisation

Banks, insurers part of the list as process kicks off

A professional for the job: G P Samanta, India's new chief statistician

Respected economist takes up job as critics keep up their doubts about official data

Commercial realty picks up but challenges remain amid Covid-19 pandemic

Companies are still working out their space needs post-pandemic before committing to rents and leases

With IDBI Bank out of PCA regime, other three may follow: Experts

On the liabilities side, these entities have made efforts to increase the share of low-cost money in current and savings accounts