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FM Nirmala Sitharaman has said she will not hold back on spending to contain fiscal deficit

Fuel demand climbs for 3rd straight month in November over renewed activity

Diesel consumption, a key parameter linked to economic growth and which accounts for about 40% of overall refined fuel sales in India, edged up 0.6% month-on-month

FM Nirmala Sitharaman takes stock of schemes under Atmanirbhar Bharat

Public sector banks have approved purchase of portfolio of Rs 27,794 crore as of December 4, 2020

BSE, NSE, MCX gear up for India's first bullion exchange at Gift City

The remaining share capital may be acquired or held by any other person with a maximum cap of 5 per cent per investor.

Retail loans may rise as banks go slow on big-ticket corporate debt

But increase may be lower than what it was earlier

Shaktikanta Das: Reserve Bank governor who went off the beaten track

Economists praise Shaktikanta Das for his pragmatism and willingness to face challenges head on

Going green: India to focus on hydrogen to meet zero-emissions target

Options include generating hydrogen from coal, biogas, and through electrolysis

Statsguru: Why Punjab farmers stand out among major agrarian states

On nine parameters, Punjab is a case of extremes: Excelling in some, while under severe stress in others

Core secretary panel set to take up Shipping Corporation disinvestment

Market capitalisation of the company stood at Rs 3,910 crore as of December 11

CEA foresees V-shaped recovery in industrial production going ahead

Makes his prediction on the basis of the number of items in the IIP basket that grew in the month of October

Businesses to get fully auto-populated monthly sales return form GSTR-3B

Businesses will now get complete auto-populated monthly sales return form GSTR-3B, GST Network said

Govt likely to launch third tranche of Bharat Bond ETF this fiscal: Report

The government is likely to launch the third tranche of Bharat Bond ETF, the exchange traded fund that invests in debt of public sector companies, this fiscal, a source said

Government e-Marketplace says it's exploring ways to bring works on portal

Public procurement portal GeM has come out with an approach paper for stakeholder consultations as it is exploring ways to bring works on the platform with an aim to further widen its scope

Covid-19 vaccine to help cold chain market jump 17% to Rs 1.7 trn in CY21

Growth next year comes on the back of robust 16% estimated annual growth over past five years with volume growth in the period pegged at 4.4%

Bharat Bond ETF: Govt likely to launch third tranche in couple of months

The second tranche of Bharat Bond ETF, which was launched in July, was oversubscribed more than 3 times, collecting about Rs 11,000 crore

Govt re-invites bids for auction of 4 coal blocks for commercial mining

The blocks, which are fully explored, have an annual peak-rated capacity of 52 million tonnes

EPFO likely to credit 8.5% interest for 2019-20 by December in one go

In March this year, the EPFO's apex decision making body Central Board of Trustees headed by Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar had approved 8.5 per cent interest rate on EPF for 2019-20

Macro situation uncertain, economy to contract by 10% in FY21: Pronab Sen

Sen said quarterly GDP numbers are still derived from some corporate accounts and corporates have not fared as badly as the non-corporate sector

Need to find 'swadeshi alternative' to imports from China: Nitin Gadkari

He also said that the government is taking a step towards recognising and facilitating rural entrepreneurs

India will achieve Paris Agreement targets and exceed them, says PM Modi

Modi said: "We have reduced our emission intensity by 21 per cent over 2005 levels"