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Did festival demand revive Indian economy's animal spirits in October?

Demand during the festival season helped boost three of the eight high-frequency indicators

Solar power tariff touches record low of Rs 2 per unit in SECI auction

SECI is a fully-owned subsidiary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy entrusted with the tendering process of renewable projects in the country

Employees or contractors? Gig universe faces a social code dilemma

Globally, there have been public debates on the nature of the job of gig workers and the social security framework they deserve to get.

Light at the end of the tunnel for domestic oil marketing companies

Marketing margins to support earnings, while refining outlook can improve with vaccine launches driving global economic recovery

Farm groups to march to Delhi on 26 Nov as Centre invites leaders for talks

The farmers' protest will continue indefinitely if the central government does not accede to their demands

Curbing GST evasion: E-invoicing has a long way to go, say experts

The Centre will extend it to companies with at least a Rs 100-crore turnover in January and for all companies in April next year for B2B transactions.

In a first in 5 yrs, BMS rejects call by other unions for nationwide strike

In a rare instance of a prominent central trade union breaking ranks with other labour unions, the BMS had decided not to take part in an industrial strike which was held on September 2, 2015.

Banks fear HTM hit, investment limits with repayment under TLTRO

The central bank had originally announced the on-tap TLTRO aggregating Rs 1 trillion in the monetary policy on October 9.

Delhi is India's fastest-growing hotspot for luxury homes, shows report

Auckland in the Australasia region topped the global index with 12.9 per cent price appreciation in the July-September quarter, compared to the same period last year

Bengal, Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst affected by rising inflation

Price rise in rural areas leads to four states recording inflation in double digits

Over 4 mn subscribers enrolled under Atal Pension Yojana so far this fiscal

With the new additions, the total enrolments under the APY have crossed 2.63 crore, said the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in the release

Current account surplus can't be celebrated: Former FM Chidambaram

Given that India is a developing country in need of capital, a current account surplus cannot be celebrated.

Atmanirbhar 3.0: Cabinet to consider equity infusion of Rs 6k cr into NIIF

According to sources, the fund infusion would be made into the infra debt fund and infra finance company floated by the quasi-sovereign wealth fund

Banks' collection efficiency may not sustain, says rating agency S&P

The unsuccessful auto-debit requests through the NACH platform is generally referred to as bounce rates.

First time in 3 years, sugar mills sign export deals without govt sweetener

India is the world's biggest consumer of sugar, but as the second biggest producer, produces more than required.

Pent-up demand behind improved economic activity, may not sustain: Icra

The pick up in economic activity in October is the result of pent-up demand and may not sustain going ahead, domestic ratings agency Icra said on Tuesday.

70,000 Indian exporters set for Black Friday, Cyber Monday sale on Amazon

Amazon's Global Selling Programme is expected to generate $10 billion in cumulative export sales by 2025 for Indian exporters enrolled in this programme

Middle-aged, older people to drive future consumption in India: BCG

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, consumption will continue to grow at a steady pace, the consultancy says, tripling in size in 10 years

New national retail policy: Licence rationalisation among five focus areas

The five areas that would be addressed in the policy are ease of doing business, rationalisation of the licence process, digitisation of retail, focus on reforms and open network for digital commerce

India, Myanmar discusses ways to boost bilateral trade to utilise potential

India and Myanmar on Tuesday discussed ways to boost bilateral trade as the current level of two-way commerce is not reflective of the true potential.