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Telcos need to wait more for relief on AGR as govt scrambles over data

Members of the DCC refused to comment on the discussions held during the two-hour meet. More details are required for reconciliation of AGR data, sources said

36 bottlenecks faced by 17 infra projects reviewed by Goyal-led panel

At the moment, it said, the group is handling 588 issues in 260 projects, with total anticipated investment of Rs 10 lakh crore.

Slowdown has bottomed out, govt's measures will boost growth: SBI MD Khara

Khara told PTI that for India to achieve its ambition of becoming a five trillion dollar economy, it required a 10-11% growth rate

Slowdown due to govt focusing more on political agenda than economy: Rajan

India can still reverse its slowing economic growth by paying attention to key issues, he added

Forex reserves touch record $467.12 bn on value increase of gold holdings

The forex kitty had zoomed by $3 billion to $476.092 billion in the previous reporting week

Coronavirus will be challenge if issues not resolved in 3 weeks: Sitharaman

'No need to press the panic button because of the Coronovirus epidemic; the outbreak will be a challenge if issues do not get resolved in three weeks,' Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

Govt to meet exporters on Mar 3 to discuss opportunities amid coronavirus

The meeting will be chaired by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

Odisha to mop up Rs 20,000 cr incremental revenue from e-auctions: Pradhan

Recently, Odisha successfully conducted electronic auctions of 19 lapsing iron and manganese ore blocks now run by merchant or non-captive iron ore blocks

Fiscal deficit touches 128.5% of budget estimate at January-end

The deficit during the same period during 2018-19 was 121.5 per cent of that year's Revised Budget Estimate (RE)

Core sector grows by 2.2% in January as power generation picks up

The infrastructure sectors had expanded by 1.5 per cent in January 2019

UP set up 346,000 new MSME units in 3 years; state aims to boost sector

MSMEs account for 80% of UP's exports at Rs 1.14 trillion

Cut in the offing? EPFO may cut interest rate to 8.5% for FY20, says report

EPFO was offering subscribers an interest of 8.65% in 2018-19

Balakot, a year on: What has changed for India after the airstrike?

A realistic assessment will tell us that not much has changed between India and Pakistan since Balakot; the relationship remains as fraught as before with little prospect of reconciliation

Will Q3FY20 GDP numbers surprise today? Here's what analysts expect

Despite the number of measures by the Government and the RBI, the leading indicators available till the quarter ended December, 2019 are not particularly robust

MP, Odisha among top five performers in national land records index

Performance of several industrially-developed states, such as Karnataka, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat, was middling on the Index

Coronavirus outbreak: Govt to fast-track manufacturing of tech goods

Cabinet likely to take up new scheme for consideration soon

With more disclosures, auditors may seek higher compensation for their work

Audit companies are still assessing the increase in their workload because of the new rules

Highway project awards decelerate to 6-yr low amid land acquisition delays

NHAI order book muted for next fiscal year due to land acquisition delay

India Ratings lowers domestic steel sector outlook for FY21 to negative

High iron ore premiums for new mine owners could alter costs for steel mills

Govt approves 32 projects under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

The projects spread across almost 17 states would leverage an investment of Rs 406 crore, an official release said