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Business confidence fell 15% across industry in Sep quarter: NCAER survey

This is based on the 110th Round of the Business Expectations Survey (BES) carried out by NCAER, said the National Council of Applied Economic Research

India will become $10 trillion economy in 10 to 15 years: Rajnath Singh

Singh said India will emerge as a net innovator and net exporter of defence technologies rather than a net importer

Industrial output shrinks 4.3% in Sep, in weakest showing since Apr 2012

According to the latest CSO data, IIP contraction in August has been further revised downwards to 1.4 per cent from the provisional 1.1 per cent decline estimated last month

Electricity demand falls at fastest pace in 12 years on growth slowdown

India's June quarter GDP grew at its weakest pace in six years as consumer demand and government spending slowed

Arrogant rulers became helpless before might of people: Uddhav on GST

He said the country was restless due to the burden of taxes

Sahara partners with IPL to organize IPL Awards

Sahara partners with IPL to organize IPL Awards

Festive buys, new models help PV sales snap 11-month slide in October

Overall, domestic passenger vehicle sales witnessed a marginal increase of 0.28% to 2,85,027 units in October

Nearly 70,000 staffers have opted for voluntary retirement so far: BSNL CMD

The effective date of voluntary retirement under the present scheme is January 31, 2020

Manmohan Singh nominated to parliamentary standing committee on finance

According to sources, Digvijaya Singh resigned from the parliamentary standing committee on finance to make way for the former prime minister

Challenges have made Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code stronger: IBBI chief

The code came into force in December 2016 and the first resolution case was approved in August 2017

Why India opted out of the RCEP agreement: Explained in six charts

Some experts, in addition to the government, have maintained that the reason for the walkout is India's adverse trade balance. However, many critics view this as a protectionist step

I-T department seeks Rs 1-trillion cut in direct tax mop-up target

The reduced growth is largely because of consumption slowdown and tax rate cuts

Indian economy currently facing challenges, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Launching The Rise of Finance: Causes, Consequences and Cure, she said the book would help "understand the current economic situation facing both the world and Indian economy"

We have severely underinvested in waste water treatment: Veena Srinivasan

According to a NITI report, 21 cities in India will run out of groundwater which will affect 100 million people. Veena Srinivasan, a water expert, tells us what is India's problem with regard to water

After kharif season loss, abundant late monsoon gives farmers hope

For millions of farmers in northern, central and western India, the excessive rain this monsoon season did aggravate problems but have also given hope of a good rabi harvest

Coal imports at major ports slip 18% to 51 MT in April-October: Report

Centre-owned ports had handled 62.08 MT of the thermal coal in the same period previous year

Lack of data hampers govt's services export promotion scheme: Officials

Senior officials said the lack of data had also hampered the government's push to administer the 12 Champion Services Sectors initiative

Gross refining margins for state-run oil firms tumble in September quarter

Analysts said there had been a slowdown in refining demand in certain global markets, and India's diesel demand was slowing down

Macroeconomic data, corporate earnings likely to steer stock market

Industrial production data on Monday, inflation rate on Tuesday and WPI inflation on Thursday would be keenly watched by market participants amid economic slowdown concerns

Realty revival: IBC, Rera may need tweaking for booster shot to take effect

In September, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the Special Window fund but projects in the NCLT or those dubbed NPAs had been kept out of its ambit