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FSDC sub-committee discusses developing stressed assets markets

The sub-committee meeting, which was chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, also discussed about measures to strengthen the systems against frauds

Farm income and wages fell in demonetisation year, reveals new data

Despite being a bumper monsoon year, farm output grew slower than input costs in FY17, reveals new data

Telcos get time till November 11 to implement revamped MNP norms

The revamped MNP will make the process faster and simpler, and Trai has cut migration process time within a service area to just two days from seven

Total govt liabilities rise to Rs 84.6 trillion in Q1FY20: FinMin report

Public debt accounted for 89.4% of total outstanding liabilities at end-June 2019

RBI's new norms can bring more efficiency in a bank's liquidity management

The framework is proposing that system liquidity should ideally be kept in deficit mode of 0.25-0.50 per cent of the deposit base

Reaching out: Govt gears up to widen cooking gas coverage in J&K

Currently, all households in 17 of the 22 districts in the state have LPG connections

Monsoon retreat late by a month, unlikely to start before early October

The monsoon gnerally begins in June and starts to retreat by September 1

South-west monsoon winds up with a surplus of 6%: CRISIL Drip index

Among major kharif growers, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh have received excess rains at 23-37 per cent above normal

Copper in India to lose sheen due to demand-supply mismatch: CARE

India has emerged as an importer of copper ore and concentrates and imports more than 90 per cent of its concentrate requirements due to lack of copper mines in the country

Duty-free gold import junked for machine-made jewellery export

Govt action aims to arrest round tripping but will hurt genuine exporters

Revenue dept reviewing India's low-benefit free trade agreements

Major FTAs account for 11% of total trade and 23% of trade deficit

Contractor market in coal mining to grow to Rs 60,000 crore by 2030: KPMG

KPMG has also looked at some of the active mining contractors and compared their financial and technical competencies

Govt looks to push infra spending, has cleared MSME dues: FM Sitharaman

Government should not sit on over due payments," Sitharaman said, adding the money should go to people who have been waiting for it

FM's stimulus push: Govt to clear Rs 20,000 cr dues by Oct 1st week

"Money should go where people have been waiting. Money should get going to the ground level," she said

Big digital push needed to reach $5-trillion economy: IAMAI report

India's regulatory approach should focus on regulating 'core' industry players, and not entities that fall on the 'edge' of the regulatory spectrum

L&T, Megha Engg among 18 bidders for Rs 15,000 crore Bundelkhand Expressway

A total of 82 separate bids received, with 10 contenders bidding for all six packages of the project

Katowice climate change talks: The challenges and India's priorities

The first part of a curtain-raiser series on the negotiations that will lead to the finalisation of a rule-book for the Paris Agreement

Sticking points that could heat up Katowice climate change talks

The divide over paragraph 5 of article 9 of the Paris Agreement has widened during the year

Govt to ease land acquisition, finance for renewables to meet 450 GW target

At the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday, Modi vowed to double India's renewable energy target to 450 gigawatt (GW) by 2030

Explained: Why India should not enhance its climate targets at UNSG Summit

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend Climate Action Summit on September 23 at New York