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Bloomberg offers to help India access global bond indices to raise funds

Analysts see strong demand for Indian bonds from investors

Homebuyers unlikely to gain from reduction in corporation tax rates

Property developers are unlikely to pass on any benefit to homebuyers in the form of price cuts

Sugar industry expects to bounce back after price rise, govt measures

Tamil Nadu mills in the red still, seek financial package and loan relief.

Scarcity, fruitless govt measures to keep onion prices high for a while

The vegetable is currently trading at a three-year high of Rs 40 a kg at the largest Onion mandi in Lasalgaon, Maharashtra

Telecom revenue fell 10% in 2018 over cutthroat competition and tariff war

Spectrum usage charges (SUC) yearly declined 17.74 per cent, from Rs 5,089 crore in 2017 to Rs 4,186 crore in 2018

Govt reconstitutes EAC-PM till 2021, Bibek Debroy retained as chairman

Sajjid Chenoy, India economist at JP Morgan is the new part-time member

Banks slippages to continue due to stress from various sectors: ICRA

The private banks, due to their higher credit cost in FY20, will see muted RoE at 9-10 per cent

RBI's rules are hurting urban cooperative banks, say experts

According to experts, a dual regulation by the state and RBI is what's hurting the sector, as it leads to undue political intervention

ADB cuts India's economic growth projection to 6.5% from 7% for FY20

Says a cut in corporation tax rate will boost private investments and global competitiveness

IRCTC looks to raise Rs 645 cr via IPO, at price band of Rs 315-320 a share

The issue comprises an offer for sale of 2.01 crore shares of the face value of Rs 10

Emerging economies to continue to lead global growth: Euromonitor survey

Among the negative global factors which will continue to cast a shadow on growth will be tensions from the China-US trade war

Why linking loans to external benchmark is a tough challenge for banks

Rating agency Moody's Investor Services has already warned that the move would be credit negative for banks, causing volatility in net interest margins

Why the Centre's PM-KISAN lags states in farmer cash transfer schemes

State schemes such as Telangana's Rythu Bandhu and Odisha's Kalia are working more efficiently than Centre's PM-KISAN

25 richest Indians now have net worth equal to 10% of the country's GDP

Mukesh Ambani tops the list of high net worth individuals. Most of the wealth is inherited

Direct tax code panel calls for branch profit tax on foreign companies

Suggests bringing corporation tax rate on a par with domestic companies

Govt to set up dedicated unit for monitoring implementation of PMAY

The RFP stated that the participating firm's average annual financial turnover of last three consecutive fiscal years must not be less than Rs 9 crore

Middle East SWFs to lead the investment drive into India's energy sector

These funds make up a third of the total wealth of such funds globally, of about $8 trillion, and have a large exposure to energy assets globally

Why three of India's iconic state trading firms risk being shut down

While MMTC is just about managing to stay afloat for now, STC and PEC have posted losses long and hard enough for the Centre to call for their total shutdown

After Posco fiasco, South Korea eyes fresh investment imprint in Odisha

A clutch of Korean investors are keen on redrawing their investment contours on Odisha's soil

Now, a low carbon plan for Bhubaneswar where vehicles outnumber people

The growth in the count of registered vehicles points to a mounting dependence on private vehicles, clogging the city's arterial roads