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Liquidity challenges faced by NBFIs to weigh on India's prospects: Moody's

Moody's conclusions are contained in its just-released report titled 'Cross-Sector-- India: Slowdown in non-bank credit growth to weigh on economy'

How Congress resurgence in Hindi heartland changes dynamics of GST Council

Ruling NDA needs support of at least three non-NDA states to pass resolutions if a vote is forced; Congress FMs to call on each other before next meeting

TDSAT quashes Trai's predatory pricing rule, analysts say it's too late

With over 250 million subscribers, Jio has achieved a subscriber market share that it was looking at. The TDSAT order will hardly change the market dynamics, say analysts

Portfolio reshuffle of four RBI deputy governors likely before April

Of particular import is the portfolio of the highly sensitive Department of Banking Regulation (DBR) under the charge of N S Vishwanathan

180 million and counting: Policy hurdle pains arthritis patients in India

Lack of regulatory intervention prevents insurance firms from bringing about a comprehensive solution

Trai amends MNP regulations to ease, quicken the process of portability

TRAI also shortened the validity period of Unique Porting Code (UPC) to four days from the previous period of 15 days

Govt to tender shares in L&T buy back offer, to fetch Rs 7 bn to exchequer

The government currently holds 1.8 per cent stake in L&T through the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India

Tale of two cities: On urban connectivity, Delhi races ahead of Mumbai

The capital has an edge over Mumbai with its new expressways; Mumbai's shape doesn't lend itself to inter-city expressways

Jaitley admits to 2-3 areas of differences between Centre and RBI

Jaitley said the differences with RBI included credit flow in the economy and liquidity support, and added that the government had initiated a "discussion" to convey its concerns

Govt forms 7-member panel under BBB to select MD for PSU insurance firms

The panel would be headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma

Discussing with RBI to rectify issues of credit flow, liquidity: FM Jaitley

Led by FM, Modi ministers blast RBI functioning under Patel

Centre mulls additional capital infusion of up to Rs 300 billion in PSBs

Sources said the matter is being considered by the government and the final decision is expected in few weeks

Centre drops plan to install 12 Gw solar capacity through NTPC

'Since the solar power price has fallen recently, it is not proposed to take up Tranche II (5GW) and III (7GW)'

Deadline to bid for Essar Power Jharkhand project extended for 6th time

The project is one of the projects which is incomplete and has been tagged 'difficult to resolve' by the Centre

Quick fixes will put farm sector into greater mess, warn experts

The first two years of the NDA government, 2014 and 2015, were drought years, which pulled down output

Construction orders boosted capital goods growth in October

The growth rate over that in October 2017 was six per cent in primary goods, 16.8 per cent in capital goods

Govt plans to increase share of natural gas to 15% in India's fuel basket

Mumbai and Delhi have each crossed the one million mark in piped natural gas connections

GST Council may further trim 28% slab; taxes on cement likely to be cut

The 35 goods, which are left in highest GST slab include cement, automobile parts, tyres, automobile equipments, motor vehicles, yachts and demerit items like tobacco, cigarette and pan masala

Centre spent over Rs 52 bn in advertisements since 2014-15: MoS Rathore

The total expenditure on advertisements since 2014-15 stands at Rs 52.45 billion

Farm loan waivers 'worst solution' to alleviate rural distress: SBI Report

The report pitched for an income support scheme as an alternative, saying with a lower spending of Rs 500 billion, a larger benefit can be accrued to the target groups