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Stopping foreign derivatives of Indian indices not retrograde: SEBI chief

Ajay Tyagi also said the exchanges want that liquidity from India should not be split or shifted abroad

From fiscal health to monetary policy: Everything Jaitley, Urjit Patel said

FM Jaitley said there was now an increased reliance on the bond market as far as credit was concerned

Amid strained ties with TDP, Centre allocates Rs 12.69-bn for Andhra

The grant also includes Rs 4.17 billion for the Polavaram multipurpose project

NDA govt's growth rate lower than UPA's 10-year average: Chidambaram

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget 2018-19 speech said that Indian economy had performed very well since the NDA government took over in May, 2014

Stock market bubble won't cause any major problem, says Urjit Patel

Patel said RBI and Sebi need to be cognisant of stock market movements

Maldives dilemma: Will going to war with China serve India's interests?

India has frozen Maldives out after reminding it of its India First commitment

Congress targets Modi govt over Rafale fighter jet deal, judge Loya's death

Amit Shah says cannot disclose details that compromise national security

Over 1,000 Meghalaya residents want to erase Aadhaar information

They have also asked for details about the organisations with whom their Aadhaar numbers had been shared

RBI status quo on key rate indicates growth will pick up, says FinMin

"The government welcomes the MPC's assessment and notes its decision to maintain the policy rate," he said

MSP calculations will not include imputed land rent, says Arun Jaitley

The cost will include all paid expenses plus imputed value of family labour (FL), but not imputed land rent

Direct tax collections rise 19% to Rs 6.95 trillion in April-January

The government had estimated the collections to grow by 18.3 per cent for 2017-18 in the Budget

Centre drops proposal to relax retrenchment norms for industries

Central trade unions protested against any change in laws that allow factories to hire and fire workers without govt's permission

GST regime is not tax friendly, fix glitches on GSTN: Bombay HC raps govt

Govt required to respond to the court by February 16, explaining steps it will take to address grievances

Investigation notices issued in 9 cases under anti-GST profiteering

The National Anti-Profiteering Authority and Standing Committee, as well as State Level Screening Committees on anti-profiteering, have been set up to examine the complaints of profiteering

Pension for meritorious sportspersons doubled: Sports Minister Rathore

Olympic medallists set to get Rs 20,000 per month

Top global firms to vie for multi-bn dollar Indian Navy, IAF deals in 2019

But with the country due to hold a general election by next May, the expectation is both processes could take time

India's external debt remains within manageable limit at $495.7 bn: Govt

The per capita external debt of India stood at $409.3 at quarter ending September 2017

Fiscal deficit slippage is due to shortfall of GST revenue of one month: FM

Direct tax collections are up 19.3% in April-January period as a result of the campaign against black money, GST, says Jaitley

Railways collected over Rs 8.5 billion in ticket-related fines, says govt

Rajen Gohain told the Rajya Sabha that during the financial year 2017-18 1.8 million checks were conducted by Zonal Railways

Direct tax collection grows 19.3% to Rs 6.95 trn in Apr-Jan 2017-18

The net collections for Corporate Income Tax showed a growth of 19.2% and for Personal Income Tax at 18.6%