At a time of acute agrarian distress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in glowing terms of his government’s schemes and programmes in a video interaction with farmers from nine States. Reiterating the government’s promise to double farmers’ income by 2022, Mr. Modi claimed that the budget ...

A group of secretaries constituted to look into the e-commerce issues will hold its first meeting on September 13 to deliberate on the proposals of the draft policy. The meet assumes significance as a section of the industry had raised concerns regarding the draft policy. “The group, which ...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the merger of the Indiabulls Housing Finance and Lakshmi Vilas Bank. Lakshmi Vilas Bank is going to merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance . A share swap deal with intent to create a combined entity with a larger capital base and wider geographical ...

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) decided to review the current framework of margins. The capital markets regulator set up a working group It is headed by NSE Clearing Ltd. Their aim to look into the issue and submit its recommendations to the Secondary Market ...

According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bangladesh emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region.  Higher public sector investment, stronger consumption demand, revival in exports, improved power supply and higher growth in ...