India's Feb merchandise exports rise but marginally

New Delhi (IANS) India's February merchandise exports rose marginally to remain on the growth trajectory, official data showed on Monday.

Accordingly, the country's merchandise exports during the month under review rose to $27.93 billion…

Tariff hikes push telecom revenue higher: Ind-Ra

New Delhi (IANS) Telecom industry's revenues continued to grow for the fifth quarter in a row during Q3FY21 to Rs 443 billion, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said in a report.

Accordingly, this trend was supported by the industry-wide…

Udan's 4.1 version launched, 392 routes offered for bidding

New Delhi (IANS) To further enhance regional air connectivity, the Centre on Sunday invited bids for the 4.1 round of the RCS-Udan scheme.

Accordingly, the 'Bid Document' has been uploaded on the Central Procurement portal of the National…

E-commerce players cannot be partial to any sellers

New Delhi (IANS) An e-Commerce operator operating in marketplace or hybrid mode shall manage its relationship with sellers on its platform in an agnostic manner and without being partial to any of its sellers.

This is laid out in the Draft…

India proposes non-tariff measures among BRICS nations

New Delhi (IANS) The BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) held its first meeting under India's Chairship from March 9-11, wherein India outlined the priority areas to be delivered on which also included non-tariff measures…

High level meet to discuss e-commerce policy on Saturday

New Delhi (IANS) The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has convened crucial meetings to discuss Draft e-Commerce Policy and FDI in e-Commerce Sector.

The meetings will kick off on Saturday, with an inter-ministerial…

Double digit GDP growth expected in FY22: Report

New Delhi (IANS) As economic activities gather pace and investor sentiments revive, GDP growth is likely to enter a double-digit growth trajectory and may grow at more than 11 per cent in the next financial year, showed a report by PHD Chamber of…

3.8L shell companies identified, struck off during FY18-20

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has identified and struck off over 3.8 lakh shell companies during FY18-20.

In a reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Anurag Singh Thakur stated…

Fake GST fraud: 357 arrested so far, including 12 CAs

New Delhi (IANS) The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and the CGST Commissionerates have so far arrested 357 persons, including 12 chartered accountants, one company secretary and an advocate, in the ongoing nationwide drive against…

Sensex surges over 500 points; banking, metal stocks rise

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Tuesday.

The BSE Sensex surged 553 points to touch an intra-day high of 50,994.60 points.

Healthy buying was witnessed in banking, finance and metal stocks.