Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is away on a foreign tour, recalled his longtime association with Jaitley, saying he could not imagine that he was so far away in Bahrain when his dear friend took his last breath.

Four of the biggest NBFCs papers- Indiabulls Consumer Finance, JM Financial Credit Solutions, Manappuram Finance and Srei Infrastructure were under-subscribed by 73-80% between September 2018 and June 2019.

The KPMG report titled "India: Redefining its growth path" noted that the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) should be removed and Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) needs to be superseded by the withholding tax.

ITC, which sells stationery primarily through its Rs 1,500-crore Classmate brand, is focussing on innovation of new products to push sales and tide over the current slowdown

In September last year, a committee on National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) had set up sub-committees to classify medicines, medical devices, disposables, and health and hygiene products as per their criticality for the healthcare.