Arun Jaitley, who is in the US for medical reasosn, will be designated as Minister without portfolioduring the period of his indisposition or till the time he is able to resume his duites.

Calling for less politicisation of the public sector, Rajan says the "banking reforms were hijacked by bureaucracy", and that they are now a "missed opportunity".

EPFO October numbers claimed jobs grew 5.65 lakh per month for the past 14 months to 79 lakh jobs; new numbers for 15 months recorded only 73 lakh jobs

The wishlist of the common man as well as industry bodies includes doubling the income tax exemption threshold for the salaried, revising the Section 80C deduction limit and tinkering with tax slabs.

The airline had a profit after tax of Rs 762 crore in the corresponding period of 2017-18. The carrier's total income rose over 28 per cent to Rs 8,229.4 crore in the three months ended December 2018.