Lauding the achievements of the government, Amit Shah said that whether it was the decision to remove Article 370 and 35A from J&K or to free Muslim women from the curse of Triple Talaq or strengthening nation's security apparatus by amending the UAPA Act, all these historic decisions are a result of PM Modi's decisive leadership

Senior Finance Ministry officials met heads CPSEs and financial advisors of infrastructure ministries to devise measure to push capital expenditure, so as to pump liquidity and boost demand

As the private sector continues to struggle due to poor demand and declining sales, the government wants to utilise CPSEs' spending powers to boost liquidity

LinkedIn top startups in India: Health and fitness startup Cure.Fit has retained its second spot. The startup hit USD 100 million in revenue within 3 years of its inception.

The Finance Minister has announced a mini-stimulus package to arrest the economic slowdown. But the economy needs much more than piecemeal solutions

Besides the Indian Bank and Allahabad Bank merger, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced the merger of 10 public sector banks into four big banks.

These differential regimes existed even prior to the 2019 Union Budget, and hence it's not the creation of finance ministry's last Friday announcements, says CBDT

Indian economy is facing multiple structural issues inhibiting investment - fiscal challenges, falling revenues and demands for industrial products and poor capacity utilisation. Government's plans to infuse Rs 100 lakh crore into infrastructure seems unrealistic for now

CEA KV Subramanian said the slew of measures announced by the Centre for the revival of muted growth in the economy was in the right direction, though it was necessary to focus on the 'structural reforms.'

'The main thing is that the income tax should be abolished. The rate on fixed deposits should be increased to nine per cent and the rate of interest on borrowings should be brought down to nine per cent as well,' said Swamy

Indian Rupee, along with other Asian currencies, came under pressure in today's trade due to strong dollar demand from banks amid escalating trade tensions between US and China.