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Govt to fine-tune e-commerce rules; panel formed to look into issueThe government has set up a group of secretaries to review a recently released draft ecommerce policy, which has drawn severe criticism from many stakeholders. The nascent but booming online retail space has largely been without regulations until a task force led by then commerce secretary Rita Teaotia put together the draft policy. The new group will be chaired by the secretary in the department of industrial poli...

Business confidence slides in the first quarter of 2018/19 as businesses feel the pinch of GST and brace for policy inaction and higher interest rates, finds the latest Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey.

As the NDA government enters its final year, there is a long unfinished agenda that it may not be able to implement by 2019.

Kenichi Ayukawas tenure has seen Maruti stem the slide in marketshare and further consolidate its hold on the Indian market.

Many economists had earlier forecast 4.2 per cent growth in output compared with an upwardly revised 4.5 per cent year-on-year increase in August.

All major engines of economic growth - private investment, private consumption, exports, agriculture and even government expenditure - have either failed to pick up momentum or slowed down.

The Modi government has raised the limit on foreign investment in the defence sector and encouraged tie-ups between foreign and local companies under the 'Make in India' campaign where the Indian partner will remain the majority stakeholder.

iPhone maker Apple has sought modifications in the government's phased manufacturing programme (PMP) as it plans to set up a manufacturing unit in the country.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met today for the second edition of bi-annual policy meeting to review the interest rates.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut key interest rates by 25 basis points in its Monetary Policy Committee meet on August 2.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had registered a growth of 1.99 per cent in February last year.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday presented Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha. 

Pankaj Kumar, Principal Secretary (Medical Education and Medical Services), Health and Family Welfare Department, who had all the statistics and new policy changes on his fingertips, said \"40 per cent of drugs manufactured in the country and 28 per cent of total exports are from Gujarat.\"

Consumers are willing to splurge once again on a range of products. This is just what the doctor ordered for the Indian economy.

Bilateral ties between India and Japan have seen consistent improvement in the past decade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe built on this momentum through a \"Special Strategic and Global Partnership\" in 2014.

Last year, the government provided budgetary and extra budgetary support of Rs 92,000 crore to its companies and only got back Rs 56,000 crore as dividends. Here's why it shouldn't keep throwing more money into this bottomless pit.

The Modi government has come up with more sops to encourage startups. Concerned over the fact that only a few aspiring entrepreneurs have got the government certification for starting new businesses, the Centre has relaxed the norms to avail \"holding hand\" benefits.