The fiscal deficit at the end of the first six months of the current financial year was at Rs 9.14 lakh crore, about 114.8 per cent of the annual budget estimate

Currently, financial conditions in India are easiest seen in two years, says CRISIL. As per the ratings agency, the RBI's sharp rate cuts and unconventional measures have helped ease financial conditions

Bank holidays in November 2020: All the banks across the countries will not be operational on these eight days - November 1, 8, 14 (second Saturday and Diwali), 15, 22, 28, 29 and 30 (Guru Nanak Jayanti)

States have budgeted their consolidated gross fiscal deficit (GFD) at 2.8 per cent of GDP in 2020-21; however, the coronavirus pandemic may alter budget estimates significantly, says RBI report

The central government to use artificial intelligence (AI) and Aadhaar registration to track fake firms claiming GST refunds without actually conducting business

The states and UTs that received the first tranche of GST compensation are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC, followed by NTPC, HDFC, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid and Nestle India were among the top gainer on Sensex pack. On the other hand, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Infosys and Sun Pharma were among the laggards.

The decline in gold and silver imports has helped in narrowing the country's trade deficit, difference between imports and exports, at USD 23.44 billion during April-September

Eligible participants must submit bids on RBI's Core Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system between 10:00 am and 11:00 am on October 22

After contracting for six straight months, India's exports rose 5.99 per cent to $27.58 billion in September on account of growth in shipments of drugs and pharmaceuticals and readymade garments, as per the government data released on Thursday

The government on Thursday said that it will borrow an estimated shortfall to bridge the goods and services tax (GST) revenue shortfall of Rs 1.1 lakh crore

India's fuel demand recovered sharply in June from April before slowing due to the reimposition of restrictions in certain cities because of coronavirus and flooding in some regions

Tamil Nadu is the latest state to join the bandwagon to raise an additional amount of Rs 9,627 crore through open market borrowings

FM Nirmala Sithraman while insisted that there is no dispute between the some of the states and the Centre on the issue, she admitted the Council is yet to reach unanimity on the issue of plugging the compensation gap

For boosting consumer spending, the government today announced special tax exemption for Central government employees, who get Leave Travel Concessions (LTC) in a block of 4 years leave encashment of 10 days

Nirmala Sitharman announced a Rs 12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states for spending on capital projects in a bid to boost economy

The balance of trade during April-September 2020 was significantly positive at Rs 9,002 crore as against the trade deficit of Rs 2,133 crore in the said period

Eli Lilly, Gates Foundation sign deal to supply COVID-19 drugs to low, middle-income countriesEli Lilly and Co said on Thursday it had entered into an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for potential supply of its experimental antibody treatments for COVID-19 to low and middle-income countries. As part of the deal, Lilly said it will make antibody therapies available to lower-income countries prior to April 2021, but did not elaborate on the number of doses. Separately, F...

The trade deficit between India and China from April-August stands at $12.6 billion as compared to $22.6 billion in April-August period of FY20. In FY19, this was $23.5 billion and $26.33 billion in FY18

India Invest 2020 forum: Mahindra also mentioned that after one of the strictest lockdowns globally, India has seen economic recovery and it is reflected in good tractor and automobile sales