While DIPAM targets to complete the stake sale by June, the government may have to relax the time period for bidders to complete due diligence.

The government has taken several measures in the last six-and-a-half years to boost agriculture production and farmers' income, says Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

Last year was particularly bad for the hospitality sector. The destruction caused by the pandemic led to a sharp decline in revenues and occupancies across the sector

The case had emanated upon receipt of a letter from the Lok Sabha secretariat in January 2014 with a request to examine whether there is any evidence of cartelization in the airlines sector

Rajnath Singh says steps taken by Centre have resulted in staggering 700 per cent growth in defence exports in last six years. FDI in India in defence has jumped by over 200 per cent as Rs 2,871 crore worth FDI has been invested in sector in last six years, he says

To further strengthen their financial health, the government is expected to infuse Rs 3,000 crore in the public sector general insurance companies during the current quarter

Private wealth creators are solely responsible for India's banking stress; increasingly fleeing India with their wealth and bank loans, and those making huge profits are doing so by cutting jobs and wages

Former chief statistician Pronab Sen said that even though India's fiscal deficit will go up from 3.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent in the current fiscal ending March, but in terms of the current year's expenditure, the country is pretty much at status quo

These Acts led to the nationalisation of banks in two phases and provisions of these laws have to be changed for the privatisation of banks, they said

Stock Market News Updates Today: Airtel, HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank were trading among the top gainers. Today, Sensex hit a record high of 52,235 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,340

Globally, Snapchat had 265 million daily active users in the December 2020 quarter. Over five billion 'snaps' were created daily on average by users on the platform

Securitisation is the process of pooling and repackaging homogenous illiquid financial assets into marketable securities that can be sold to investors

As per the decision taken by the Administrative Council (AC), the pre-requisite 'no objection certificates' (NoCs) or approvals have been relaxed for setting up of a business unit in Jammu and Kashmir

Amid ongoing agitation by farmers demanding the repeal of three contentious farm laws, the finance minister informed that not a single APMC has been shut in any state

Budget Session 2021: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while replying to the discussion on Budget 2021 in Rajya Sabha on Friday, February 12, slammed the opposition accusing it of weaving a false narrative that the Centre only worked for cronies

Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex hit a record high of 51,804 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,243

Amongst sectors, consumer products, and high-tech companies are pegged to offer higher increments, however, energy and business process outsourcing sectors are projected to give the least hike

Stock Market News Updates Today: RIL, Bajaj twins, Airtel were among the top gainers while, Nestle, TCS, Axis Bank, L&T traded as the top losers

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The call for the strike was given by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions.