The voter identification has been made mandatory by the ECI at the time of polls.

Polling will be held in 115 constituencies across 15 states and Union Territories, and as many as 1,612 candidates are in fray

The Bimal Jalan committee on the appropriate capital reserves for the Reserve Bank is likely to identify an excess buffer of up to Rs 3 lakh crore, according to a foreign brokerage.

Apart from surging oil prices, higher demand for the greenback from importers and banks as well as the lower opening of the equity markets have weighed on the rupee

The trade union has also warned that the government shouldn't pressurise PSBs to bail out private entities like ILF&S and Jet Airways

The total deposits stood at Rs 96,107.35 crore on March 27 and Rs 95,382.14 crore in the week before. Rupay debit cards have been issued to 27.89 crore Jan Dhan account holders

Highlighting the priority areas, Panagariya said that India needs a clear focus on the growth of labour-intensive sectors such as apparel, footwear, furniture, kitchenware and other light manufactures to create decent jobs for the masses

The Bombay High Court refused to intervene in the Jet Airways crisis, saying it cannot direct the government and the Reserve Bank of India to rescue a sick company

Deputy Governor Viral Acharya had favoured status quo in the repo rate, arguing that the RBI should wait for \"some more time\" for additional data before taking call on rate cut.