SBI has asked the RBI if it can offer long-term home loan at a fixed rate for the first few years followed by a repo-linked floating interest rate

The junior minister in the Ministry of External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan has spoken to several supplier countries to ensure additional supplies while Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has kept the window open for possible ramp-up of imports from Iran

The rally in gold prices could allure investors, but staying diversified to create a well-balanced portfolio is the way to long-term growth

The steel industry is feeling the pinch of the protracted slowdown in construction and auto sectors, two of its biggest clients. Will it be the next domino to fall?

There is a mismatch between high-value export items in the world and that of India. From primary and low technology goods, India needs to shift focus to medium and high-tech goods by adopting new technologies and addressing some age-old impediments

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani had stated that \"data is the new oil\", and India's data must be controlled and owned by Indian people and not by corporates, especially global corporations

Indian export is globally uncompetitive because of high cost of credit, poor skill and innovation and high tax component which the government needs to address

Domestic markets will remain closed on September 10 on account of Moharram. There will also be no trading activity in the bond, commodity, forex, money and bullion markets today

Beijing is widely expected to announce more support measures in coming weeks to avert the risk of a sharper economic slowdown as the United States ratchets up trade pressure, including the first cuts in some key lending rates in four years

\"The government should focus on making the stock market attractive to investors. Development of any country depends on how financial savings are channelised,\" says Raamdeo Agrawal, Co-founder of Motilal Oswal Financial Services

The committee is expected to come out with a set of crop recommendations for each geography after considering the climatic conditions, soil health, water stress and the estimated short-term as well as long term demand for the produce within the country and globally

The decline in sales so far is due to weak growth in rural income and moderation in rural infrastructure spending. Rural incomes were impacted towards the second half of last fiscal because crop production was flat after two years of growth at 5-6 per cent.

Taking a stand on sensitive issues is risky but necessary to win customer loyalty

Technology is being used to minimise agricultural losses and generate revenues

The proposed electricity exchange is awaiting clearance from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)