The proposal to declare interest rate for this fiscal is on the agenda of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation trustees meeting on February 21.

This is the second time in six months that the Centre has released an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to central government employees.

DG Shah, Secretary General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance, sees problems on three fronts: pricing, regulatory and exports.

Data pertaining to BSE 500 constituent stocks reveal that 314 stocks slipped below their face value on February 18, 2019. Among the individual stocks, Adlabs Entertainment, IL&FS Transport, Punj Lloyd, Reliance Naval and Reliance Communication slipped below their face value on the bourses.