Getting hold of new books can pose a challenge since many e-commerce websites are prioritising deliveries to essential products and delivery of physical books has been affected

The spread between the repo and reverse repo rates has increased for the second time in a row to touch a four-year high of 65 bps from 40 bps earlier

The lockdown extension could  also lead to an economic loss of Rs 12.1 lakh crore or 6 per cent of the nominal gross value added - SBI

India is expected to post a sharp turnaround and resume its pre-COVID pre-slowdown trajectory by growing at 7.4 per cent in 2021-22, says RBI Governor

Pakistan has so far received billions in financial aid from friendly countries like China, Saudi Arabia and the UAE during the current fiscal year

RBI has injected funds equalling 3.2 per cent of GDP into the economy since the February 2020 monetary policy meeting to tackle the liquidity situation, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Press Conference Live: Das slashed reverse repo rate yet again from 4 per cent to 3.75 per cent. in his previous address, Das had slashed reverse repo rate by 90 bps

Lockdown in India latest updates: India reported 1,076 new cases and 32 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country's total number of coronavirus positive cases have risen to 13,835, including 11,616 active cases, 1,766 cured/discharged/migrated and 452 deaths

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A day earlier, the IMF in its World Economic Outlook had forecast India's growth rate to be 1.9 per cent in 2020

Because the economy is going to slow down, revenue collection for this year would be much less than the last year, Subramanian said, adding the revenue loss would be 1.5 per of the GDP

Amid projections of sharp contraction in the global economy, the IMF on Tuesday cut India's GDP growth rate to 1.9 per cent in fiscal year 2020-21 starting April 1

Coronavirus update: In a recent report, the IMF said that the world is facing the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression that took place in the 1930s

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P. Chidambaram, Meghnad Desai, Bimal Jalan, D. Subbarao, and Junaid Ahmad on how to get the GDP going

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: According to experts, prevailing uncertain market conditions amid the rising cases of the virus and extension of the lockdown period have caused volatility and led to the downfall of broader markets on a global scale.

The Indian economy may grow at 4.2 per cent in FY20 as against 5 per cent estimated by the statistics department, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also said in its bi-annual World Economic Outlook.

Coronavirus in India Live Updates: Number of 'containment zones in Delhi raised to 30 with addition of 6 new areas including Nabi Karim, E pocket GTB Enclave, Street No. 18 to 22 of Zakir Nagar and nearby area of Abu Bakar Masjid, Zakir Nagar

According to Morgan Stanley, the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the global economy could peak in April-May, but growth likely to recover from third quarter of 2020

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: BSE 30-share index Sensex rose 722 points to trade at 26,767. Similarly, NSE 50-share barometer Nifty climbed 206 points higher to 7,816 mark.