The Centre has prepared a list of non-essential items whose imports can be curbed and also drawn up a separate list of goods whose exports can be boosted with a little policy intervention.

New jobs rise to 11-month high of 9.51 lakh in July; 27 states, UTs on board to implement PM Modi's healthcare scheme from September 25; India to pay Iran in rupees for oil imports from November; Flipkart employees to turn millionaires after Walmart buys employee shares worth $800 million. Watch more in this episode of Business Wrap.

New jobs rise to 11-month high of 9.51 lakh in JulyNew job creations in July rose to an 11-month high of 9.51 lakh, taking the total tally of new enrolments to 61.81 lakh since September 2017, according to the EPFO's payroll data. Job addition numbers, which are based on new members enrolled in various social security schemes of EPFO such as pension, PF and insurance, were 9,51,423 in July -- the highest in any month since September 2017 when the retirement fund body started rel...

Oil refiners such as state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) could use UCO Bank or IDBI Bank to route oil payments to Iran.

Iran's Naftiran Intertrade Co Ltd, a trading arm for state-owned National Iranian Oil Co, owns a 15.4 per cent stake in Chennai Petroleum, which has two refineries with a total combined capacity of 230,000 barrels of oil per day.

Dimon said that India's world beating economic growth as well as critical reforms such as GST and the first step in bank mergers are advantages that far outweigh fears arising out of macroeconomic imbalances and a sliding currency

India may raise import duties on components used in mobile handsets, most of them imported from China, as one of the measures.

Ahead of festive showdown, Flipkart pumps in Rs 3,463 crore to boost salesFlipkart is aiming at achieving 50 per cent of all smartphone sales during the upcoming festive month. Keeping the ambitious plan in mind, Flipkart has pumped in Rs 3,463 crore into its online marketplace, Flipkart Internet. This is the first biggest capital infusion by the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant ever since the US-based retail behemoth acquired a majority stake in the company. RCom to exit tele...

On Tuesday, the rupee closed at its all time low of 72.98, falling 47 paise against the US currency due to surging crude oil prices and escalating trade war worries. Earlier in the day, the Indian currency hit a historic low of 72.99 in late afternoon deals.

Continuing its intermittent fall against the US dollar, the Indian rupee dived to another all-time low of 72.98 on Tuesday. The currency has lost over 13 per cent in value against the greenback since the beginning of the year.

The rupee fell 46 paise to close at 72.97 level, its lowest ever against the US dollar in trade today which dampened market sentiment. The Indian currency had closed at 72.51 to the dollar on Monday. Led by the sharp fall in stocks, the market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed companies plunged by Rs 2,72,549.15 crore to Rs 1,53,64,470 crore since Friday.

The first wave of import curbs will include items like luxury cars, high-end mobiles, steel, aluminum, electronic items and furniture. Other items added to the list are dry fruits and imported fruits like almonds, and alcoholic beverages.

The drop in value of rupee and spike in international crude oil prices may force the government to curb imports of non-essential commodities including gold.

Despite steps such as withdrawing withholding tax on Masala bonds, allow some breathing space to foreign portfolio investors, and check non-essential imports and promote exports in order to arrest the decline in rupee, the local currency fell over 50 paise below the 72 level per dollar mark in trade today.

The government has made a slew of announcements -- including removal of limits on foreign portfolio investor (FPI) exposure to corporate bonds and curbs on import of non-essentials goods -- to check depreciation of rupee and ballooning current account deficit (CAD).

The petrol reached Rs 82.06 per litre in Delhi on Monday, while diesel surged 6 paise to Rs 73.78 per litre. Petrol has already crossed the Rs 90 mark in two districts of Maharashtra.

India's loadings from Iran for this month and next will drop to less than 12 million barrels each, after purchases over April-August had been boosted in anticipation of the reductions.

The United States has warned of having a \"fundamentally different set of rules\" to deal with the countries continuing to have economic activities with Iran after its sanction against Tehran becomes fully operational on November 4.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that external factors like policies adopted by the United States, trade tensions and skyrocketing crude oil prices are impacting economies like India, despite \"strong fundamentals\".

In August, the growth rate in overseas shipments touched a three-month high of 19.21 per cent. Earlier in May, exports had recorded a growth of 20.18 per cent.