Will the Narendra Modi government announce a populist Union Budget to arrest the economic slowdown? Will Budget 2020 offer tax sops and income tax relaxation to stimulate demand? Unlikely, says Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)

Share Market Update :BSE S&P Sensex closed 206 points higher at 40,883 and NSE Nifty50 ended 62 points higher at 12,055

Budget 2020: Banks have robust pipeline of recovery from the resolution of both NCLT and non-NCLT cases during this calender year and also headroom for raising capital from the market

The BSE Sensex crossed the historic 40,000-point milestone, while the broader NSE Nifty conquered 'Mount 12k' in 2019, bringing cheer to stock market faithfuls

Innovation in products will be the key factor, be it banking, mutual funds, insurance or loans

This drop in nominal GDP growth rate is significant as it also upsets the government's fiscal estimates in the current financial year

Why the Sensex is on fire even as the economy hurtles downhill

Central bank data shows that since the controversial demonetization gambit, currency in circulation has grown, rising 17% to 21.1 trillion rupees ($295.7 billion) as of the end of March 2019

YES Bank share price rose up to 8.77 per cent to Rs 71.9 on reports Jhunjhunwala purchased 1,29,50,000 shares amounting to 0.5 per cent stake in the lender

The Reserve Bank will cut key rates by a further 0.15 per cent in February review, over the 0.25 per cent expected after the December meeting, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said

Previewing some key aspects of the IMF research, Gulde-Wolf noted that based on demographic trends, more than 150 million people in the region are expected to enter the labour market by 2030

V Viswanand, Deputy Managing Director, Max Life Insurance talks about recent regulatory changes brought in by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)

The value of debt downgraded during the first half of FY20 more than trebled to Rs 1.38 lakh crore from Rs 39,000 crore in the first half of fiscal 2019

Even as the next GST Council meeting is scheduled for September 20, the possibility of a wide ranging tax cut - to infuse growth into India's slowing economy - looks unlikely, says T.M. Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister of Kerala

\"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 total market cap of 18 PSBs (excluding the country's largest lender) is pegged at nearly Rs 2.3 lakh crore while the government has infused Rs 2.5 lakh crore in these banks over the past five fiscals

The Centre's as well as the states' liabilities are rising at an alarming rate

Of the Rs 1.76 lakh crore surplus transfer the government has already accounted for in the budget Rs 90,000 crore as surplus transfer from RBI and another Rs 28,000 crore has already been paid as interim dividend to the government in 2018-19

Gold price hike: The uncertainty on the US-China tariff war front, volatile oil market, murmurs of a recession, weak rupee and foreign funds outflow from India have all fuelled demand for this safe haven asset.

In a new paper 'Validating India's GDP Growth Estimates', formerArvind Subramanian said he had indicated his doubts on the growth numbers in the Economic Survey in 2015 as well as mid-year Economic Analysis