The finance ministry is learnt to have turned down a proposal to impose transaction tax on commodity derivatives in the…
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Chidambaram agrees to take up concerns on private power companies with related ministries.
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Financial sector regulators are set to permit insurance companies to participate in repos in government and corporate bonds, which will…
Why is the government unable to increase the price of urea? Although committed to cutting subsidies, the government is unable…
India is unlikely to sign any fresh contracts to import potash from foreign markets in the current financial year, as…
The Centre has picked Ramayapatnam in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district as the location for a new major port in the…
The government?s plan to set up a Financial Holding Company for infusing capital into banks has been put on the…
The government is set to allow Punjab & Sind Bank as a nodal bank for making payments for purchasing oil…
Rites, a consultant appointed by the Kolkata Port Trust to study the feasibility of a new major port in West…
The government may negotiate with Iranian insurers for a partial cover for tankers carrying crude after Indian shippers said state-backed…
Rejecting stiff opposition from the foreign banks, the Reserve Bank of India is set to mandate foreign lenders to adhere…
State Bank of India is hoping to get an upgrade from the rating agency Moody’s as the bank now has…
In a bid to fast-track stalled infrastructure projects, the finance ministry has assured help to infra companies in achieving financial…
The government has rejected a suggestion to discontinue with lateral hiring of chairmen and managing directors at large public sector…
The shipping ministry has asked the finance ministry for an exemption in the minimum alternate tax on book profit on…
