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MUMBAI: India pipped Hong Kong to become the fourth-largest equity market in the world based on Monday’s market capitalisation driven by consistent selling pressure on Chinese stocks as earnings prospects eroded. India’s total market capitalisation rose to $4.33 trillion after a gain of more than $130 billion so far in 2024 while market value of […]

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By Arun Srivastava The richest, most crony capitalism-friendly prime minister of India Narendra Modi bestowing Bharat Ratna, although officially being awarded by the President, Draupadi Murmu, on the deprived socialist leader Karpoori Thakur has given rise to boisterous political chattering in Bihar. However, it has also put the political moves of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar […]

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NEW DELHI: The government may go slow on sale of any extra stake in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and wait for investors who participated in the state-run insurer’s initial public offer (IPO) to book a decent capital appreciation. It feels that an appropriately timed follow-on offer is crucial for keeping investor interests in the stock […]

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NEW DELHI: The Centre’ capital expenditure growth may slow down to 12% in FY25 from 37.4% pegged in Budget for FY24, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said in a report. This is mainly due to the pickup in private capex in few sectors, the forthcoming elections in April and the fiscal consolidation target of 4.5% […]

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NEW DELHI: The technology industry in India continues to draw Gen Z students with 77 per cent of them showing interest towards the sector, a report by Nasscom-Indeed said. Millennials and Gen Zs constitute around 90 per cent of the tech workforce in India enabling higher generational diversity and driving a shift in preferences. “Learning […]

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BENGALURU: Foreign investments in the Indian real estate sector, led by the US, experienced a decline in 2023 due to high inflation and geopolitical concerns. Notably, office spaces emerged as the most favoured investment asset. Investments from American institutions in the Indian real estate market fell by 39 per cent in 2023 to $1.35 billion […]

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MUMBAI: The credit card segment has emerged as the fastest growing among all retail loans, which could be a cause of worry for the regulator as much of this unsecured credit is going into the below-prime category. In November, the outstanding credit card balance of banks rose 34% from a year earlier, even after the […]

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NEW DELHI: The government is likely to make an outlay of Rs 21,000 crore for reduce the cost of short-term loans for Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) holders in the forthcoming interim budget for 2024-25. This amounts to an annual rise of 13%. Sources said that under modified interest subvention scheme (MISS) of the agriculture ministry, […]

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NEW DELHI: The fiscal deficit target for FY25 is likely to be pegged at 5.3 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the upcoming interim budget, suggests an analysis of multiple projections made by economists and forecasting agencies. Fiscal deficit is the difference between the total income of the government and the total […]

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NEW DELHI:  With private investment still muted, the government is likely to maintain its momentum on increasing capital expenditure, especially for the infrastructure sector in the upcoming Budget to propel economic growth. Post COVID-19, the Budget has been laying special emphasis on capex. It has kick-started a dormant cycle for the economy. As a result […]

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NEW DELHI: Led by mining and highways, the Centre’s asset recycling drive to generate resources for fresh investments in infrastructure will likely yield around Rs 1.5 trillion in the current fiscal, the highest mop-up since the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) was rolled out in 2021-22. Transactions with aggregate monetisation values of around Rs 0.97 trillion […]

The post Asset Monetisation: Record Mop-Up Of Rs 1.5 Trillion Likely In FY24; Mining And Highways To Contribute Over Rs 1 Trillion first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

By K Raveendran Every BJP manifesto since 1996, with the sole exception of 1991, had promised the construction of a grand Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. So it would be rather naïve to expect the party not to make political capital out of the January 22 Pran Pratishta at the brand new Ram Mandir of grandeur, […]

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The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to appear for questioning at its Patna office in connection with the alleged railways land-for-jobs money laundering case, official sources said on Friday. While Prasad has been asked to depose on January 29, […]

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NEW DELHI: Service sector companies in the information technology (IT), banking and finance segments comprise nearly half of the new jobs created in FY23 by India Inc, while firms in the manufacturing, infrastructure and consumption sectors saw moderate job creation, according to the latest study by Bank of Baroda released on Friday. Of the 8.12 […]

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HYDERABAD: Airport Authority of India (AAI) plans to spend ₹5,000 crore annually on capital expenditure in the coming years with a strong pipeline of projects, AAI chairman Sanjeev Kumar said. While new terminals are being built and airside capacity is being expanded at various airports to handle extra flights, AAI is also working on a […]

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In a big blow to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on its very first day in Assam, the state police of Jorhat district on Thursday registered a Suo moto case against the organisers of the rally for violating government guidelines regarding the yatra route. According to the police, the yatra led by Congress leader […]

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NEW DELHI: Telecom companies have urged the government to abolish the universal services obligation fund (USOF) levy, reduce licence fee, and bring in exemptions from Customs duty on import of telecom equipment and goods and services tax (GST). The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents major telecom companies, has made the recommendations to […]

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