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NEW DELHI: The repeated argument that India witnessed a K-shaped recovery post-pandemic is “flawed, prejudiced, and ill-concocted”, said a research report by SBI on Monday. According to the report, post-pandemic, households are reconfiguring their savings towards physical assets, including real estate, it said. “The oft-repeated conundrum debating a K-shaped recovery post-pandemic seems at best flawed, […]

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NEW DELHI: The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) is planning to annually undertake inspections of major audit firms, including the Big Four, to gauge their compliance, seeking to put in place an oversight mechanism of this kind for the first time, a person aware of the details told ET. The thinking behind this, he indicated, […]

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MUMBAI: Gaining from high credit off-take and lower credit costs, banks are likely to post 16.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in net profit during the third quarter of the financial year ended December 2023 (Q3 FY24). However, sequentially, net profit may shrink by 2.4 per cent over the second quarter ended September 2023 (Q2), […]

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NEW DELHI: As India and the four-member European Union Free Trade Association (EFTA) enter the final rounds of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), the decision of Switzerland to bring down its import tariffs on industrial goods to zero has limited the gains that can be derived from the deal for New Delhi. Switzerland […]

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NEW DELHI: Government-run Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has been consistently leading in providing social-security benefits by formalising the workforce in the organised sector. This has happened with high growth in coverage in recent years as compared to the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), shows the government data. ESIC offers the primary government scheme that […]

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NEW DELHI: Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued their buying spree and poured close to Rs 4,800 crore in the Indian equity markets in the first week of January driven by confidence in the country’s robust economic fundamentals. Additionally, they injected Rs 4,000 crore in the debt market during the period under review, data with the […]

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NEW DELHI: The negotiations on India-Oman free trade agreement that were racing towards concussion may drag a bit longer as Indian petrochemical producers have opposed any deep duty cuts on polypropylene and polyethylene that might be offered in the pact. Both polypropylene and polyethylene, key raw materials for plastics, currently attract import tax (basic customs […]

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By Nantoo Banerjee There is nothing to panic immediately about India’s current general government debt, for which the International Monetary Fund has warned that it may exceed 100 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the medium term, or by 2028. In its annual ‘Article IV’ consultation report, IMF said that long-term risks […]

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NEW DELHI: India Inc’s earnings for the December 2023 quarter are expected to show strong growth on the back of good numbers from auto manufacturers, banks, capital goods makers, cement producers and residential real estate developers. In aggregate, companies are likely to report a high single-digit increase in profits when seen year-on-year, though the rise […]

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NEW DELHI: The government’s dividend collection from non-financial central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and other investments in this financial year could amount to about ₹55,000 crore, more than a quarter higher than the budgetary target of ₹43,000 crore, said a senior official. However, the Centre could reduce its combined disinvestment and dividend (from non-financial CPSEs) […]

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MUMBAI: Borrowing by banks climbed last year, on average by as much as two-thirds in aggregate, as the central bank’s liquidity mop-up to tame consumer prices coincided with higher demand for credit and trailing deposit growth. HDFC Bank’s mid-July merger with mortgage-lending pioneer HDFC also caused borrowings to swell for mainstream lenders under the central […]

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MUMBAI: Electric Vehicle (EV) sales in India is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 35 per cent with annual volumes likely to touch 27.2 million units by 2032, a report said on Friday. The report, ‘India Electric Vehicle Market Overview 2023’, by energy advisory, software and services firm, Customized Energy […]

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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has tightened rules for the issuance of short term Commercial Papers (CPs) and Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs), with an initial maturity of up to one year. The new norms, which come into effect from April 1, involve six key changes. The tenor of such short term CPs cannot be less […]

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MUMBAI: The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has sought a level-playing field for corporations in making contributions to the National Pension Scheme (NPS) so that they are at par with contributions made in provident fund (PF) for employees in respect of tax treatment. Currently, the tax exempt contribution is capped at 10 per […]

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MUMBAI: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher for a second straight day on Friday, following gains in IT, tech and capital goods shares amid fresh foreign capital inflows. After slipping briefly during the late afternoon trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex made a quick recovery and jumped 178.58 points or 0.25 per cent to […]

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NEW DELHI: Strong demand from both international and domestic markets spurred services sector activity to a three-month high in December, according to a private survey released Friday. The HSBC India Services Purchasing Managers’ Index ended 2023 at 59, higher than the previous month’s reading of 56.9, as per the survey conducted by S&P Global. PMI […]

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NEW DELHI: The United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects Report 2024 on Friday revised India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate for the 2024 calendar year to 6.2 per cent, compared to 6.7 per cent earlier. The report stated: “Economic growth in India is projected to remain strong at 6.2 per cent in 2024, […]

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NEW DELHI: The government will focus on the existing PLI schemes for 14 sectors and for the time being is not considering to include new sectors like toys in the programme, a top official said on Thursday. Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Rajesh Kumar Singh said the Production-Linked […]

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