Economy

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has laid the foundation stone of 50 MW project which will be based on imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Hope Town in South Andaman on 30 Dec 2018.

The Confederation of Indian Industry sees 2019 economic growth at 7.5%, citing better demand conditions, growing investments in infrastructure and critical spending on General Elections which must be held by coming May.

The European Union’s (EU) new approach to India, unveiled in November 2018, lays out a productive basis for a long overdue transformation of the relations between Brussels and New Delhi, writes C Raja Mohan and Archana Atmakuri of the Institute...

Gujarat emerged as the best performer in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion’s (DIPP) the first ever States’ Start-up Ranking 2018.

Indian traders have reacted strongly to American comments on the recent changes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules relating to 'hyper-sensitive and emerging e-commerce' as the Indians feel they would be short-changed in e-marketplace.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved seven Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) on the Stock Exchange through Initial Public Offering (IPO)/Further Public Offer (FPO).

A GST rate cut during January 2019 Council meeting on under construction homes will be a perfect New Year bonanza for millions of aspiring homebuyers looking to buy in the coming year.

India aims to win US$100 billion in foreign direct investment in the next two years by offering special industrial clusters to companies from countries such as Japan, South Korea, China and Russia.

Often considered that the corporate Japan's presence in India was not strong, Japanese Ambassador in New Delhi has given an update on the increase in the numbers of businesses and companies.

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu is not fully satisfied on the 2019 export strategy and has called for special focus on boosting shipments to the African continent and Latin American markets given the huge growth potential.