Economy

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has met top industry stakeholders, showing the Government’s clear intent to salvage the financially-strapped real estate sector with a large number of stalled projects.

A developed corporate bond market is the need of the hour for India as an 8% economic growth cannot be achieved without a robust corporate capex cycle, according to an industry report.

India’s current passenger fleet will double to almost 1,100 aircraft by 2027 – with the total value of aircraft to be delivered over the coming ten years, at current list prices, projected to be US$60 billion, according to an industry...

Chemicals and Petrochemical Secretary, P. Raghavendra Rao, has concurred with the industry's view on the need for data protection provisions in the Insecticides Act to encourage R&D in crop protection products and combat the menace of spurious pesticides.

Centre of Excellence in Maritime & Shipbuilding (CEMS) has announced on 16 July 2018 readiness of its first set of labs in Visakhapatnam

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has laid the Foundation Stone on 14 July 2018 of the 340-km Poorvanchal Expressway in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, saying new industry, and institutions can develop along the Expressway.

Ahmedabad-headquartered Prudent Corporate Advisory Services, an independent distributor of mutual fund and other wealth products in India, has received investment from Boston’s TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm.

Singapore sees good support for the Indian Smart Cities Mission from the country’s private sector, including start-ups.

Singapore-headquartered DBS Group is expected to roll out more branches through a new wholly-owned subsidiary, DBS India, once final approvals come in over the next few weeks, said Piyush Gupta, Group Chief Executive Officer.

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is taking rapid developmental strides using blockchain technology, especially in land records management, the state finance minister Rajesh Aggarwal has said.