Indian IT firms are increasingly embracing debt financing for major acquisitions, a departure from their traditional debt-free approach. Th...

India is taking steps to attract foreign investment and boost its economy. The Reserve Bank of India and the government have introduced new...

Sanjay Bakshi, also known as Fundoo Professor, has criticized India's sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme, deeming it a flawed government borr...

S&P's upgrade of India's sovereign credit rating after 18 years, driven by economic resilience, may lower government borrowing costs and bo...

Government borrowing plays a vital role in meeting spending needs, with the 2019 Budget outlining the borrowing program. This involves the ...

Back as FM, Sitharaman’s new challenges include economic costs of climate change, low job creation & tepid private investment

With the government - typically the largest borrower in the economy - bringing down its gross bond issuances, corporates would also have ac...

A revenue deficit occurs when a government lacks funds to cover its day-to-day expenses, resulting from total revenue expenditure exceeding...

Government will pay the difference between compound interest and simple interest over the moratorium period. This is expected to cost the g...

The market is expecting about Rs 2.5-3 lakh crore in open market operations.

Experts say there’s a case for printing money and overseas borrowing to deal with the unprecedented economic meltdown, and suggest that the...

We speak to experts, economists and policymakers to put together a checklist of possible steps to mitigate the impact.

The measures, which include capping overnight borrowing of banks, had led to a spike in the rates in the money markets, especially at the s...

Mr Jay Shankar, Chief Economist, Religare Capital Markets Limited gives his insight of the Union Budget 2011.

RBI is offering more flexibility to state governments to rein in their market borrowing costs. For starters, the banking regulator has allo...

After being cautioned by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on umpteen occasions for taking a higher interest payout burden every year, the West B...

Oil has moved up from $100 a barrel to over $140 in just 115 days. The 40% jump shows an escalation of almost $0.35/barrel per day. Oil Inf...