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FIEO seeks Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme's extension till March 2024The ECLG Scheme was introduced in the middle of the pandemic in May 2020 with the aim to support MSMEs meet their liabilities. The scheme r...
ET Policy Change Agent: TV Somanathan- Nothing’s off Budget, and nothing’s off limits to move the economyTV Somanathan, a PhD in economics, took over as expenditure secretary in the finance ministry in December 2019, months before Covid-19 stru...
No proposal for restoration of old pension scheme: Govt in ParliamentUnder the old pension scheme, employees get a defined pension. Under this, an employee is entitled for a 50 per cent amount of the last dra...
Nearly 2 lakh candidates selected for central govt jobs in last 5 yrs: Union Minister Jitendra SinghNearly two lakh candidates were recruited for the central government jobs in the last five years, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra ...
Why Modi govt needs to speed up Self-Reliant India MissionThe US and the EU have demonstrated their capacity to bring the global economy to its knees. Russia may have challenged the West by invadin...
NTPC invites EOI to set up pilot project on hydrogen blending with natural gas"NTPC Limited, India's largest integrated power generating company under Ministry of Power, has floated a global Expression of Interest (Eo...
Around 1.09 crore MSME borrowers gets guarantee support under ECLGSThe scheme is part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan package announced by the government to mitigate the distress caused by the lockdown ...
Finance Minister announces revised MSME definitions; no difference between manufacturing and service enterprisesAn MSME with an investment limit of Rs 10 cr and a turnover of less than Rs 50 cr will be called a small unit.
Indian rupee remained among better performing Asian currencies in 2020: ThakurMinister for State for Finance Anurag Thakur said India enforced one of the most stringent lockdowns during April-June, 2020, compared to o...
Prepared to defeat any misadventures to defend territorial integrity: Rajnath Singh"We have long witnessed unfortunate attempts to employ force to change the status quo at our unresolved borders", Singh said at the inaugur...
Aero India takes off on February 3 amidst Covid, buzz around 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'As many as 601 exhibitors -- 523 Indian and 78 foreign -- and 14 countries have confirmed participation, they said. Companies are showcasin...
Economic recovery progressing towards Q4 level of FY20: PHD ChamberOn a monthly basis, PHDCCI EBMI (Economic and Business Momentum Index) has shown steady recovery from the lows of 78.3 in April 2020 to 85....
Stimulus 3.0 supportive for growth but fiscal impact unclear: Fitch SolutionsThe government on November 12 announced another stimulus package, called Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan 3.0, totalling Rs 2.65 lakh crore. Th...
New announcements under Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 will make road to recovery stronger: Niranjan Hiranandani, ASSOCHAMNiranjan Hiranandani, president ASSOCHAM, was reacting to the announcement of the 7th major stimulus package after pandemic by the Union fi...
India received $20 billion in FDI during COVID-19 pandemic: Harsh ShringlaIndia has received over USD 20 billion in FDI amid the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday, show...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to meet heads of banks, NBFCs on loan recast on ThursdayThe RBI last month permitted one-time restructuring of both corporate and retail loans without getting classified as a non-performing asset...
Will have to increase import duties in more sectors to encourage local manufacturing: Nitin GadkariGadkari-led MSME ministry earlier this year managed to have import duties slashed on incense sticks and bamboo used in the same, to encoura...
Finance Ministry writes to states on additional 2 per cent borrowingAs part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package announced in May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the Centre has decided ...
Aatmanirbharta to strengthen India's position in global supply chains: Foreign Secretary“The call for Aatmnirbharta is not about reverting to economic isolationism. Its essential aim is to ensure India’s position as a key parti...
Nirmala Sitharaman rues import of even Ganesha idols from ChinaImporting raw materials that were not available in the country and needed for our industries was not wrong, she said, addressing the BJP's ...