India among the top 20 host economies that attract FDI inflows in 2017-18: UN report

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India was up 6 per cent to USD 42 billion in 2018, with strong inflows in the manufacturing, communication and financial services sectors, and... Read more »

CMIE keeps tab on micro-economic performances, feels repo cut is insignificant to bank credit

As the GDP argument continues, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has released its review of the macro-economic performance for May 2019. In its review, the think tank... Read more »

IIP growth touches 3.4%, with impressive growth in capital and consumer goods: CARE Ratings

Care Ratings have suggested that the IIP growth for April at 3.4% had an impressive start after a negative growth in March. The projection was 1.2%. However, it is... Read more »

Rupee slumps 18 paise to 69.46 vs USD as crude oil rebounds

The rupee on Friday dropped by 18 paise to close at 69.46 against the US currency on strengthening of the greenback in overseas markets and rising crude oil prices.... Read more »

Fund transfers using RTGS, NEFT to cost less from July 1 says RBI

The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said it will withdraw all charges on fund transfer through popular RTGS and NEFT systems from July 1 and asked banks to... Read more »

Two operational creditors seek bankruptcy proceeding against Jet Airways

In a huge setback to the lenders’ revival/sale plan of the grounded Jet Airways, two operational creditors–Shaman Wheels and Gaggar Enterprises– Monday shifted the NCLT seeking bankruptcy proceedings against... Read more »

GDP growth between FY11-12 and FY 16-17 was 4.5% as against 7%: states Ex-CEA in his report

Former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has said that India’s GDP growth estimate has been exaggerated by around 2.5 percentage points between 2011-12 and 2016-17, the year transitioning the... Read more »

NPAs drops down to 9.3% in FY19, deeper than RBI estimate: Crisil

The system-wide non-performing assets stock has fell starkly to 9.3 percent in March 2019, more rapidly than the Reserve Bank’s estimate and far down from 11.5 percent the year... Read more »

Central Bank of India plans to raise Rs 5,000 cr this fiscal in sync with Basel III norms

State-owned lender Central Bank of India (CBI) is plans to raise capital up to Rs 5,000 crore in the financial year 2019-20 through various modes, including rights issue and... Read more »

RBI must focus on banking reforms, non-banking sector in coming months: Shaktikanta Das

With regards to frauds in the banking sector to absence of effective controls, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Saturday said focus of the central bank in the upcoming months will... Read more »