Economy

NITI Aayog's Export Preparedness, Policy, business ecosystem, export ecosystem, and export performance determine the ranking.

India and UK negotiating FTA IPR and rules of origin problems. UK agreement discussions are in their 11th round. Trade negotiations began in January 2021.

This year’s El Nino may amplify other woes for rice-producing countries, such as reduced availability of fertilizer due to the war and some countries’ export restrictions on rice.

NEW DELHI:  The GST Council in its 50th meeting on Tuesday decided to do away with the differential rate of compensation cess on utility vehicles, and bring all such vehicles under the 22% rate. This necessarily means that multi-utility…

Furthermore, among vegetables, the prices of the three key vegetables -tomato, onion and potato- are highly volatile.

Nearly all executives (96%) recognise that generative AI is a key topic in the boardroom, with the majority confirming that their leadership are strong advocates.

The Central government’s total debt comprises three large components – internal debt, external debt and other liabilities comprising small savings deposits, state provident funds, etc.

The eight core sector industries slowed down to 4.3% in May as compared to the same month last year when this sector grew at 19.3%.

Tofler said the loss of BigBasket increased by 89 per cent, implying the company had posted a loss of around Rs 812 crore in 2021-22.

This would mean that transactions through international credit cards while being overseas would not be counted as LRS and hence would not be subject to TCS, the ministry said.

West Bengal received the highest amount of additional borrowing permission for 2021-22 and 2022-23.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in April had set up a committee under finance Secretary Somanathan after many non-BJP-ruled states said they would revert to the old pension scheme.

According to the data maintained by the Department of Consumer Affairs, the average price of tomato on an all-India basis is Rs 46 per kg on June 27.

During April-May 2023, exports of spices and spice products were worth Rs 6702.52 crore ($815.39 million) compared to Rs 4746.85 crore ($618.63 million) during the same period in the previous year

“The centre has no plans to sell its stake in LIC. However, we are conducting non-deal roadshows to connect with the potential investors,” the official said.

The power ministry on Friday announced two changes in the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules – introduced Time-of-Day (ToD) tariff, and rationalization of smart metering provisions.

The government hasn’t yet taken any decision to make changes in the National Pension System (NPS), a top government source told this newspaper.

The Asset Under Management (AUM) of LICMF current stands at Rs 19,700 crore while IDBI Mutual Fund manages assets worth Rs 3,800 crore.

Demand will continue to stay elevated, and it could even breach the previous high of 223 GW, as per ministry officials

In volume terms, the exports increased to 17,35,286 tonnes in the last fiscal against 13,69,264 tonnes in 2021-22.