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Hiring to grow 8.3 pc in 2024

Chennai: With December 2023 witnessing an uptick, hiring is expected to expand by 8.3 per cent in 2024. While sectors...

4 Jan 2024 5:13 PM IST

People get their vehicles filled with fuel after the central government reduced excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per litre and diesel by Rs 6 per litre, in Patna, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (PTI Photo)

India's fuel consumption matched economic growth rate, says Hardeep...

New Delhi: As the country’s economic growth is increasingly dependent on energy consumption, Union petroleum...

3 Jan 2024 9:00 PM IST

The GST Act empowered the disclosure of information related to any prosecution under different laws. (Representational Image: DC)

December GST Collections Surge 10% YoY, Totaling Nearly Rs 1.65 Lakh...

NEW DELHI: The government’s goods and services tax or GST collections climbed 10 percent on year-on-year (YoY)...

1 Jan 2024 9:14 PM IST

The economy had contracted by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21 on account of impact of COVID pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

India to remain fastest-growing major economy in 2024

The growth momentum is expected to sustain in the December quarter, making India the fastest-growing major economy much...

31 Dec 2023 12:06 PM IST

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Small Savings Interest Rates Hiked

New Delhi: The central government on Friday hiked the rate of interest on two small savings schemes for January-March...

29 Dec 2023 11:33 PM IST

Exports of engineering goods during the period April to Nov. of the current financial year have dipped 1.81 per cent at $69.46 billion as against $70.74 billion in the year ago period. (Representational Image)

Engineering Goods Export Rising to Select Markets This Fiscal Year

Chennai: Export of engineering goods to West Asia and North Africa (WANA), North East Asia, and CIS countries recorded...

29 Dec 2023 1:49 AM IST

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Stock Markets Continue Their Bull Run

Mumbai: As the market rose further by half a per cent to fresh all time highs, it’s technically in an overbought...

29 Dec 2023 1:42 AM IST

Housing sales fell 67 per cent at 21,294 units across nine major cities during April-June due to outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. (PTI Photo)

Housing sales makes new peak in 2023

Chennai: Housing sales in the top 7 cities have created a new peak in 2023, increasing 31 per cent over the previous...

28 Dec 2023 5:53 PM IST

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chief Nitin Gupta on Wednesday said that with the economy doing well, the government is expected to exceed the Rs 18.23 lakh crore direct tax collection target set for the current fiscal.(Image:DC)

Tax revenues of FY24 to be 17.2 pc more than last year

Chennai: Tax revenues of FY24 is expected to be 5 per cent higher than the budget estimate and 17.2 per cent higher than...

27 Dec 2023 11:34 PM IST

Stagflation risk in India is lower at 1% (Representational Image)

Stagflation risk in India is lower at 1%

Mumbai: The pace of global growth may slow further in 2024 while disinflation at varying pace in different geographies...

20 Dec 2023 9:19 PM IST

The IMF on Monday released its annual Article IV consultation with India, according to which the South Asian country, underpinned by prudent macroeconomic policies, is on track to be one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world this year. (PTI File Image)

IMF Sees India Adding 16% to Global Growth

WASHINGTON: Growing at a robust rate due to economic reforms in key sectors like digitisation and infrastructure, India...

20 Dec 2023 12:30 AM IST

The Charminar police seized Rs 37 lakh unaccounted cash from two persons on Thursday midnight. In another instance, Central Zone task force sleuths seized Rs 10 lakh cash at Goshamahal on Friday. The cash was handed over to the income-tax department. (Representational image)

Government Significantly Reduces Windfall Profit Tax on Crude Oil and...

New Delhi: The government on Monday cut the windfall profit tax significantly on crude oil produced in the country and...

19 Dec 2023 4:32 PM IST