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Demand for industrial spaces in Delhi-NCR fell 42% last year: Colliers

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 12:48
The share of Delhi-NCR in the total demand across five cities came down to 20 per cent from 36 per cent in the 2022 calendar year

Need to focus on education, healthcare to become developed nation: Rajan

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 09:50
Former RBI Governor Rajan highlighted the fact that India has maintained an average growth rate of six per cent over the past 25 years, which is no easy feat for any country

Interim Budget 2024: Exporters seek higher allocation for MAI scheme

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 08:44
The scheme aims to promote India's exports on a sustained basis

Interim Budget 2024: T V Somanathan to Ajay Seth, meet the FM's crack squad

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 08:39
FM is backed by a strong team of bureaucrats and economists in charting out the future strategy in the upcoming budget

Govt halves Budget support to oil firms, defers filling strategic reserves

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 06:08
The finance ministry in a post on X detailing the outcome of the budget announcements, informed about the halving of equity support and deferring of filling strategic reserves

Global trade being disrupted by Red Sea attacks, war in Ukraine, says UN

Fri, 01/26/2024 - 00:25
The UN trade body sounded an alarm on Thursday that global trade is being disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine, and low water levels in the Panama Canal. Jan Hoffmann, a trade expert at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development known as UNCTAD, warned that shipping costs have already surged and energy and food costs are being affected, raising inflation risks. Since attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea began in November, he said, major players in the shipping industry have temporarily halted using Egypt's Suez Canal, a critical waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and a vital route for energy and cargo between Asia and Europe. The Suez Canal handled 12 per cent to 15 per cent of global trade in 2023, but UNCTAD estimates that the trade volume going through the waterway dropped by 42 per cent over the last two months, Hoffmann said. Since November, the Iranian-backed Houthis have launched at least 34 attacks on

As consumer credit grows, India's lending boom can be safer, if not slower

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 20:27
For lenders, however, the problem with adding new borrowers is the incremental cost

Reserve Bank of India allows LIC to increase stake in HDFC Bank to 9.99%

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:17
HDFC Bank further said LIC has been advised by RBI to acquire the aforesaid major shareholding in the bank within a period of one year, i.e., by January 24, 2025

Share of food processing in GVA needs to be raised to 7.2%: Report

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:51
This is because increasing agricultural output without investing in processing facilities can harm farmers' earnings and cause rural distress

Indian companies, banks raise Rs 3,683 crore through corporate bonds

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:24
Lower fund raise amid widening yield spread, tight liquidity

India will have surplus domestic coal by FY26: Coal minister Joshi

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:19
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 8,500 crore financial incentives for coal gasification projects in three categories

Oil marketing companies float a second tender for ethanol supply

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 10:06
But, no mention of ethanol from cane juice and b-heavy molasses

Number of credit cards in India steadily growing towards 100 million mark

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:38
December saw highest addition of cards in 2023

Reserve Bank of India's variable rate repo auction gets strong demand

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:14
Banks bid 3.08 trillion against notified amount of Rs 2.5 trillion

PM Gati Shakti: 3 infra projects worth Rs 9,600 cr recommended for approval

Thu, 01/25/2024 - 07:07
Three infrastructure projects of roads and railways worth Rs 9,600 crore have been recommended for approval under the PM Gati Shakti initiative, an official statement said on Thursday. These projects were assessed in the 64th Network Planning Group (NPG) meeting on October 17. "During the meeting, the NPG discussed three proposed greenfield projects of Ministry of Railways (1) and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (2), with an aggregate project cost worth about Rs 9,600 crore," the commerce and industry ministry said. The meeting was chaired by Special Secretary (Logistics), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Sumita Dawra. The inter-ministerial NPG meets every fortnight and appraises infra projects to ensure multi-modality, synchronisation of efforts, and comprehensive development in and around the project location. The initiative was launched to develop an integrated infrastructure to reduce logistics costs. All logistics and connectivity ...

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