investment: We will make sure India becomes the preferred destination for investment, trade, technology and tourism: Piyush Goyal

investment: We will make sure India becomes the preferred destination for investment, trade, technology and tourism: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal, Union Minister, says Make in India is the fulcrum around which a number of other programmes of the government have helped take up manufacturing to almost twice the size it was 10 years ago. As our economy grew by 90%, so did manufacturing, double, so that we continue to have 17% of the … Read more

Sebi tweaks framework on margin trading facilities

Sebi tweaks framework on margin trading facilities

To promote ease of doing business, markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday allowed securities funded through cash collateral to be considered as maintenance margin for margin trading facility (MTF). The move will also help alleviate the burden of additional collateral towards the maintenance margin for the margin trading facility. The development took place after the Securities … Read more

BIMSTEC can finalise regional FTA in phases to promote investment & jobs

BIMSTEC can finalise regional FTA in phases to promote investment & jobs

BIMSTEC can finalise a regional FTA in phases, which would lead to quicker implementation and promote investment, job creation, technology partnerships, and services according to a CII Study on BIMSTEC Economic Cooperation. The CII Study was released in New Delhi last week on the occasion of BIMSTEC Business Summit organised ahead of the group’s Summit … Read more

Reduction of LPG prices; revision of tax slabs: Expectation from 2024 Budget

Reduction of LPG prices; revision of tax slabs: Expectation from 2024 Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Tuesday present the Union Budget for the seventh consecutive time and the people expect LPG and petrol prices to be reduced and the income tax slab to be revised.“We are expecting the budget to be better than the previous year. The tax slab should be revised by the government. … Read more

policy continuity: 8% GDP growth not sustainable yet; bond index inclusion may see short-term volatility: Abheek Barua

policy continuity: 8% GDP growth not sustainable yet; bond index inclusion may see short-term volatility: Abheek Barua

Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank, says there is a laundry list of items that need to be addressed before we get on, and climb back onto that 8% to 9% sustainable growth path. We could have a one-off 8% or an 8.5% growth, but that is not what the steady state growth would be. … Read more

30% of global GDP growth will come from India between 2035-2040: Amitabh Kant

30% of global GDP growth will come from India between 2035-2040: Amitabh Kant

Lauding India’s structural reforms, Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa and former Niti Aayog chief, said such reforms have moved the country from the fragile 5 to the top 5, leading to a growth rate of about 8.4% in the last 3 quarters. “Analysts are correct in saying that 30% of the global GDP growth will … Read more

labour codes: Government exploring options to roll out labour codes

labour codes: Government exploring options to roll out labour codes

New Delhi: The government is considering various strategies to ensure a nationwide rollout of the four labour codes even though some states and Union territories are yet to come out with draft rules under one or more of these codes.The ministry of labour and employment is considering several options including a gradual repeal of the … Read more

Sebi: Sebi pushes for ease of doing biz; clears relaxations for FPIs

Sebi: Sebi pushes for ease of doing biz; clears relaxations for FPIs

Mumbai: Regulator Sebi on Friday approved a raft of relaxations for foreign portfolio investors, alternative investment funds and entities seeking to raise funds through initial share sales, as part of facilitating the ease of doing business in the securities market. Also, the board of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) gave its nod for … Read more

Ease of doing biz: Sebi mulls relaxing enhanced disclosure framework for certain FPIs

Ease of doing biz: Sebi mulls relaxing enhanced disclosure framework for certain FPIs

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday proposed relaxing rules for certain Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from enhanced disclosure requirements in a bid to promote ease of doing business. In its consultation paper, the regulator suggested exempting category I university funds and university-related endowments FPI that meet specific criteria from enhanced disclosure requirements. Additionally, it proposed … Read more

ET Now GBS 2024: India among most attractive foreign investment hotspots, says Gerry Grimstone, chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management

ET Now GBS 2024: India among most attractive foreign investment hotspots, says Gerry Grimstone, chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management

India has become one of the most attractive destinations in the world for foreign investment, but there is a need to level up those states in the country that have fallen behind, said Lord Gerry Grimstone, chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management. The former UK minister for investment said, addressing a session on ‘Unlocking Growth through Foreign … Read more