Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will ensure a strong and stable financial system that will act as a bedrock for the country’s economic progress, Governor Shaktikanta Das said, underscoring central bank’s efforts to shore up domestic resilience in a volatile global environment. “Given the rapid changes taking place in today’s world, especially in … Read more
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 8% or more in the fourth quarter of current fiscal year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Sitharaman said that the economy is expected to show the same rate of year-on-year expansion for the 2023/24 financial year due to the impact of improved inflation management and … Read more
Shares of the crisis-ridden One 97 Communications, which runs Paytm, was back on the losing road on Thursday as the two-day ‘buy the dip’ rally fizzled out, taking the stock back to 10% lower circuit limit at Rs 447 on BSE. Fresh comments from RBI officials that the action against Paytm was taken after persistent … Read more
If you are an OTT TV series fan like us at Kotak Private Equity team, you would realize that Feb 1, 2024, budget is the finale episode of Modi government Season 2. We will know by May if the series gets renewed for next season with the same star cast or not but finale episode … Read more
“I think right from the very beginning, when the preparations for this budget started, honourable PM was very clear and the guidance which we had was very clearly to give a direction towards the next 5 years, 10 years and so on,” says Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister.Navika Kumar: Being a woman and making it to … Read more
This year’s interim budget has come on the back of a turbulent global economic environment marked by slowing global growth and rising volatility. Against this backdrop, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has very nicely balanced fiscal discipline, welfare necessities and inclusive economic growth. To everyone’s very pleasant surprise, the balance between economic growth and fiscal consolidation … Read more
Mumbai: Yields on government bonds slumped in trade on Thursday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reduced the market borrowing plan for 2024-25 (April-March). In the interim Budget for FY25, the government has pegged the gross and net market borrowing at Rs 14.13 lakh crore and Rs 11.75 lakh crore, respectively. Most experts had pegged the … Read more
The decision to extend tax benefits that were set to expire in FY24 by a year will provide global investors and eligible companies with the clarity and certainty they need to enhance investment and operational planning, experts said. Eligible startups, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and units in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) GIFT … Read more
New Delhi: India is negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BIT) to sustain the growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country in the spirit of ‘first develop India’, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech for 2024-25.“The FDI inflows during 2014-23 was $596 billion marking a golden era. That is twice the inflow … Read more
The Indian government has allocated an estimated amount of Rs 5,667.56 crore as grants and loans to foreign governments for the fiscal year 2024-25. According to the Union Budget documents released after the presentation of the interim budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Bhutan has emerged as the primary recipient of Indian government grants and … Read more
