Current account deficit increases to 2.4% of GDP in first quarter: RBI
Current account deficit (CAD) of the first quarter of this fiscal widened to 2 point 4 per cent of gross domestic product, or 14(point)3 billion dollars, as imports pushed the…
Demonetisation, GST adversely hit GDP: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi AMN After calling demonetisation as a “monumental mismanagement”, “organised loot” and “legalised plunder”, in a speech in the Rajya Sabha, former Prime Minister and noted economist Manmohan Singh…
Bengal Govt Develops Muslin Tourism Circuit
AMN / Kolkata Malmal or Muslin weavers of Bengal, who were on the brink of extinction, have got a new lease of life as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken…
India’s exports rise to 10.29%
OUR CORRESPONDENT / NEW DELHI India’s exports have recorded a double digit growth of 10 point 29 per cent during August this year mainly on account of rise in shipments…
Govt lifts ban on export of Pulses after a gap of 10 years
NEW DELHI / AMN After a gap of 10 years, government has lifted ban on export of Tur, Urad and Moong dal to help farmers get remunerative prices. Pulse exports…
TRADERS OUTBURST ON GST MAY TURN INTO AGITATION
CAIT CALLS TWO DAY TRADE LEADERS MEET IN SURAT ON 18-19 SEPTEMBER Vinit Wahi / AMN The failure of GST portal, absence of adequate knowledge about compliance procedures, continued confusion…
World hunger figure on rise, warns UN report
By Andalib Akhter After fair progress in fighting hunger in a decade, the number of chronically hungry people in world is on rise, sending alarm bell to the agencies working…
All 1.55 lakh post offices to offer payments bank service
AMN India Post Payments Bank is gearing up to provide its financial services through all of 1.55 lakh post offices and 3 lakh employees by the end of 2018 —…
Global Crude oil price of Indian Basket was $ 53.06/Bbl on Sep 12
AMN The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 53.06…
IPI returns to positive territory in July with 1.2 growth: Economic Secretary
Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said that Industrial Production Index has returned to positive territory in July with 1.2 growth compared to -0.2 per cent in June. In…