India Economy: Page 3

Finance

Whose Loan Is It Anyway? The Indian Supreme Court's Turncoat On 'Financial Creditors'

The narrowing of the definition of financial creditors has threatened the position of guarantors and those who lend basis security

News and Trends

COVID-19 and Lockdown: Impact on MSMEs and Expectations From Government

With adverse outcomes looming large on the economy, government intervention and relief measures are the need of the hour to minimise the damage being caused to industry, economy and livelihood of many.

News and Trends

Coronavirus: The Shift From Fear Of Supply To Fear Of Demand

While the global financial market is taking a major hit due to the COVID-19 fear, the risk of a recession is relatively low for the Indian financial market.

News and Trends

Coronavirus: World Bank Announces $1 Billion Emergency Financial Aid For India

The aid will support better screening, contact tracing, and laboratory diagnostics and help in procuring personal protective equipment as well as setting up new isolation wards.

News and Trends

PM Narendra Modi Appeals For Caution Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

From setting up an economic task force to addressing the recent panic buying of consumers, the Indian Prime Minister listed out a few things that the government was doing to fight the pandemic. He also appealed for a nationwide self-imposed curfew on Sunday and asked citizens not to burden the healthcare system unless absolutely necessary.

News and Trends

[Budget 2020] Seed Funds, ESOP Tax Deferral By 5 Years Announced For Start-ups

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said start-ups "have emerged as engines of growth for our economy" and announced some key policies benefiting the community

Entrepreneurs

Expectations Of a Young Entrepreneur From Union Budget 2020

While it is expected that the Budget's focus is going to be on measures that can revive the struggling economy, a focus on more investment in information technology is required

News and Trends

IMF Cuts Growth Outlook For India to 4.8% for FY20, Drags Global Number Down

The agency cut the country's 2019 economic growth from the 6.1 per cent that it estimated in October, citing a sharper-than-expected fall in domestic demand and stress in NBFCs leading to a decline in credit growth.

News and Trends

4 Worrisome Economic Indicators for the Indian Economy

It is no news that the Indian economy is in a sluggish phase since the past few months. Although the government has been pulling out all stops to revive the economy, numbers are indicating otherwise.

Growth Strategies

As Indian Start-up Ecosystem Evolves, Greater Diversification of Ideas and Space on the Cards

The last decade saw Indian entrepreneurial space gather immense pace with 49,000 start-ups taking off between 2008 and 2018

News and Trends

2 Reasons Why Commerce Minister sees RCEP as Economic Opportunity

Union Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal explains about the advantages of RCEP

News and Trends

Loan Melas Are Here, But Why Now?

FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asked banks not to announce any stressed loan account for MSMEs as NPA till March 2020 and work on its debt modification

Finance

6 Measures Taken by the Government to Revive the Economy

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced huge capital inflows in the real estate and export sector in an attempt to mend an ailing economy

News and Trends

Here's What Jharkhand Policy Makers Will Offer To Entrepreneurs

Jharkhand government is organizing a conclave based on professional themes to create market for entrepreneurs

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How Govt. Will Uplift Infrastructure Sector And PSUs through Task Force

FM Finance ministry constitutes a task force to identify infrastructure projects worth 100 trillion