Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday proposed to introduce a blocking of funds facility for trading in secondary markets, a move aimed at safeguarding investors' money from misuse and default by stock brokers. This is similar to Application Supported by Blocked Amount (ASBA)-like facility already available for the primary market which ensures that money from [...]
Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced further measures to tighten its finances ahead of reaching an agreement with its main creditors on the anticipated IMF bailout expected in the island nation’s ongoing economic crisis caused by forex shortages. Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said that a further one per cent cut from the budgetary allocations of each [...]
The National Green Hydrogen Mission is a "significant step" towards achieving the country's net-zero targets and and will help in reducing input costs of clean energy source, besides generating lakhs of job opportunities in the renewable energy sector, experts say. The Union Cabinet on January 4 approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which aims to [...]
Singapore is looking at collaborating with India in the area of digital public infrastructure on the lines of a national identity system like Aadhaar, an official of the island country's central bank said. Another potential opportunity could be the integration of Singapore's 'Proxtera' (global digital hub of MSME ecosystems) with India's Open Network for Digital [...]
The government has reduced the windfall profit tax levied on domestically-produced crude oil as well as on the export of diesel and ATF, in line with softening international oil prices, according to an official order. The levy on crude oil produced by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been cut to [...]
Sugar mills have entered into contracts to export 55 lakh tonne of sweetener so far in current marketing year ending September and out of that, 18 lakh tonne have been shipped already, according to industry body ISMA. The government has allowed sugar mills to export 60 lakh tonne of sugar till May in the 2022-23 [...]
India has been ranked the second-largest tourist market for Singapore in 2022 behind Indonesia, with 686,000 Indian arrivals, according to data provided by the country's tourism authority here on Tuesday. Tourists from Indonesia, India and Australia were among the top spenders in the first nine months of 2022 with a spending of 8.96 billion Singapore [...]
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday tweaked norms related to acquisition and holding of shares in banks to ensure that their ultimate ownership and control remain well diversified and the major shareholders are 'fit and proper' on a continuing basis. The central bank has issued 'Master Direction – Reserve Bank of India (Acquisition and [...]
A traders' body has demanded a credit card scheme on the lines of Kisan credit card in the coming Union Budget. "Trader credit card and Vyapaari Bhavishya Nidhi scheme (on the lines of Employees' Provident Fund scheme) needs introduction in the forthcoming budget for giving momentum to Atma Nirbhar Bharat," Ravi Kant Garg, National President, [...]
Hit hard by the zero-Covid policy and slump in the real estate market, China’s economy shrank to three per cent in 2022, registering its second lowest growth rate in 50 years in the world’s second-largest economy, according to official data released here on Tuesday. The annual GDP of China totalled 21.02 trillion yuan (USD 17.94 [...]
