Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and UK Chancellor of Exchequer Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday discussed bilateral investment and trade issues. The two leaders also discussed issues relating to the G-20, of which India has assumed the Presidency for the current year. "Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman and the Chancellor of the Exchequer United Kingdom, Mr @Jeremy_Hunt [...]
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 2,600 crore scheme for promoting RuPay debit cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions. Under the scheme, banks would be provided financial incentives for promoting Point of Sale (PoS) and e-commerce transactions using RuPay and UPI in the current financial year. It would help in building a robust digital payment [...]
Funding for Indian startups dropped by 33 per cent to USD 24 billion in 2022 as compared to the previous year though it was nearly double the amount recorded in 2019 or 2020, said a PwC India report on Wednesday. Global investors were still positive about the Indian startup ecosystem despite the global slowdown, as [...]
The World Bank has forecast Pakistan's economic growth to slow further to two per cent during the current year — down by two percentage points from its June 2022 estimates — because of the devastating floods and slowdown in the global growth rate, a media report said on Wednesday. The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects [...]
Commercial lending origination volumes declined by 4.3 per cent to 22.2 lakh loans in the COVID-affected FY22, a credit information company said on Wednesday. If one has to look at the originations by value, there was a 73 per cent jump to Rs 66.49 lakh crore, while the portfolio outstanding at the end of the [...]
The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet has finalised an action plan to unlock the state’s hydropower potential to strengthen the country’s energy sector, an official statement said on Wednesday. During the first cabinet meeting of the year, chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday, the council of ministers decided that some important stalled projects, which were [...]
Indian real estate saw a surge in setting up of investment platforms in 2022 and an amount of USD 4.52 billion has been committed, which will be deployed over the next few years, according to JLL India. Foreign as well as domestic investors tie up with real estate developers to establish an investment platform for [...]
The consumption of composite materials in India is expected to witness a sharp uptick and touch 7.68 lakh tonne (LT) by 2027, led by demand from sectors like renewable energy, electric vehicles, defence, among others, according to a report. Composite materials or fibre-reinforced plastics help in circular economy as these are manufactured by combining multiple [...]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees India as a "bright spot" in the global economy and according to the World Bank, India is in a better position to deal with the global headwinds than many other countries. This is because of India’s strong "macroeconomic fundamentals", Modi said while virtually [...]
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has sought investment from the US in sunrise sectors such as electric vehicles, semiconductors and battery technology, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. The minister is in the US for a three-day visit till Jan 11. Goyal also held discussions with several CEOs of leading companies, including Michael Miebach [...]
