New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) The income tax department, ED and CBI are investigating the case related to irregularities in co-location facility provided by NSE, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Tuesday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said market regulator Sebi, after investigation into the matter involving [...]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Only about 48 per cent of the beneficiaries in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, are fully aware of the ration card portability and need to focus on greater awareness to make the ONORC scheme more inclusive, according to a study released on Tuesday.The study by a social impact advisory group [...]
Mumbai, Apr 5 (PTI) Equity benchmarks took a knock on Tuesday after two days of sharp upmoves as investors pocketed gains in banking and financial stocks after their recent rally. HDFC twins, which topped the gainers' chart in the previous session after announcing their mega merger, were the biggest drags on Tuesday. Investor focus also [...]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Over Rs 30,160 crore loans have been sanctioned under the Stand-Up India scheme in the past six years, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.Stand up India Scheme was launched on April 5, 2016, to promote SC, ST and women entrepreneurs at the grassroot level focusing on economic empowerment and job [...]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to revamp the functioning of the institutes of chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserting that the changes will not impact the autonomy of these bodies. Rajya Sabha passed the Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works Accountants and [...]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Supply chain disruptions and low demand across segments, especially two-wheelers, are expected to impact automobile retail sales in the current fiscal with the turnaround anticipated only in the next financial year, automobile dealers' body FADA said on Tuesday. According to the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), the on-going Russia-Ukraine war and [...]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, alleging that they were spreading fake news that could impact national security, foreign relations and public order. This is the first time that action has been taken against the [...]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Of the total Rs 1.25 lakh crore spent on CSR in the last seven years, only 4 to 5 per cent funds have gone to the PM Cares Fund and that too during the last two years amid COVID-19, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh told the [...]
The Competition Commission has slapped penalties totalling around Rs 1.16 crore on 24 entities, including individuals, for indulging in bid rigging and cartelisation in tenders floated by the Indian Railways. As many as 11 entities and 14 individuals of these entities were found to have violated competition norms. Out of these 25, the regulator did [...]
Washington, Apr 5 (PTI) A bipartisan group of American lawmakers has sought the help of the Biden administration in restricting the international trade and sale of Russian-origin diamonds, in view of the massive sanctions that the US and its European allies have imposed on Moscow. In a letter to Secretary of State Tony Blinken and [...]
