by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 6:01 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Equity investors reaped handsome rewards in 2021 as their wealth grew nearly Rs 78 lakh crore by dint of impressive market rallies despite pandemic shocks. In what turned out to be a historic year, the Indian stock indices went past multiple milestones and as the curtains came down on the [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:57 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Area sown under rapeseed/mustard seed crop increased by 22.46 per cent to 88.54 lakh hectare, while the coverage under wheat crop remains slightly lower so far in the ongoing 2021-22 rabi season, according to the latest data released by the agriculture ministry. Wheat, the main rabi crop, has been planted [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:56 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the nearly Rs 200 crore cash recovered in tax searches on perfume maker Peeyush Jain in UP's Kannauj district is not BJP money, and that the raid was at the correct address and not by an outcome of knocking at wrong doors. [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:38 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal on Friday said mining in Goa must go on and its resumption will be a big relief for hundreds of people. Mining operations in Goa came to a grinding halt in March 2018 after the Supreme Court quashed 88 mining leases. In a tweet, Agarwal [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:24 pm | Economy, News
Mumbai, Dec 31 (PTI) Indian equity market ended the year 2021 on a high note on Friday, with the BSE benchmark Sensex rising over 450 points and the NSE Nifty advancing over 150 points on account of widespread buying across sectors. After an eventful 2020, benchmark indices showed strong resistance in 2021 with the economy [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:21 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Social media giant Meta said over 16.2 million content pieces were "actioned" on Facebook across 13 violation categories proactively in India during the month of November. Its photo sharing platform, Instagram took action against over 3.2 million pieces across 12 categories during the same period proactively, as per data shared [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:03 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) The central government's fiscal deficit at the end of November worked out to be 46.2 per cent of the annual budget target for the financial year 2021-22 due to an improvement in the revenue collection, according to official data released on Friday. The deficit figures in the current financial year [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 5:02 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Delhi, India – Business Wire India • Two decades ago, India launched into a journey of economic liberalization, this opportunity opened India’s doors to economic process and social evolution. • The investment and trade regime from 1991 raised the Indian economic process, magnified shopper alternatives, and reduced poorness considerably throughout the society. The [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 4:38 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) The government on Friday said there is no proposal to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns beyond its current deadline of December 31. Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said December 31, 2021, remains the official deadline for filing of income tax returns. He said returns filed so far are [...]
by PTI News | Dec 31, 2021 | 4:27 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Sebi has restructured its advisory committee on market data that recommends policy measures pertaining to areas like securities market data access and privacy. Rejigging its market data advisory committee, Sebi has said the panel will now be chaired by S Sahoo, Professor at National Law University, Delhi and former chairperson, Insolvency and [...]