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March 5, 2020 4:17 PM

Sensex rises 61pts; Nifty settles at 11,269

At the stock markets, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 61 points, or 0.2 percent, to end at 38,471, today. The Nifty at the National Stock exchange gained 18 points, or 0.2 percent, to 11,269.   

March 5, 2020 1:54 PM

EPFO lowers interest rate on deposits to 8.5 pc for 2019-20

Retirement fund body, Employees' Provident Fund Organization, (EPFO) today lowered the interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.5 per cent for the current financial year. Earlier it was 8.65 percent. Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar made this announcement in New Delhi after the meeting ...

March 4, 2020 9:01 AM

NABARD infuses Rs 1.46 lakh cr in rural banking system during current fiscal

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has infused 1.46 lakh crore rupees in the rural banking system during the current fiscal. In a statement, NABARD has said that 66,397 crore rupees have been given in short-term credit and 6,704 crore rupees in long-term credit to rural coo...

March 3, 2020 8:22 PM

G7 Nations to use all appropriate policy tools to prevent coronavirus risk

Top finance officials from the Group of Seven nations today said, they would use all appropriate policy tools to prevent the new coronavirus outbreak from damaging economic growth, following the rout on global stock markets last week.   After a conference call of finance ministers and central banker...

March 3, 2020 6:37 PM

Govt will remain majority shareholder in LIC, says Finance Minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear that the government will remain the majority shareholder in Life Insurance Corporation and will continue to retain the management control safeguarding the interest of policyholders. Giving this information in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today,...

March 2, 2020 8:31 AM

GST collection crosses Rs one lakh crore mark in February

Government has collected over one lakh five thousand crore rupees as Goods and Services Tax in February this year which is eight percent more than the GST collected in the same month of last year. Out of the total revenue, Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) is over 20 thousand crore rupees, State ...

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