India's foreign exchange reserves gained a record $828 million to $67.753 billion during the week ending December 6, 2002.
Hasmukh Adhia to present revenue dept's performance over past year & plan for current financial year
2017 saw the highest-ever mobilisation by way of IPOs of close to Rs 700 billion. The momentum is expected to continue this year as well.
After a dip last week, India's foreign exchange reserves again went up to record highs and were nearing the $75 billion mark during the week ended March 28, 2003.\n\n
Close to 29 per cent of all complaints received from customers is related to ATM, debit card and credit card payments
Driven by a surge in remittances by expatriates and software exports, India's balance of payments saw a surplus of $1.90 billion on current account for the first quarter ending June 2004 as against a deficit of $637 million
The country's foreign exchange reserves jumped from $68.435 billion to $69.508 billion in the reporting period, according to Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement.
The rupee ended at a 2002 closing high against the dollar on Wednesday, boosted by robust remittances by exporters and banks going short on the greenback on hopes that more gains were in store for the local currency.
'What will this supposedly more business-friendly government do if it gets a second term?' 'Important labour law and land reforms remain off the table.' 'Witness the arm-twisting of foreign players in e-commerce and all but one player in telecom -- and it is very hard to justify this perception that the BJP is business friendly.' 'There will also remain the real risk of ideas seemingly gleaned from the pages of Amar Chitra Katha, overlaid with PowerPoint presentations,' predicts Rahul Jacob.
The Budget for 2016-17 has announced a massive rollout of ATMs and micro-ATMs.
Saudi Arabia relies more heavily on migrant labour than any other large country.
'More than 900 companies believe that the majority of their employees worry about AI's role in potential job losses.' 'It makes employees anxious about working with machines or AI applications and fuels resistance to change,' says a Capgemini report.
The government has set up a standing group on the economic fallout of the ongoing US-led war on Iraq to look into issues particularly related to exports, inward remittances, oil prices and tourism.
The ED, in its chargesheet filed against Michel in June 2016, had alleged that he received 30 million (about Rs 225 crore) from AgustaWestland.
The CBI has shared its findings with the Enforcement Directorate.
Robust trade flows and remittances by expatriates helped India's foreign exchange reserves rise for the 15th straight week to a record high, analysts said after the central bank released the latest data on Saturday.
Encouraged by foreign exchange reserves touching record levels, the Reserve Bank on Tuesday doubled the annual overseas investment ceiling for individuals to $2,50,000.
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SBI will hold 30 per cent in RIL joint venture
Currently, non-residents visiting India are not allowed to take out any Indian currency while leaving the country.
After recording a massive jump of over $1 billion in the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves crossed a record high level of $70 billion in the week ended December 27.
"As an organisation committed to the rule of law, our operations in India have always conformed with our national regulations. The principles of transparency and accountability are at the heart of our work.".
India and Pakistan must reform their institutions of governance to accelerate economic growth on a sustained basis for poverty reduction, lawmakers and experts from both the countries attending a meeting in Dubai said notwithstanding the chill in bilateral ties.
To curb the menace of illicit fund flows, the government has set up a high level panel that will look into trade-based money laundering activities which particularly involve manipulation of invoices.
As part of efforts to boost revenue collection, CBDT has asked the Income Tax Department to monitor cases of over five lakh taxpayers who have not filed their latest tax returns.
Nepal's macroeconomic performance has been held back by the earthquakes and the recent unrest and disruptions to transportation and trade routes following the promulgation of a new constitution, the IMF said has said.
After the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code came into force, which calls for an auction of assets of loan defaulting entities, recoveries have picked up, said Jaitley.
The rupee ended at a new one-year closing high for the fifth day in a row on Friday, buoyed by increased dollar remittances by exporters in the belief that the currency was set to climb higher.
Consumer products like mobile phones and laptops may become cheaper as the overall taxes on goods are likely to come down
The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned why Facebook Inc is not paying any service tax when Google is doing so and directed the Centre to file a "better affidavit" on the issue.
Two Indian associates of alleged middleman Christian Michel James were on Saturday granted bail by a special court in a money laundering case relating to the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal.
Following the surge in demand, Bitcoin is being quoted on Indian exchanges at 25-28 per cent higher than the international price, reports Rajesh Bhayani.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
Customers have other options available to them to do low-value transactions, if wallets start mandating full KYC and would switch to those.
'Modi skillfully navigated Trump's ego and pushed the right buttons.' 'Critics assailed Modi's speech for its personalism, but in the Trump era this is par for the course.'
One can expect significant changes at India's banks in ensuing months.
Ending more than four decades of wait, India and Bangladesh will start the exchange of 162 adversely-held enclaves from Friday, marking the start of implementation of their landmark Land Boundary Agreement.
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Emerging market currencies including Indian rupee are likely to remain under pressure, though depreciation is expected to slow from here, Barclays said in a research report.
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