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Printing of Union Budget documents 2020-21 begins with Halwa ceremony

The printing of Union Budget documents 2020-21 began today with the traditional Halwa ceremony.

Rs 70,000 crore loan amount has been disbursed till Jan 13 under MSMEs scheme: Govt

The Finance Ministry has said that a loan amount of nearly seventy thousand crore rupees has been disbursed till 13th of this month under the scheme of providing loan to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises - MSMEs within 59 minutes.

Govt will act as facilitator for all stakeholders in achieving target of 5 trillion dollar economy: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the government will act as a facilitator for all stakeholders in achieving the target of five trillion dollar economy.

ED files charge sheet against Bhushan Power CMD Sanjay Singal, others

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Bhushan Power & Steel Limited (BPSL) Chairman cum Managing Director Sanjay Singal and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Sensex gains 13 points; Nifty settles at 12,355

Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended with marginally gains amid positive global cues today.

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour has invited suggestions on Industrial Relations Code, Code on Social Security

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour has invited suggestions on the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 and Code on Social Security, 2019.

RBI asks issuers to provide facility to switch on, off cards to prevent frauds

Reserve Bank has asked banks and other card-issuing companies to provide facility to customers to switch on and off their debit or credit cards, a move aimed at enhancing security for digital transactions.

"5 trillon dollar economy is possible",says Home Minister Amit shah

Home Minister Amit Shah today said the government's target to make India a 5 trillion US dollar economy was doable.

India China bilateral trade continues to make steady growth in 2019

India-China bilateral trade has continued to make steady growth in 2019. As per Chinese official data released to media yesterday, China-India bilateral trade stood at 639.52 billion yuans in 2019 which is 1.6 per cent increase year on year.

Hallmarking of gold jewellery, artefacts to be made mandatory

The hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts will now be mandatory. Briefing media in New Delhi today, Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the government will issue a notification tomorrow regarding mandatory hallmarking.

WPI surges to 2.59 pct in December 2019

Wholesale prices based inflation surged to 2.59 per cent in December 2019, as against 0.58 per cent in November due to increase in prices of food articles like onion and potato.

CCI orders probe against Amazon, Flipkart over discount practices

Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India, CCI has ordered a probe against Flipkart and Amazon for alleged malpractices, including deep discounting and tie-ups with preferred sellers.

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