Govt cuts funding for rural jobs scheme to Rs 60,000 crore in the next fiscal

The allocation is lower than the revised Rs 89,400 crore spending outlay for 2022/23, and the smallest since 2017/18. Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, introduced over 15 years ago, citizens can enrol for work such as building roads, digging wells, or creating other rural infrastructure and receive a minimum wage for […]

Most Adani Group stocks bounce in a relief rally

Adani Enterprises, the group’s flagship company, gained 2.80%, while shares of Adani Transmission, Ambuja Cements, and ACC gained between 3% and 4%. Adani Green Energy and Adani Ports gained 3% and 2.6%, respectively.

Fed starts policy meeting amid hopes of a smaller rate hike

On one hand, he said officials have to communicate their desire to maintain a “sufficiently restrictive” policy stance, which can help bring inflation down towards policymakers’ two percent target. The goal is to raise the cost of borrowing and cool demand.While consumer inflation has come down from a painful 40-year high, it still stood at […]