Maharashtra Budget promises sops for farmers, women

Fadnavis said his budget was based on the goals of ‘panchamrit’, of which Amrut-1 was Sustainable Farming- Prosperous Farmers; Amrut-2 was inclusive development of all sections of society including women, tribals, backward classes, OBCs; Amrut-3 was development of infrastructure with substantial capital investment; Amrut-4 was employment generation, competent, skilled, employable youth; and Amrut-5 was environment-friendly […]

Bond yield curve inverts: Should investors be worried?

This declining trend in liquidity and inversion of the yield curve is likely to continue for some more time, according to Vijayakumar, but he does not expect it to impact India’s GDP growth in the next fiscal year. On the global front, the US Federal Reserve head Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks on interest rate hikes […]

Sensex snaps 3-day winning streak, falls 542 pts on US rate jitters

Investors got poorer by Rs 1.97 lakh crore on Thursday as market capitalisation of all listed companies declined to Rs 264.27 lakh crore. The rupee strengthened against the dollar. But RBI’s likely intervention capped further spike and brought the local unit closer to 82 per dollar.