NPCI chief says basic UPI services will remain free

The basic services of UPI will continue to remain free. Work is on with the government for incentives,” he told reporters. “But the value-added services of UPI, where the ecosystem needs some incentives to drive the adoption – whether it is mandate and credit – that’s how the benefits will be accrued and the larger […]

India-Russia trade volume touches 38.4 billion USD in 2022

This significant increase in trade turnover between Russia and India was noted during Igor Sechin, Chief Executive Officer of Rosneft Oil Company, working trip to New Delhi this week. Thus, the goal set by the leaders of our countries to increase turnover to $30 billion by 2025 has been achieved in advance,” said the head […]

Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide stock action on Friday

U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday as easing fears of a banking crisis shifted the focus back to key consumer spending data due later in the week that could shape expectations for the Federal Reserve’s future policy path. At 5:03 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 145 points, or 0.44%, S&P 500 e-minis were […]

Consumer sentiments jump by record 6.7% in March: CMIE

According to CMIE, the Index of Consumer Sentiments (ICS) usually moves by a little less than 1% in a week. In the past 60 weeks, the average weekly increase in the ICS was 0.86% and the median was 0.93% while in the past year, the ICS increased by more than 6.7% only twice.