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Asit Ranjan Mishra

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Paytm app may lose access to digital wallet facility
Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

The Paytm application (app) could potentially face a permanent loss of its integrated...

Central Govt Jobs To Shrink By 50k
Rediff.com12 Feb 2024

The 1.4% decline projected for 2025 is driven by a 5.6% (72,000) dip in the strength of...

With online monitoring system going live, PC imports turn a trickle in Nov
Rediff.com27 Jan 2024

After the government's online monitoring system for the import of electronic hardware...

Govt may opt for longer-term G-sec in FY25
Rediff.com24 Jan 2024

With India's inclusion in global bond indices starting next financial year, the central...

Budget likely to assume peak crude oil price at $85 per barrel
Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

The ministry of finance is likely to assume crude oil price to remain within $85 per...

India Doesn't Want Pakistan In BRICS
Rediff.com11 Jan 2024

'Victims of terrorism do not sit together with its perpetrators to discuss terrorism.'

Budget likely to set nominal GDP growth at 10.5%
Rediff.com8 Jan 2024

The Interim Budget for 2024-25 (FY25) to be presented on February 1 is likely to assume...

IMF cautions India on govt debt vulnerabilities, Centre disagrees
Rediff.com27 Dec 2023

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday that India's general government...

India Tops On Crypto Adoption
Rediff.com23 Dec 2023

'India's emergence as a top crypto market comes despite a regulatory and tax...

Nirmalji Goes Cautious On Fiscal Deficit Target
Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

But the government will present a second tranche of Supplementary Demands for Grants...

Laptop, tablet imports surge 42% amid licensing fears
Rediff.com27 Nov 2023

India's import of personal computers, including laptops and tablets, shot up in...

No Major Cash Outflows In Winter Session
Rediff.com23 Nov 2023

The government has exhausted only 39 per cent of its fiscal deficit target in the first...

Poverty in India eased in '21, but was above '18 level: World Bank data
Rediff.com19 Oct 2023

Extreme poverty in India declined by 38 million in 2021 to 167.49 million after a surge...

'Hard To Ignore India As Investment Opportunity'
Rediff.com29 Sep 2023

'The assessment of most people is that there is a stable economic and political...

'FICCI is focusing on start-ups'
Rediff.com19 May 2023

'For our traditional membership base, it would be an access to disruptive ideas,' FICCI...

India Moves From China to Taiwan For High-Tech Imports
Rediff.com18 Apr 2023

India's overall imports from Taiwan during April-February rose by 34 per cent to $7.5...

Wait, your US visa could be coming from China!
Rediff.com31 Mar 2023

Due to the huge pile-up of visa applications, the US consular officers in the...

Fiscal slippage in FY23 likely as govt seeks to spend Rs 1.5 trn more
Rediff.com14 Mar 2023

The government may be staring at a modest slippage in fiscal deficit for 2022-23...

Why Scotch Whisky Makers Are Worried
Rediff.com13 Mar 2023

India is the UK's second-largest market by volumes for Scotch, importing the equivalent...

FinMin flags El Nino risk for inflation, farm output
Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

The finance ministry on Thursday raised concerns over the possible impact of El Nio...