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Asit Ranjan Mishra

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Budget 2025: Nirmalaji May Set Fiscal Deficit At 4.4%
Rediff.com19 Dec 2024

'We have to retain some fiscal headroom without compromising on the promised fiscal...

Sovereign Gold Bonds On Way Out
Rediff.com16 Dec 2024

'It has also outlived its initial purpose of reducing physical gold imports.'

Countdown Begins To Budget 2025
Rediff.com7 Dec 2024

It will be the second Budget of the Modi 3.0 government and eighth straight Budget for...

Customs duty cut on silver likely to give Centre breather for now
Rediff.com7 Aug 2024

The steep cut in Customs duty on silver in the FY25 Budget to 6 per cent from 15 per...

Nirmalaji Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai?
Rediff.com31 Jul 2024

'The conspiracy is to end India's entrepreneurship culture even before it fully...

Budget may go vocal for higher local procurement
Rediff.com17 Jul 2024

To boost domestic manufacturing under the Make in India initiative and reduce...

Modi To Finalise 100-Day Agenda After Budget
Rediff.com10 Jul 2024

A lot of the 100-day programmes would be 'milestone-based' with timelines for achieving...

Nirmalaji Eyes Higher GDP Growth Target
Rediff.com3 Jul 2024

'The nominal GDP growth assumption for FY25 may be revised upwards on higher growth...

CAD may dip in Q4 as net exports hit 11-quarter high
Rediff.com10 Jun 2024

India's current account deficit (CAD) may dip further in the March quarter of FY24 as...

Smartphones, India's 4th Largest Exports!
Rediff.com23 May 2024

Smartphones have been a key success story of the government's production-linked...

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...