The retail inflation under the revised Consumer Price Index (CPI) series stood at 2.75 per cent in January, the first reading with a new base year of 2024, the Statistics Ministry said on Wednesday. The updated series aims to better reflect current household spending patterns. Officials cautioned that the January print is not directly comparable […]
India’s stock exchanges have declared a market holiday on 15 January due to BMC Elections 2026. The weekly F&O expiry has been preponed to today. The Bombay Stock Exchange building in Mumbai. (Reuters) The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. and BSE Ltd. declared a market holiday for the equity, equity derivatives, and securities lending […]
The government has scheduled the Union Budget 2026 to be presented in Parliament on Sunday, 1 February 2026, according to a note put out by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Friday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (@FinMinIndia) The Budget Session will commence on 28 January 2026 and continue till 2 April 2026. The first […]
NEW DELHI: India will assume chairmanship of the UN-backed global forum Kimberley Process (KP) to prevent trade of conflict diamonds from January 1 for the third time, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said. FILE PHOTO: Diamonds are displayed during a visit to the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) in Gaborone, Botswana November 24, 2015 […]
There’s good news for nearly 50 lakh central government employees and 69 lakh pensioners, the Centre has formally approved the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 8th Central Pay Commission, marking the beginning of the next big revision in salaries and pensions. Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI) Headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash […]