The Indian currency continued to tumble on Thursday as it touched a fresh all-time low of 76.82 per dollar. ....

Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the virtual session of the 2nd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting on Wednesday under the Saudi Arabian Presidency, to discuss the global economic outlook amid evolving Covid-19 pandemic crisis. ....

States have started demanding early release of GST compensation for FY20 in view of the Covid-19 crisis putting the already stretched financial position of the Centre under further stress. ....

As Union ministers and their staff attended offices on Monday after the a gap of around three weeks, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman too returned to her North Block office, putting on a home-made mask. ....

Indian stock markets traded on a negative note on Monday morning with the BSE Sensex falling over 600 points. ....

The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will hold a meeting on April 15, the Saudi Press Agency reported. ....

The People's Bank of China has increased its stake in the lending major Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) to 1.01 per cent. ....

As the coronavirus crisis and subvsequent nationwide lockdown severely impact the Indian economy, a FICCI survey has said that few sectors like restaurants, auto and real estate may take around 12 to 24 months to recover. ....

Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Auto has lashed out at the Central government for imposing a national lockdown which he says, "will only make India weak". ....

State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) including Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL may see significant erosion in the earnings during the January-March quarter of FY20 even though low crude and product prices jacked up their margins on the sale of petrol and diesel. ....