Congress Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, who was included in the Congress Working Committee

The Reserve Bank of India( RBI) on Saturday announced the launch of the next round of households surveys to capture inflation expectations and consumer confidence, which provide useful inputs for its monetary policy. The central bank has been regularly conducting these surveys. Announcing the launch of September 2021 round of Inflation Expectations Survey of Households( IESH), the RBI said the survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, of about 6, 000 house

Germany continues to seek out qualified workers from India, particularly nurses, according to a report by The Economic Times.... Since 2022, the German Federal Employment Agency and the German Society for International Cooperation have been recruiting nursing staff from Kerala.... At the same time, I use the trip to India to find out more about the potential for skilled workers and to promote Germany as an attractive location with good working and living conditions, ” Heil said....

The affinity of Indians for gold and traditional bank deposits remain unwavering as about 77 per cent of respondents preferred to safeguard their earnings through bank deposits and 21 per cent choose to invest in gold in 2023, according to a survey.... The Money9 annual personal finance pulse survey indicated a positive trend in insurance penetration, with over 27 per cent of households holding life insurance policies in 2023, higher from 19 per cent in the 2022 survey.... It further said that

The Reserve Bank of India( RBI) on Monday said nearly 97.69 per cent of the Rs 2000 denomination bank notes have returned to the banking system, and only Rs 8, 202 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public.... People can deposit and/ or exchange Rs 2000 bank notes at 19 RBI offices across the country.... People can also send Rs 2000 bank notes through India Post from any post office to any of the RBI Issue Offices for credit to their bank accounts in India....

Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra on Monday said the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal( GSTAT) is in the final stages of operationalisation and should start functioning by the end of this financial year.... GSTAT is a body set up for resolvingGST-related disputes.... I would like to assure you that we are now at the final stages of operationalising the GSTAT....

Former agriculture minister V S Sunil Kumar and the party's youth wing AIYF's leader C A Arunkumar will be fielded from Thrissur and Mavelikkara seats respectively, he added. Gandhi represented the Amethi parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2019.... From insightful newsletters to real-time stock tracking, breaking news and a personalized newsfeed a€ “ it's all here, just a click away!... The onion peel that promises a sugar high A decade of flip-flops on farmersa€？...

In stark contrast to the government's claims of' cooperative federalism', we routinely see the ruling party impinging upon the sovereign domain of the states, from vacillating on GST dues and MNREGA payments to states to bulldozing through laws on subjects from the State List.... Mint Explainer: What is the battle over BRICS common currency?... Mint Explainer: BRICS Summit is around the corner....

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has urged 22 states and Union territories( UTs) to reduce value-added tax( VAT) on aviation turbine fuel( ATF) and bring it within the range of one to four per cent across all airports in order to give an impetus to air travel, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Wednesday." The price of ATF is a major component of the operating cost of airlines.... With that, the tax on ATF contributes significantly to the ATF price," according to a statement iss

The board of Airport Authority of India has given approval to privatise 13 airports-the first major asset monetisation exercise by the government as part of the National Monetisation Pipeline. The government aims to generate Rs 3, 660 crore of private investment into the airports by FY 24. Sources said that the AAI board has approved to privatise six major airports-Bhubaneshwar, Varanasi, Amritsar, Trichy, Indore, Raipur and seven smaller airports-Jharsuguda, Gaya, Kushinagar, Kangra, Tirupati,