Kumar said the idea behind the listing of LIC was to "bring in more transparency and allow the company to share gains with its stakeholders"

On Saturday, the benchmark indices closed near their day's lows, indicating further selling pressure on the following trading day

Economists and industry leaders said the budget proposals would provide some support to growth over the longer term but were insufficient to give it an immediate boost

Real estate developers' apex bodies CREDAI and Naredco have also expressed disappointment over the Budget as their demand of one-time restructuring of builders' loan was not met

Has Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered a fiscally prudent and growth-oriented Budget 2020? Business Standard Chairman T N Ninan and Editorial Director A K Bhattacharya discuss

He further said if the government will be able to achieve disinvestment target of 2020-21 then the Budget will be very successful

An evaluation of 13,000 MSMEs using the CRISIL Quantix database shows that working capital comprises over half of their need for debt

There are 13 unions in LIC, and employees and officers affiliated to 11 unions were on protest

In July presenting her maiden Budget, Sitharaman had spoken for 2 hours 17 minutes

FM says country's macroeconomic parameters are sound

Price increase brought on by spike in National Calamity Contingency Duty announced in Budget

Finance ministry to come out with detailed rules on Vivad Se Vishwas Bill in a couple of days

"All these expenditures are unlikely to be imparting any fresh growth stimulus to the Indian economy," he argued

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