Mudra yojana’s success is a result of reposing faith in small businesses, ordinary people

Representative Image (Source: ShutterStock) When the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) was announced in April 2015, there were several cynics. No less than a former Finance Minister questioned the programme on grounds of it being inadequate to lead to any job creation. It was seen as a diversion of savings, which would have otherwise either financed public expenditures […]

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Sebi overhauls advisory panels on FPIs, social stock exchange

Representative image (Source: ShutterStock) Capital markets regulator Sebi has restructured its advisory committees pertaining to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) and social stock exchange. Rejigging its FPI Advisory Committee, Sebi has said former finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia will now chair the 16-member panel. It was earlier headed by K V Subramanian, former chief economic adviser to […]

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India to see #39;significant economic activity#39; over next 10 years: Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani India will witness “significant economic activity” over the next decade on the back of open network for digital commerce (ONDC), record aggregating system and government measures like GST, FAStag and e-way bills, Infosys Technologies co-founder and chairman Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday. He made the remarks while speaking at the 7th edition of […]

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Laurus Labs slumps to 52-week low as Kotak Institutional Equities downgrades stock

Kotak has downgraded Laurus Labs to “sell” with a fair value of Rs 350/share, dragging the stock to intraday low of Rs 417 The brokerage believes that Laurus’ troubles on anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and looming cessation of paxlovid sales are being underappreciated ‘); $ (‘#lastUpdated_’+articleId).text(resData[stkKey][‘lastupdate’]); //if(resData[stkKey][‘percentchange’] > 0){ // $ (‘#greentxt_’+articleId).removeClass(“redtxt”).addClass(“greentxt”); // $ (‘.arw_red’).removeClass(“arw_red”).addClass(“arw_green”); //}else […]

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Aditya Birla Group’s TMRW to invest Rs 500-600 crore in 10-12 D2C brands by year end

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (Representative Image) Aditya Birla Group’s house of brands venture TMRW aims to become a $ 1 billion business, and will be investing Rs 500-600 crore altogether in 10-12 direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands by end of this year, a key executive told Moneycontrol. This comes at a time when the Indian start-up ecosystem […]

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Top cryptocurrency news on November 29: Over $270 million in crypto stolen in the UK, BlockFi files for bankruptcy, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele sued, and more

Bitcoin and Ethereum drop due to unrest in China, concerns about crypto contagion Along with global stocks, the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets fell on November 28 as investors dumped risky assets reportedly alarmed by unrest in China related to the anti-lockdown protests. According to CoinGecko, the largest digital asset was trading […]

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First Hero-Harley co-developed bike likely to hit market in two years

The launch is part of Hero MotoCorp’s plans to strengthen its position in the premium segment. PTI November 28, 2022 / 11:14 AM IST Hero MotoCorp ‘); $ (‘#lastUpdated_’+articleId).text(resData[stkKey][‘lastupdate’]); //if(resData[stkKey][‘percentchange’] > 0){ // $ (‘#greentxt_’+articleId).removeClass(“redtxt”).addClass(“greentxt”); // $ (‘.arw_red’).removeClass(“arw_red”).addClass(“arw_green”); //}else if(resData[stkKey][‘percentchange’] < 0){ // $ (‘#greentxt_’+articleId).removeClass(“greentxt”).addClass(“redtxt”); // $ (‘.arw_green’).removeClass(“arw_green”).addClass(“arw_red”); //} if(resData[stkKey][‘percentchange’] >= 0){ $ (‘#greentxt_’+articleId).removeClass(“redtxt”).addClass(“greentxt”); […]

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