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India collects 1.65 trln rupees in gross goods and services tax in December

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India collected 1.65 trillion rupees ($19.82 billion) as gross goods and services tax (GST) receipts in December, a government statement showed on Monday. The government’s GST collection rose 12% in April to December compared to the same period of the previous year. ($1 = 83.2375 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Tanvi Mehta; …

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India’s Adani hires global team for Mumbai slum overhaul project

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s joint venture with Mumbai’s slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi, a key step in rebuilding one of Asia’s biggest slums amid growing opposition to the project. Dharavi, about three quarters the size of New York’s Central Park, is a crowded area that …

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Foreign inflows into Indian bonds spike to 6-year high in 2023 before index inclusion

By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) – Foreign investment in Indian government bonds saw a remarkable jump in the last three months of 2023, with JPMorgan’s decision to add the debt to its indexes boosting inflows to a six-year high. Overseas investors net bought government bonds worth 350 billion rupees ($4.2 billion) in October-December, pushing the …

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Rupee’s direction guided by Fed outlook, RBI at start of 2024

By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee will open little changed on Monday, with the U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate outlook and the Reserve Bank of India’s forex strategy expected to be the key to begin the New Year. Non-deliverable forwards indicate the rupee will open nearly unchanged from 83.2075 on Friday. Other …

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Indian shares, bonds seen rallying in 2024 on continued foreign inflows

By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) -The bull-run in Indian financial markets is likely to continue in 2024 as foreign interest remains robust, with heavy buying expected in both equity and debt markets, several analysts and industry watchers said. India’s inclusion in the JPMorgan emerging market debt index will boost investments in government debt, while attractive …

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Former Modi adviser Panagariya appointed as India’s new finance panel head

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government on Sunday appointed Arvind Panagariya the chairman of new Finance Commission that will recommend how federal taxes will be shared with states. In 2017, Panagariya, an Indian-born, U.S.-educated economist, resigned from the government’s main policy think-tank, after he was hand picked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lead …

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Indian shares, bonds seen rallying in 2024 on continued foreign inflows

By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) – The bull-run in Indian financial markets is likely to continue in 2024 as foreign interest remains robust, with heavy buying expected in both equity and debt markets, several analysts and industry watchers said. India’s inclusion in the JPMorgan emerging market debt index will boost investments in government debt, while …

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India’s Nifty, Sensex post second-best year since 2017, among top global performers

By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s blue-chip Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex rose around 20% in 2023, their second-best year since 2017, and were among the top-performing stock indexes globally. The rally was driven by sustained domestic mutual fund inflows, return of foreign buying, better-than-expected economic growth, and healthy corporate earnings. Foreign portfolio investors …

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