Bajaj Finance Fixed Deposit: When you invest in an FD, you earn returns at a fixed interest rate through the tenor. Usually, fixed deposit rates on company deposits are higher than those you can obtain at a bank. For example, you can earn interest at a rate as high as 8.95% when you invest in a Bajaj Finance Fixed Deposit. Even after the recent repo rate cuts, this FD is offering one of the highest interest rates.

There is good news for train travellers in India. The national railway system in India may soon declare a low ticket rates for Shatabdi Express train travel. As per PTI reports, the senior government official cited that Indian Railways has identified 25 Shatabdi Express trains where the carrier looks to ensure optimum utilisation of resources. The railway department is now working actively on the proposal in this regard.

West Bengal has become the first state to opt out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's healthcare plan that was unveiled in the Union Budget this year.

After the "chai pe charcha" campaign during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked his party MPs to hold "lunch pe charcha" to spread the good points of the Union Budget 2018-19 among the people.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday lauded the Union Budget 2018-19 as being "focussed on the youth, poor and women" while Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav slammed it.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday did not provide any relief in the income tax rates for 2018-19.

In the run up to the Union Budget, Twitter witnessed a surge in budget-related conversations, garnering over 240,000 tweets in January which is twice the volume than in December last year, the company said on Thursday.

The Indian IT industry grew 8 per cent to $140 billion (Rs 8,91,700 crore) in fiscal 2016-17 from $129 billion (Rs 8,256 crore) in the previous fiscal (2015-16), said the Economic Survey for the current fiscal 2017-18 on Monday.

The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India's services sector grew by 15 per cent during the April-October period of the current fiscal owing to various reforms by the government, according to the Economic Survey 2017-18 presented in Parliament on Monday.

Resolving the non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans, of state-run banks and implementing GST are among the major factors that will help India log GDP growth of 6.75 per cent in the current fiscal, says the Economic Survey for 2017-18 tabled in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday.