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New optional tax regime could adversely affect dwindling savings:Experts

-According to reports, over the past six years, India’s savings rate has been considerably declining. In 2012, the overall saving rate in India was around 36 per cent but it is now down to 30 per cent.
-The finance ministry expects at least 80 per cent of the taxpayers to move to the new income tax regime, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey had earlier said.

6-7% LIC stake dilution enough to mop up ₹90,000 crore: CEA KV Subramanian

“There are legislative amendments required here in LIC. But I think this (LIC listing) is doable. LIC is a just a case of listing. I would think that about 6-7 per cent would be enough to get the entire ₹90,000 crore. I have done some back of the envelope calculations based on that… can say that just selling 6-7 per cent will be enough to mop up ₹90,000 crore,’

Negative interest rates turn saving, borrowing upside down

Four trillion euros worth of government bonds of the 19 countries that use the euro now yield less than zero. Trillions more in Japanese and other government bonds trade below zero around the world. Even Greece, which defaulted on government bonds in 2012 and carries the highest debt load in Europe, was able to sell three-month notes at a negative rate.

Indian pharma cos may face supply shortages from China if coronavirus drags on

Optimism that the worst of the outbreak centered in China’s Hubei province and its capital Wuhan would be over by April took a major hit late on Wednesday. Chinese health officials, using a broader method of confirming coronavirus cases, said they shot up by nearly 15,000 in Hubei with total deaths in China nearing 1,400.