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The RERA is one of the significant reforms implemented in the real estate sector and its core objective is to ensure regulation and protect the interest of homebuyers, it said.

There is a candid admission throughout the survey about the imperative to create more jobs. It also forecasts that the Indian economy will grow at 7% this fiscal, which would be an improvement.

The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, projected India's growth to rise to 7 per cent in the current fiscal, from five-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2018-19.

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The 30-share index was trading 23.52 points, or 0.06 per cent, higher at 39,710.02 at 0930 hours. Similarly, the broader Nifty was quoting 8.70 points, or 0.07 per cent, up at 11,874.30.

While the GST collections in June were lower than Rs 1,00,289 crore in May, they were higher than Rs 95,610 crore receipts in the same month of the previous year.

Eveready Industries shares lost 5% after it said that Price Waterhouse & Co Chartered Accountants LLP (PWC) has expressed its inability to continue as the auditors of the company.

HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank and HDFC witnessed a rise in their market capitalisation while TCS, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), ITC, Infosys and Kotak Mahindra Bank suffered losses.

RBI issued the warning in its latest Financial Stability Report, released on Thursday night, in which it also forecast that the proportion of debt-burdened commercial banks' non-performing assets (NPAs) would fall slightly by March next March.

Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) said the entire legal cigarette value chain is presently reeling under "penalising taxation on account of continuous increases in excise duties and compensation cess on cigarettes".

GoAir needs to raise money as it has ordered 144 Airbus A320 Neos which are more fuel-efficient than its current fleet, a second source said.

In a written reply to a query whether the Centre is aware about the 'unjustified tariff hike' imposed by airlines to various sectors in the country, the civil aviation minister said, 'Due to suspension of operation of Jet Airways and grounding of Boeing B...

The idea behind the 'shampoo-sachet' concept in the insurance sector is to make it extremely affordable and instantly available to people since most Indians cannot afford existing insurance products.

Forex traders said the uptick in the rupee assumes significance amid brent above $65 per barrel, foreign fund outflows and resignation of RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya.

Volatility in crude oil prices due to global political uncertainty dampened investor sentiments, while the upcoming Union budget will remain the key event in the market.

During the interactive session, ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget next month, all participants made a case for 'single-minded pursuit' to achieve growth, said sources.