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The Federal Government, on Thursday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country.

We retain the 2023-24 GDP growth forecast of 6.5 per cent but we will rework the numbers to see if the July-September growth data adds an upside to the forecast, said Chief economic adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened stronger at 83.29 against the dollar and touched the highest level of 83.25

Positive cues from equity markets amid strong domestic macroeconomic data boosted the overall sentiment.

The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, extended the PMGKAY scheme earlier this week. The initiative, introduced in 2020 as a pandemic relief measure, will now provide 5 kilograms of free food grains per month to 81.35 crore underprivileged individuals for an additional five years, incurring an estimated cost of Rs 11.80 lakh crore, , PMGKAY

Gross domestic product, or GDP, growth of 7.6 per cent beat most estimates, including 6.5 per cent projected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

The Executive Director, Centre for Gender Economics Initiative (GCE), Africa, Uchenna Idoko, has called for a gender-responsive budgeting approach that addresses the basic needs of female inmates and ensures their well-being and dignity in custodial facilities.

Services seen as contributing the largest share of overall growth in the second quarter, even as the sector, along with agriculture, may see a slight moderation in growth.

Services sector is seen contributing the maximum share to the overall growth in the second quarter, even as the sector along with agriculture may see a slight moderation.

The governments fiscal deficit for only October was Rs 1.02 lakh crore, down 26 percent from the same month of the previous year