July 19, 2018 12:07 PM IST
The inclusion of natural gas and aviation turbine fuel under the ambit of GST may not be taken up for the time being in the Saturday meet.
July 19, 2018 10:20 AM IST
"Earlier governments made promises, which they failed to fulfil. Then Congress President (Sonia Gandhi) said all households would be electrified by 2009. But that did not happen even in 2009, 2010 or 2011," Modi said during an interaction with the beneficiaries of Rs 16,320-crore Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saughagya) today.
July 19, 2018 09:14 AM IST
Growth in Asia and the Pacific's developing economies for 2018 and 2019 will remain solid as it continues apace across the region, despite rising tensions between the US and its trading partners, said a supplement to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO).
July 19, 2018 08:03 AM IST
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July 18, 2018 10:38 PM IST
The losses would come despite around 15 percent expected average annual growth in passenger traffic over the medium-term due to conducive factors, support from regulatory environment and development of new airports, it added.
July 18, 2018 09:35 PM IST
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) also extended the special dispensation of marketing and pricing freedom to natural gas produced from areas in the North Eastern region, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told reporters here.
July 18, 2018 08:35 PM IST
Noting that the economy has shown considerable resilience to the transitory effects on demonetization and GST rollout, he said infrastructure projects like Bharatmala, new airports and metros, along with affordable housing and smart cities will stoke growth in the medium-term.
July 18, 2018 08:16 PM IST
The ministry has already finalised capital infusion of Rs 11,336 crore in five PSBs to help them meet their interest payment commitments without impacting their regulatory capital requirements, a senior government official said.
July 18, 2018 08:10 PM IST
The demand of Indian coffee is seen to have increased in Germany, Indonesia, USA, Poland, Libya, Spain, Tunisia, Ukraine, Italy and Belgium, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry C R Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
July 18, 2018 07:56 PM IST
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry C R Chaudhary in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha said that the directorate general of trade remedies (DGTR) has initiated a total of 888 anti-dumping investigations against imports from various countries.
July 18, 2018 07:55 PM IST
This is the first time that the company reports its earnings under the under Ind-AS accounting norms.
July 18, 2018 07:28 PM IST
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry C R Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha that the government has taken several steps to simplify the procedure for processing of patent applications and make it user-friendly.
July 18, 2018 06:20 PM IST
Data from central banks and bond market associations showed foreigners sold a total of $1.9 billion of bonds from India, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia in the last month.
July 18, 2018 06:15 PM IST
The Commission said that the EU steel industry was "in a fragile situation and vulnerable to a further increase in imports", with US tariffs reducing its capacity to sell there making them even more vulnerable.
July 18, 2018 05:15 PM IST
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters at a regular press briefing that the United States is fabricating all kinds of justifications, including that of national security.
July 18, 2018 05:07 PM IST
While a normal monsoon would better the chances for BJP to win, a bad one could spoil the party for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
July 18, 2018 04:49 PM IST
The government had recently announced a sharp increase in the minimum support price (MSP) of kharif (summer-sown) crops, including paddy.
July 18, 2018 04:16 PM IST
Indian films have collected a total of approximately Rs 2,846 crore over the last three years in China
July 18, 2018 02:07 PM IST
Several newspapers and online portals had carried advertisements for the AAO 2018 cadre. LIC said that these are fake and have not generated by it
July 18, 2018 12:21 PM IST
Changes in product structure and distribution architecture will be made in the next few months
July 18, 2018 10:29 AM IST
The Council may also discuss rationalisation of rates, which could mean drawing a strategy towards fewer tax slabs under GST.
July 18, 2018 08:45 AM IST
The IMF yesterday forecast a growth rate of 7.3 per cent in 2018 and 7.5 per cent in 2019 for India, which was down by 0.1 per cent and 0.3 per cent respectively than its April projections.
July 18, 2018 08:20 AM IST
"I am very happy that in the last quarter, GDP growth at 7.5 per cent plus is a very healthy and very positive sign for Indian economy. The trends and signals (of the economy) are on the recovery path," Mittal said in a media interaction here.
July 18, 2018 08:02 AM IST
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July 17, 2018 08:17 PM IST
The Institutes of Eminence are proposed to have greater autonomy in comparison to other higher education institutions
