India on track to grow at 7.4%: ADB
Asian Development Bank retained India’s growth projection at 7.4 per cent for the current financial year even as it raised the forecast for developing Asian region to 5.9 per cent. In a supplem...
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Govt says Indigo airlines submitted expression of interest regarding d...
Government said Indigo airlines have submitted an expression of interest regarding disinvestment of Air India. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha Thursday, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Ra...
Niti panel yet to finalise report on autonomous bodies: Govt
The Niti Aayog panel tasked with undertaking a comprehensive review of autonomous bodies is yet to finalise its report, Parliament was informed Thursday. The government think tank had formed this com...
Cabinet gives its approval for signing of MoC in respect of tax matter...
Union Cabinet has given its approval for the signing of Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in respect of tax matters between India and BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. The MoC ai...
Bengal to be Focus State at WFI 2017
Bengal is going to be the ‘Focus State’ at World Food India (WFI) 2017, to be organised by the Food Processing Industries from November 3 to 5. Bengal’s participation at WFI 2017, which will be the l...
Cabinet approves sale of govt’s stake in Hindustan Petroleum to ...
Union Cabinet approved sale of government’s stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corpration Ltd (HPCL) to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) yesterday. It will fetch 30 thousand crore rupees. Highl...
India’s GDP could rise to $8 trillion in 15 yrs: NITI Aayog vice...
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has said, India’s GDP could rise to about 8 trillion dollars over the next 15 years if the country registers an economic growth of 8 per cent annually...
India foodgrain output up 8.7% at record 273.38 MT in 2016-17
Foodgrain production in the country has been estimated at a record level of over 273 million tonnes during 2016-17. This was stated by Minister of State for Agriculture SS Ahluwalia in reply to a que...
Traders and unorganized sellers in Textile Sector not affected by GST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, the organized traders and unorganized sellers in Textile Sector have not been affected by the Goods and Services Tax (GST). In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha y...
Bad loans: SC gives RBI a week to reply on expert panel report
The Supreme Court Monday granted one week’s time to the Reserve Bank of India to respond to a report of a committee appointed to deal with bad loans with banks that have crossed 8 lakh crore ru...