New Delhi: India's renewable energy sector will generate business opportunities of a whopping Rs 10 lakh crore in the next five years, says the Economic Survey 2014-15.India's total renewable power installed capacity as on December
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present tomorrow the first full year Budget of the NDA government, which is termed as a ‘make or break' fiscal exercise widely expected to unveil pro-common man measures
Industry body Assocham on Wednesday said the Centre should look at exempting all educational products, used by school and college students, from both central and state taxes.This will help in promoting education and providing educational
Punjab: Punjab government on Friday asked the Centre to reconsider its decision of stopping foodgrain procurement by FCI from Punjab, saying it will prove to be "very harmful" for the farming community and could lead
New Delhi: As Internet penetration in India is on the rise, the eCommerce sector in the country is likely to witness a growth of over 50 per cent in the next 5 years, says the
New Delhi: Suffering for a long time from underinvestment, Indian Railways need greater public investments but the support should be clearly linked to reform of the organisation structure.Public investment in an efficient rail network can
New Delhi: Following are the highlights of Economic Survey 2014-15 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament today: GDP growth seen at 8.1-8.5 per cent in 2015-16 Double digit growth trajectory; 8-10 pc GDP in coming
New Delhi: Pitching for 'Big Bang' reforms, the pre-budget Economic Survey today called for improving business environment by making regulation and taxes less onerous to help push growth to 8.1-8.5 per cent next fiscal, and
New Delhi: India's economic survey pegged growth at more than 8 percent for the next fiscal and said inflation was now declining, while also setting the agenda for reforms needed to further drive the expansion,
Mumbai: Terming India as the "bright spot" in Asia Pacific, Standard & Poor's on Thursday sharply revised upwards country's GDP forecast to 7.9 per cent next fiscal and even higher 8.2 per cent in the
New Delhi: To drive Indian Railways out of its “troubles”, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today prescribed market borrowings, public-private partnerships and monetising assets to garner Rs 8.5 lakh crore worth resources over the next five
New Delhi: The Railways plan to eliminate a total of 3,438 level crossings at a cost of Rs 6,581 crore.“This is more than 2600 per cent higher than the sanctioned number of Road Over Bridges
New Delhi: For the convenience of passengers, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today announced introduction of SMS alert service informing travellers in advance about arrival and departure timings of the trains.“We propose to introduce an SMS
Bengaluru: In a bid to give a shot in the arm to PM Modi's “Make in India” initiative, Finance minister Arun Jaitley may announce a fund of Rs 10,000 crore for shipping development in Union
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India initiative has got many startups and e-commerce companies excited. They are now looking forward to the forthcoming union budget with great expectations.If current projections are anything to
New Delhi: Terming the Rail Budget as "pragmatic", India Inc today welcomed the larger role envisaged for the private sector and said various measures proposed would bring in higher efficiency and improve ease of doing
New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in his first Rail Budget announced a record investment plan of over Rs. 1 lakh crore in 2015-16 while sparing the passengers of a fare hike.Here's the full text
New Delhi: India has received USD 34.9 billion in remittances in the first six months of 2014-15 and is likely to surpass the previous year's USD 69.6 billion by end of the current fiscal.Replying to
New Delhi: Suresh Prabhu's maiden Railway Budget presentation, peppered with personal references and quotes, turned out to be a smooth affair even as possibly for the first time, no new trains were announced today.In a
Fertiliser Ministry has sought additional funds to clear the subsidy arrears of fertiliser manufacturers estimated at over Rs 30,000 crore, in the upcoming budget for the next fiscal.Besides additional funds demanded for outstanding subsidy payments,
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