New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government began the New Year replacing the age-old Planning Commission with a new institution named NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), where the prime minister would continue as chairperson
New Delhi: The government will encourage public and private investment in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday making his New Year resolution on a social networking website."Infrastructural spending has to
New Delhi: LPG consumers across the country will from today get cash subsidy in their bank accounts and will have to buy the cooking fuel at market price.Domestic LPG users will get Rs 568 in
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to announce its much-awaited industrial policy ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be held between January 11 and 13. Confirming the developments, a senior government official said
New Delhi: The direct benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme - Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh (PAHAL) - which was re-launched in 54 districts Nov 15, will be started in the rest of the 622 districts of
New Delhi: From Amazons of the world to Chinese Alibabas to desi Flipkarts, everyone wants to have a pie of the burgeoning e-commerce market in India and consumers are not complaining with sweet sale deals
New Delhi: It was suffering from 'policy paralysis' as 2014 began with some 'green shoots' here and there, then a stable government came promising 'achche din', but the Indian economy will desperately need investments on
New Delhi: Amid its keenness to attract the maximum foreign investment, the government has sent out a signal to international business community by amending the Arbitration Act to make it mandatory for a judge presiding
New Delhi: Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that an agreement to start the work on the Rs.12,000 Sagar Port project located near Kolkata would be signed Jan 7.The agreement
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is believed to have discussed the performance of the economy in the past seven months.The meeting comes at a time when the
New Delhi: The number of jobs in different industries decreased by 3.6 per cent whereas wages increased by 11.1 per cent in real terms in 2012-13, says a government survey.The total number of persons engaged
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel may get cheaper from midnight on the back of sliding global oil rates. This will be the ninth consecutive reduction in petrol prices and the fifth cut in diesel rates
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today sought to dispel the impression that he had taken on RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on interest rate saying he had only suggested steps to boost India's manufacturing capabilities.
New Delhi: Cars, SUVs and two-wheelers will become expensive from January 1 with the government deciding not to extend the reduced excise duty rates provided to the sector."The government is not extending the excise duty
New Delhi: Fund raising by Indian companies through retail issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) plunged by 58 per cent to about Rs 7,300 crore in the first nine months of the current fiscal.In comparison, firms
New Delhi: It looks like that the RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan's working style has been putting the NDA government under a lot of pressure - resulting in an open tussle between Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: While India is yet to sign a final pact with the US for the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), close to 1,000 Indian financial institutions and their overseas units are believed to
New Delhi: Keen on boosting domestic manufacturing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today promised to change laws and style of government functioning to create jobs and bring the derailed economy back on track.Three months after launching
New Delhi: Sending a clear signal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates in view of industrial output slipping further in October, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday called for increasing the
Mumbai: Pitching for structural reforms to reinforce investor confidence, RBI today said falling inflation and political stability have helped check the macroeconomic vulnerabilities, while retail inflation is expected to stabilise near 6 per cent level
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