New Delhi: The recommendation of the 7th pay commission approved by Union Cabinet on Wednesday, to increase the salaries of over 1 crore government employees and pensioners by at least 23.5 per cent, will have
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government was emphasizing on the development of the economically backward eastern states to uproot poverty in the region. “We don’t want any state or any region
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 7.9 per cent in the quarter ending March 2016, up from the 7.2 per cent clocked during the quarter ending December 2015.
New Delhi: Drought in 10 states is estimated to impact the economy by at least Rs 6,50,000 crore as about 33 crore people across 256 districts are facing the grave situation, a study has revealed.
Srinagar: People of Jammu and Kashmir become the first casualty of any hostile environment between India and Pakistan, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said, underlining that only sustained peace in the region can allow her
Geneva:The World Trade Organization on Thursday revised its 2016 global trade forecast downward by more than one percentage point, warning that a slowdown in China and broad market volatility continued to threaten growth. In September,
Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today said growth of a nation should include holistic development of a society and its culture rather than only being in terms of economy.
Panaji:Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today unveiled the much-awaited Defence Procurement Procedure, saying it will ensure transparency and speed in acquisition process and boost the 'Make in India' initiative to reduce dependence on exports. "The
New Delhi: Ahead of the Union Budget, the Economic Survey today termed external environment as challenging but projected a 7-7.5 per cent GDP growth rate in the next fiscal which could accelerate to eight per
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama today emphasised on the need for teaching computer science as a basic skill to all children in the US and asked Congress to provide funding to help students especially girls and
New Delhi: Government has marginally revised downward the economic growth for 2014-15 to 7.2 percent from the earlier estimate of 7.3 percent after factoring in latest data on agriculture and industrial production."The real GDP or
New Delhi: Government is planning to create coastal economic zones along the country's 7,500-km long coastline covering many states, ports and special economic zones having uniform policy to further boost manufacturing."There is a thinking in
New Delhi: Indian economy is less vulnerable to external shocks as it is mainly driven by household consumption and government spending, and not dependent on hot money which can move out quickly, Standard & Poor's
Jerusalem : Asserting that economic relationship is the key to developing Indo-Israel ties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked the Jewish state to look beyond trade for building "long-term stakes" in the Indian economy. Swaraj,
Kolkata: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal believes that doing business in India is very difficult because one needs to bribe officials to get work done. “The more I get deeper into governance, I realise how difficult
Hyderabad: The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7 to 7.5 per cent in 2016, World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu said today.“Roughly it is in a ballpark of the kind of figure.We (World
London: India could become the world's third largest economy after 2030 and its ascension could see France and Italy kicked out of the exclusive G8 group or its membership increased to 10 to accommodate India
Jalna: Increased steel import from China is hurting the Indian steel industry and the government was working towards a solution to the problem, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said here today."Domestic steel industry has been facing
New Delhi: Notwithstanding a sharp cut in the government's growth forecast at the fag end, 2015 will go down as the year when India emerged as the fastest-growing large economy, despite setbacks such as 12
New Delhi: The Indian economy could register an over twofold growth if the current growth rate is sustained, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in New Delhi today."If we grow at 7 per
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