India Union Budget 2018: Road, infrastructure cess on fuel proposed
Budget | February 01, 2018 19:41 ISTThe basic excise duty on unbranded petrol was slashed by Rs 2 from Rs 6.48 per litre and on branded petrol from Rs 7.66 per litre.
The basic excise duty on unbranded petrol was slashed by Rs 2 from Rs 6.48 per litre and on branded petrol from Rs 7.66 per litre.
Eight core sectors grew to a six-month high of 5.2 per cent in September, helped by a robust performance in coal, natural gas and refinery segments, official data showed on Tuesday.
India has good prospects of achieving over 8 per cent growth within 2-3 years, Niti Aayog said on Thursday, while suggesting a host of reforms to ensure prosperity for all the 125 crore citizens
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that infrastructure investment needs a booster and his next Budget in February will concentrate on empowering more open and also private spending to help financial development. Speaking at ET
Arun Jaitley on Saturday asked representatives of industries and trade to increase private investments.
Infrastructure sector witnessed growth at the rate of 5 per cent in the month of September -- the highest in three months -- on account of healthy performance by cement, steel and refinery products.
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New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that Government is expecting an investments worth Rs 25 lakh crore in the infrastructure sector by 2019 which will help generate 4 crore jobs. "First two years were
United Nations: India has criticised the "disaggregated" counter terrorism infrastructure of the UN, saying the world community has failed to address the menace of terror and there is a need to have a seamless structure
New Delhi: The Union Budget for the next fiscal (2016-17), to be presented on February 29 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, should earmark enough funds for investing in infrastructure that will drive growth, a survey
Islamabad: Pakistan is planning to set up a brigade-level military infrastructure in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to provide security to its ambitious USD 46 billion economic corridor with China passing through the strategic
New Delhi: The government today announced the first list of 20 cities that have been identified for development as smart cities this year. This is part of the Central government's plans to develop 100 Smart
New Delhi: Asking India to take advantage of the period ahead of lifting of sanctions against it, Iran has invited Indian investments of about USD 8 billion in infrastructure projects there without wasting time in
New Delhi: The government on Friday said a new tenancy bill will come up for the union cabinet's approval soon."The upcoming policy would do away with some archaic rules that have governed this sector. The
Mumbai: Indian employers appear to be upbeat about government initiatives like digitalisation and smart cities as they plan to increase hiring activities by up to 15 per cent in specific sectors such as IT, manufacturing
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today said the state budget to be tabled in the Assembly on July 15 next, is going to be a path breaking one with main thrust on employment
In 2006-07, India approved the construction of 73 strategic Sino-Indian border roads, but 82% of these–scheduled to be ready by 2012–are unfinished. The new deadline: 2018.Despite ambitious plans, India cannot seem to catch up with
Mumbai: An enabled physical, social, economic and institutional infrastructure is a must for the success of the upcoming Smart Cities project in India, union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday.Inaugurating a
New Delhi: Acknowledging that ice-hockey players were facing difficulties relating to lack of infrastructure, government today said it would soon take up with Uttarakhand government the issue of operationalising a full-size ice-rink in Dehradun.Responding
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pushed for expediting projects in the areas of irrigation, affordable housing and toilets as he chaired a high-level meeting on infrastructure with focus on rural development, power, coal,
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