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India, US stuck in a deadlock on refrigerant gases

India has sought 2030 as the peaking year for use of existing refrigeration tech, while the US has advocated 2020

Power-for-all dream faces up to reality

On paper, only 8,000 villages remain to be electrified in the country, but the situation on the ground shows euphoria over numbers is misplaced

The 8 key challenges that await new RBI Governor Urjit Patel

The first will be to oversee the FCNR (B) redemptions without roiling liquidity and currency markets

Investment cycle: Is the worst over?

Investment cycle: Two-speed recovery

Can consumption alone drive GDP growth?

Q1 growth in the current fiscal was driven largely by an 18% rise govt consumption, a pace that may not be achieved on a sustained basis

Waiting for repeal of AFSPA in Manipur

In many of the remote villages, the culture of fear runs deep

Why this could be the best year for divestment

If the government can fix a few glitches in its process, it can get closer than ever to hitting the target

StatsGuru: The biggest spectrum auction

Manipur's young moving ahead in this isle of turbulence

This reverse migration received an impetus after the Armed Force (Special Powers) Act was lifted from the municipal areas of Imphal in 2004

DGFT's sloppy and arbitrary decisions

The petitioners contended DGFT had powers only to clarify an existing provision and none to introduce a new provision in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) through a circular

After 100 days of reform, life gets easier for telcos

Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream

Delays in Indradhanush rollout for PSBs draw flak

An year on, PSB executives and analysts say the plans are drifting, even as they praise the government's objective

StatsGuru: Tracking the financial health of lenders

New assessment rules remove security burden

The essence of the new guidelines is that importers having certification as AEO, public sector companies and govt undertakings will get a favourable dispensation by way of waiver of security or reduce

Modi to chair meeting on island development soon

Consumers paying Rs 80-90 per LED bulb, not Rs 50 as claimed by PM

Rs 50 is ex-factory price, excluding excise, transportation and distribution costs

New report pours cold water on river projects

As the government mulls the final nod for linking the Ken and Betwa rivers, a report on water management raises fresh environmental and social concerns

'Drawback available for duty-paid inputs used in export product'

StatsGuru: What the I-T returns reveal

The trigger for the release of income tax returns data was economist Thomas Piketty's demand, who had complained of the lack of transparency regarding such information