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Exports may touch $1 trillion by FY28; RoDTEP rates likely by Friday: Secy

The secretary said that Indian exports have been roughly fluctuating between $290 billion and $330 billion for the last 10 years.

My target is to achieve 100 km per day of highway construction: Gadkari

The pace of highway construction in the country touched a record 37 km per day in 2020-21.

Abolition of retro tax to strengthen investors' confidence: PM at CII event

India now has 60 unicorns, 21 of them reaching that status in last few months, says PM

India will fast track trade deals with six nations: Commerce Secretary

India has to engage with the rest of the world; will otherwise be shut from global markets

Gadkari pitches for using RBI's rising forex reserves for infra development

Gadkari pointed out that he is talking to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the New Development Bank NDB) for infrastructure funding in India, but he is not satisfied by their response.

Govt expecting very robust tax revenue this fiscal: Revenue Secy

The government is expecting a 'robust' tax revenue in the current fiscal on the back of better-than-expected corporate sector performance, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said

Govt will finish Air India, BPCL privatisation this fiscal: DIPAM Secretary

Shipping Corporation of India, Pawan Hans, Nilanchal Ispat Nigam among targets: Tuhin Kanta Pandey.

Why Tamil Nadu's massive power sector debt is the highest in India?

According to the state government, a major reason for this is the AIADMK government's reluctance to raise power tariffs for the last 7 years, apart from high costs and lower recoveries

Expiry of safeguard duty: Boon for solar developers, bane for manufacturers

Sector executives feel this would exacerbate the problems of domestic manufacturers of solar cells and modules.

Home truth: NCR's unsold inventory dips 26% since RERA, shows data

While it continues to take the strain of 328,000 stalled units launched before 2015, unsold units since early-2016 have come down 26 per cent

Centre set to allow import of GM soymeal to check rising feed prices

Feed meal prices have risen due to a staggering 64% increase in prices of soymeal, which is one of the main constituents of feed meal along with maize

Railways entrusts RLDA to redevelop 49 additional railways stations

The Indian Railways has entrusted the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) to redevelop additional 49 railway stations across the country, an official statement said on Tuesday.

Rural consumers' brand adoption

The question remains whether rural households that experimented with a packaged branded atta or packaged branded detergent will continue to use the same

Over 100 mn litres of milk transported by 'Doodh Duronto' trains to Delhi

Over 10 crore litres of milk has so far been transported by 'Doodh Duronto' special trains from Renigunta of Andhra Pradesh to the national capital, the Railway Ministry said.

DDA approves e-auction of CNG station sites, modification in parking norms

The DDA on Tuesday gave its approval to a policy for e-auction of CNG station sites, seeking to bring greater transparency and increase efficiency in the process of allotment, officials said

Sebi merges debt securities rules into single regulation

To ease the compliance burden on listed entities, Sebi has merged rules pertaining to the issuance of debt securities into a single regulation

Nearly 0.7% of GDP spent on R&D, strengthening of S&T infra from 2014-19

Nearly 0.7 per cent of the GDP was spent every year on research and development, including strengthening of science and technology infrastructure, during 2014-15 to 2018-19, Rajya Sabha was informed

Demand to increase reservation cap requires careful examination: Minister

Virendra Kumar on Tuesday said there is a need for careful examination of the demand made by several Lok Sabha members for increasing the cap of reservation beyond 50 per cent

India ranks 122nd on new Global Youth Development Index among 181 countries

India is ranked 122nd on a new Global Youth Development Index measuring the condition of young people across 181 countries, released by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London on Tuesday

MNRE launches interest subvention scheme for energy biomethanation projects

MNRE on Tuesday said it has launched a loan interest subvention scheme in association with UNIDI and GEF to provide financial assistance for innovative waste to energy biomethanation projects