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Polluting coal to remain predominant fuel in India's energy basket

This is despite the country pushing for its expansion of the renewable energy projects

Government allows further operational flexibility to GST filers

The government has allowed further flexibility to tax filers operating under the Quarterly Return Filing and Monthly Payment of Taxes scheme

Engineering exports jump 70% in March marking a major rebound

Exports of engineering goods from the country recorded an impressive 70.28 per cent growth in March.

Modi needs to learn self-sufficiency won't put food on the table, jobs will

The more Modi tries to relegate Nehru to the back pages of history, the more the first prime minister leaps out

Last year's low base puts March sales of two-wheelers in top gear

Cumulative sales in March at the top five two-wheeler makers soared 75% to 1,421,600 units during the month against 808,692 units a year ago

Rail Land Development Authority puts seven land parcels on auction

Among the properties currently on offer is the Boulevard Road land parcel in a posh Delhi locality that has a reserve price of Rs 393 crore

Export outlook uncertain as Covid-19 cases in India rise again: Experts

The sharp jump in exports can be attributed to a low base as March 2020 saw the outbreak of Covid-19 and a subsequent nationwide lockdown

Next leg of Ujjwala to kick off in May; Centre to focus on affordability

Five years after its launch, the scheme seems to have run into a fresh problem: affordability

India strongly pitches for easing cuts in crude oil production

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is reviewing closely the global crude supplies and price situation

Highways construction touches record 37 km per day: Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari said the achievement was remarkable as it was achieved despite constraints posed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Ray of hope: In a surprise, personal tax mop-up rises 2.5% in FY21

6% fall in corporation tax due to Covid-related issues

GST dilemma: Contradictory AAR rulings leave industry perplexed

States like Punjab and Delhi have reported delays in disposing of AAR applications.

Rs 75,000 cr disbursement to discoms under special liquidity scheme

Under the scheme, govt-owned lenders PFC and REC extended special one time loan to discoms to clear their due to the power generating companies

India's forex reserves decline by $2.98 billion to $579.28 billion

The country's foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 2.986 billion to reach USD 579.285 billion in the week ended March 26, RBI data showed on Friday.

RBI deputy governor BP Kanungo retires after completing 1-year extension

Against expectations of getting a second extension, the senior-most deputy governor BP Kanungo retired from the Reserve Bank on completion of his one-year extension on Friday.

India declines to comment on Pakistan's flip-flop on bilateral trade

India on Friday declined to comment on Pakistan's flip-flop on plans to go for limited imports of sugar and cotton from the country.

Environment ministry sets new deadlines for thermal plants to meet norms

The Environment Ministry has amended rules allowing thermal power plants within 10 kilometres of the NCR and in cities with more than 10 lakh population to comply with new emission norm

India holds world record for fastest road construction: Nitin Gadkari

With the construction of a 2.5 km 4-lane concrete road and a 1-lane 25-km bitumen Solapur-Bijapur road within 24 hrs, India has made three world records, Gadkari said

Deadline to adopt new emission norms for coal-fired utilities pushed back

India pushes back deadline for coal utilities to adopt new emission norms

New projects inched higher in March compared to December quarter

Completed projects are down 69.4 per cent year-on-year to Rs 0.53 trillion