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Himachal Pradesh gets central approval for projects worth Rs 7,922.69 cr

Himachal Pradesh has received approval from the Union government for six multipurpose and flood control projects involving expenditure of Rs 7,922.69 crore, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said

Delhi's EV policy aims to electrify 50% of 2-wheeler delivery fleet by 2023

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who launched the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy on Friday, sought the cooperation of all stakeholders in implementing it

Many nations value autonomy, feel globalisation has been unfair: Jaishankar

The minister said some countries have benefitted more and within the countries, some people are benefitted more

Former Niti Aayog VC Arvind Panagariya slams India's move to raise tariffs

Favours India's stimulus strategy, criticises NEP focus on spending more at school level without correcting teaching structures

July exports recovered to 91 per cent of July 2019 levels : Piyush Goyal

Non-gems & jewellery, petroleum exports also rose, picking up significantly towards month-end

Strong online dispute resolution can bring cheaper justice delivery: Kant

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said a robust online dispute resolution ecosystem has the potential to ensure justice delivery in a cheaper, quicker and credible manner

Private sector should think about marginalised section, says Gadkari

The private sector should think more about the marginalised sections while talking about growth, Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday.

Agri Infra fund: PM to launch financing facility of Rs 1 trillion tomorrow

He will also release the sixth instalment of funds of Rs 17,000 crore to 85 million farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme

Coronavirus spreading fast because billions don't have water to wash

The world needs to spend $6.7 trillion on water infrastructure by 2030, according to the UN, not just for the urgent sanitation needs, but to tackle longer term issues from the pandemic

Why RBI has allowed one-time restructuring of corporate and personal loans

Like almost everywhere else, the ability of assets to earn returns in industries ranging from airlines, hotels and commercial real estate - from large firms to their small vendors - has been impaired

Kisan Rail to reduce transport cost of perishables by Rs 1,000 a tonne

The scheduled time of a one-way journey is 31 hours and 45 minutes. This travel time is 15 hours less than the time taken in transporting such produce by road

GSTR 1 and 3B to be linked to determine input tax credit and liability

The group of ministers (GoM) on Information Technology (IT) led by Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi took stock of the preparedness and the timelines in a meeting held on Friday

For agritech start-ups, spring is in the air as funding rises amid Covid-19

Companies focused on farm technology are witnessing a surge in funding

Debt-recast scheme: CEOs want simpler and corporate friendly norms

CEOs say scheme should also be offered to companies that fell into crisis before Covid

Happy at RBI's decision to bring start-ups under priority sector: FM

Sitharaman says govt will soon be coming with taxpayers charter of rights which was announced in the Budget

Covid-19 impact: Inflation may remain high for a few months, say economists

Local lockdowns, taxes on fuels, services, hardening commodity prices may drive up inflation: Economists

Unique ID, data privacy give strength to Centre's digital health mission

Digitised health records could help collate and analyse data in a more comprehensive and 'real time' manner for policymaking

Banks may not have to pay service tax for facilitating international trade

To facilitate trade, Indian banks provide services to exporters by sending the export documents to the bank of the importer abroad and collect payment

India's consumer confidence plummets to record low in July: RBI survey

Sentiment had been steadily falling since the government imposed the world's biggest pandemic lockdown in late March and collapsed further in July to reach 53.8, the RBI said

Business Confidence Index falls 40% in June quarter: NCAER survey

It fell 62 per cent in the June 2020 quarter on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, according to a survey by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)