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Flood-induced crushing delays lead to 65% drop in sugar production

Sugar mills contract for 1.4 million tonnes of exports in 2019-20 season

Central team on 3-day Maharashtra visit from Nov 22 to assess crop damage

Aurangabad division is worst hit, he said, adding that soyabean and cotton are the worst hit

SC paves way for temple, but Ayodhya has a lot to catch up on development

The pilgrimage town's demographic and socio-economic indicators underline a lag with respect to the national average, and point to prospective policy options and areas that need attention

IT Act well-equipped to deal with hacking, spyware: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The government said some media reports attempting to malign the government of India for the reported breach are completely misleading

No proposal to make Aadhaar mandatory for electoral bonds: Arun Jaitley

There is no proposal currently to make the use of Aadhaar mandatory under the scheme, said FM Jaitley

PSBs report Rs 95,700-crore frauds: Are banking frauds on the rise?

State Bank of India reported fraud of ₹25,400 crore followed by Punjab National Bank of ₹10,800 crore and Bank of Baroda of ₹8,300 crore

Donations through electoral bonds surged ahead of state assembly elections

Nearly 40 per cent of total funds mopped through electoral bonds came in October

Electoral bonds for political donations likely to fail the tax test

Tax experts point out that the I-T Act needs to be amended to give electoral bonds tax-exemption status

Individuals, NGOs can buy electoral bonds without public disclosure

The scheme could help entities route black money to political parties through shell companies, experts fear

Electoral bonds can be purchased from 53 SBI branches

Donation not enchased by political parties within 15 days will go towards Prime Minister's Relief Fund

Printing of electoral bonds to be top-secret affair

The electoral bonds is an alternative to cash donations made to political parties

Govt notifies terms of electoral bonds to ensure clean political funding

Interest-free bonds for political funding, with 15-day validity, will be available at select SBI branches

Jaitley outlines contours of electoral bonds for political parties' funding

Interest-free bonds can be purchased from SBI for 10 days in the months of Jan, April, July & Oct; bonds not to carry name of payee

RBI, EC have no info on electoral bonds: RTI reply

The RBI was asked details of the draft electoral bond scheme

Electoral bonds a retrograde step, says EC to parliamentary panel

EC opposed state funding saying it will not be able to check candidate's own expenditures

Fiscal positions of Andhra & Telangana: Who needs central funds more & why

Andhra Pradesh relies more on central transfers than Telangana

FM says Centre endlessly waiting for Andhra to revert on special package

The Telugu Desam Party, which has 16 MPs in the 545-member Lok Sabha, first pulled out its ministers from the Narendra Modi govt and yesterday decided to quit the alliance itself

Andhra Pradesh passes law to reserve 75% jobs for locals in industries

State to penalise firms for non-compliance; penalties to be prescribed when rules are framed

Andhra Pradesh govt to review tariff of all solar and wind projects

The state discoms have dues of Rs 20,000 crore

Telangana, AP chief ministers bury hatchet over sharing of river water

Godavari water to be diverted to Srisailam reservoir as inadequacy in Krishna river has caused scarcity in Andhra's Rayalaseema region and Telagana's Palamuru and Nalgonda districts