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5 years of Swachh Bharat: More toilets but no end to manual scavenging

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the ambitious Clean India programme, popularly known as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on October 2, 2014. How successful has it been? What targets did it miss?

Govt may set threshold for homebuyers to prevent misuse of IBC provision

Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas said the personal insolvency regime would be fully operational in one year

Only 7% taxpayers will be required to submit monthly GST returns

GSTN is currently conducting outreach programmes to make the industry familiar with the new return system.

Car sales continue to slide in Sept despite heavy discounts and offers

Industry executives were optimistic about buyer enquiries, which have picked up, translating into sales as Diwali draws closer

Economist Surjit Bhalla appointed executive director for India at IMF

Bhalla's appointment comes at a time when India is facing an economic slowdown and the government is struggling hard to revive it

Wilbur Ross, Goyal to hold talks with renewed hopes for US-India trade deal

Ross is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal on October 3

Explained in numbers: How govt saved on costs by building toilets

The economic benefits of having a toilet

Swachh Bharat tackled stigma attached with toilets head on: Expert

When the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) began, India was at just 39 per cent sanitation coverage, and in only five years, over 100 million rural toilets have been built

Rule change by mines ministry likely to benefit state-run companies

The lease would then be extended for a further period of up to 20 years at a time

Tejas Express travellers to get partial refund if train is delayed

Passengers will be getting compensation of Rs 100 if the train gets delayed by one hour and Rs 250 if the delay is more than two hours

ED scores in probing high-profile cases, but lags in conviction rate

Several other examples show the agency to be much ahead of other probe bureaus

Airtel, Voda Idea cut ring time to 25 sec to counter Jio, slam TRAI

Telecom regulator TRAI had asked the warring operators to arrive at a mutually acceptable solution over the dispute until it concludes a formal consultation on the matter

Economist Surjit S Bhalla appointed as executive director for India at IMF

His appointment has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Sept manufacturing PMI unchanged from August; MPC may cut rates further

On the prices front, input cost inflation moderated to one of the lowest rates seen in over a decade

GST collection dips 19-month low at Rs 91,916 cr, reflects weak demand

The revenue collection in the same month a year ago stood at Rs 94,442 crore

How a small word change cleared the air over NMDC's future mine renewals

Govt notification replaces the word 'may' with 'shall' in a move that will even bring back Donimalai and Chhattisgarh mines

Value of downgraded debt trebles to Rs 1.38 trn in H1 of FY20: Crisil

Jewellery, garments, construction bear brunt of downgrades as slowdown, sharp fall in consumption demand, slower govt spending weigh

This Diwali, the govt may gift you a cut in personal income tax rate

The govt is considering rationalising personal income tax rates to boost disposable income and give a fillip to consumer demand

Manufacturing PMI stays unchanged at 51.4 in September on weaker demand

The survey noted that business confidence sank to one of the lowest levels seen in over two-and-a-half years

DGCA orders check for cracks in 23 SpiceJet Boeing 737-NG aircrafts

Nineteen passenger aircraft above 26,000 flight cycles and four freighters having above 36,000 cycles of SpiceJet will be affected by the order