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73.2% of rural women workers are farmers, but own only 12.8% land holdings

In Maharashtra, 88.46% of rural women are employed by agriculture, the highest in the country

Rising gold demand reflecting risk aversion in global financial system

Moderation in prices is crucial for the gems and jewellery business ahead of the festive season

Indian consumers remain confident despite economic slowdown: Nielsen

Country tops consumer confidence index in April-June; economists say more pain ahead

Renewable firms can take discoms to NCLT: Power ministry to Andhra govt

Renewable power project developers are staring at weak cash flows from their projects in Andhra Pradesh

How Gadkari is planning to attract investors, monetise highway projects

IRB InvIT offered six completed road assets, covering 3,000 km across five states

Auto industry may have to wait longer for GST cut on cars from 28% to 18%

Will be a political call now; state finance ministers to decide on September 20

Opposition to RCEP grows within government, now from dairy ministry

Steel, chemicals, MSME and agri ministries have also opposed deal

Govt mulls new power tariff policy, UDAY 2.0 for resolving discoms losses

Power Minister said that under the new tariff policy, the discoms would have to pay a surcharge for delayed payments

Exporters still face various problems

Hopefully, the government will take note and make life easier for exporters

100 days of Modi govt: We know how to take challenges head-on, says PM

Smriti Irani described the first 100 days as historic, and tweeted some of the steps taken

100 days of Modi govt: Fundamentals of economy strong, says Javadekar

He also said sometimes a slowdown is a cyclical process, and 'such a patch' will not hurt the country's progress rate

OMCs flag roadblocks in govt's plan of rationalising taxes on jet fuel

Currently, airlines have to pay taxes for certain services, such as 'throughput charges', 'into-plane charges' and 'fuel-infrastructure charges' when they take the ATF at any airport for their planes

Won't change Article 371 granting special status to North East: Amit Shah

"I have clarified in Parliament that this is not going to happen and I am saying it again today in the presence of eight chief ministers of North East, Amit Shah said.

PSB mergers nearly done, 12 banks almost right for India: Finance Secy

The consolidation will help create strong and globally competitive banks with economies of scale, he said

India starts talk with UK, EU on concessional sugar exports post Brexit

Currently, the EU permits India to export 10,000 tonne of sugar at concessional duty rates under the CXL quota

Urban Ministry consults MEA to avail expertise of CPWD by foreign countries

Joint Secretary Ved Prakash said CPWD is keen to be associated with the respective agencies of other countries under the aegis of the MEA in execution of their projects

Is money more important than life? Gadkari on new Motor Vehicles Act

Speaking during a programme in Nagpur, Gadkari tried to address the criticism of the high penalties under the new law

Sugar subsidy: India's trying to race Brazil by rushing exports

Producers are talking to importers in West Asia, China, East Africa, Bangladesh, Iran and Sri Lanka with a view to starting shipments from next month

Indian rice exports face threat from Asian peers, including Pakistan

Lack of long term export policy, high costs making Indian rice uncompetitive

HAL-built trainer aircraft HTT-40 clears crucial flight test successfully

Clearing the HTT-40's six-turn spin tests removes a monkey from our backs, said design chief Arup Chatterjee