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Regulatory assets provision to be removed in next power tariff policy

The Ministry of Power recently blamed the SERCs for not ordering regular tariff revision

Firms likely to do water audit as govt plans policy to assess consumption

The government will draw from the perform-achieve-target scheme, which exists for the energy sector to regulate energy consumption

Devendra Fadnavis to head chief ministers' panel on agriculture reform

The decision to form the panel was taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the fifth meeting of the NITI Aayog governing council last month

India's manufacturing sector growth slows in June, PMI slips to 52.1

This is the 23rd consecutive month that the manufacturing PMI has shown a growth

Core sector growth declines marginally to 5.1% in May; steel grows 19.9%

The electricity sector saw growth rise to 7.2%, up from 5.9% in April

Govt considering giving more power to RBI to regulate NBFCs: Sitharaman

Unclaimed deposits in banks have witnessed a jump of 26.8% to Rs 14,578 crore in 2018

Discussion on to cap fee of non-audit services: Corporate Affairs Secretary

This comes when auditors are being pulled up after discrepancies were found in companies

Election impact: New projects down 85% YoY in June on Capex slowdown

CMIE data puts value of new projects at Rs 43,000 cr, compared with Rs 3.45 trillion a year ago; completed projects down 60% to Rs 53,000 cr from Rs 1.33 trillion in June 2018

Monsoon deficiency in June this year highest since 2015, reveals IMD data

Central Water Commission data revealed that as on June 27, of the 91 major reservoirs in the country, 62 water bodies reported 80 per cent or below normal storage

Total service tax arrears rise to Rs 1.66 trillion in FY18: CAG report

Similarly, in respect of central excise, total arrears increased to Rs 96,496 crore in FY 2017-18 from Rs 84,200 crore in the previous year.

Eight core sectors grow by 5.1% in May on healthy steel, electricity output

Steel and electricity output increased by 19.9% and 7.2%, respectively

Govt working on new credit scheme for MSMEs to encourage job creation

He said small and medium enterprises contribute 29 per cent of India's GDP and provide employment to 110 million people

Rafale deal: How purchase of 126 jets from France became a controversy

By one estimate, the India-specific enhancements took the actual price to double what the Congress claimed to have negotiated

Interim Budget 2019: A full Budget will be unconstitutional, says Yashwant

Amid speculation that the govt may present a full Budget on Feb 1, Sinha said there was no precedence of an outgoing govt doing so

NRC deadline extended by 1 month; final list to be published on July 31

When the draft NRC was published on July 30 last year, there was a huge controversy over the exclusion of 4 million people from it

Centre not considering special category status to states, says Sitharaman

Sitharaman disclosed that the Union govet has received requests in this regard from Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar

Don't want responsibility: Jaitley opts out of new govt citing poor health

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting that he should not be made part of the new Union Cabinet

PM Modi meets Jaitley after he opts out of Cabinet citing poor health

No word on meeting's outcome; in letter to Modi, outgoing FM said he needed time to concentrate on his health

Economy in focus as Modi starts second term without key aide Arun Jaitley

Nearly 8,000 people, including leaders of the decimated opposition bloc, are expected to attend the ceremony that will fete the incredible rise of 68-year-old Modi

GST council allows Aadhaar for registration, extends timeline for returns

GST Council decides to extend timeline to file annual returns to August 30