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Efficacy of rural development schemes to depend upon implementation: Report

A fund of about $350 million is proposed to develop and upgrade agri marketing infrastructure

UK to not impose any new tariffs on Indian seafood exporters after Brexit

UK intends to retain the same GSP tariff preference for shrimps from India

Adityanath govt banking on MSME scheme in UP to counter unemployment

Yogi government claims loans worth Rs 17,500 crore disbursed to entrepreneurs under ODOP scheme

Willing to return if there's an opportunity to be of use, Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan, a former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund who was denied a second term as Reserve Bank Governor by the BJP-led government

India seeks bids for $5-bn transmission lines to fuel renewables growth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has set a goal to raise solar power generation to 100 GW and wind to 60 GW by 2022

Collapse in farm jobs reason behind rising unemployment, shows NSSO data

In 2017-18, only 39.7 per cent of rural men and 17.4 per cent of rural men in the working age were employed in agriculture

Lok Sabha elections: Govt likely to get EC nod to revise MNREGA wages

The government in this year's interim budget had proposed to allocate Rs 60,000 crore for rural employment scheme under MGNREGA for the year 2019-20

Mixed scorecard: After good start, Modi govt's reform measures losing steam

When it came to the crux of labour reforms, the Modi government got cold feet

Why these polls could be a watershed moment for women in Indian politics

India is ranked 149th of 193 nations in 2018 on the percentage of women in lower house, according to data released by Inter-Parliamentary Union

India needs to focus on farm distress resolution, not loan waivers: Rajan

Several state governments have announced loan waivers for farmers

Regulatory board for gold gets Finance Ministry nod, ball in PMO court

A panel headed by NITI Ayog member Ramesh Chand on spot and futures trading had proposed a separate regulator for spot trading

Masala bond market revives as rupee gains and tax cut lures buyers

The rupee has gained 5.2 per cent since the end of September against the dollar

Cloud over GDP numbers must be cleared: Raghuram Rajan on Indian economy

Last month, the government revised the economic growth rate upwards to 7.2% for 2017-18 from 6.7% estimated earlier

Trai to hold consultation with BSNL, MTNL on 4G spectrum allocation: Govt

Both the telecom firms have asked the government to allot them spectrum for 4G services in lieu of equity

Punjab targets $30-bn investment from its industrialisation scheme in 2020

$5.6 billion has been raised over the last 23 months, a large part of which came from the United Arab Emirates-Punjab conference held recently

Govt's performance below expectations on jobs, health care, agri: Survey

The survey was conducted between October and December, 2018

Liquidity squeeze may help reshape India's real estate, says Vikas Oberoi

Defaults last year by IL&FS group triggered a crisis among shadow lenders, putting the squeeze on borrowers including home builders

No model is indicating a strong El Nino this year: IMD director-general

A strong El Nino could have an adverse impact on India's southwest monsoon that starts from June as almost 80% of El Nino years have seen 'below normal' rains

From April 1, I-T dept to check taxpayer's profiles under Project Insight

I-T dept has created various functionalities under the portal, which will provide the 360-degree profile of taxpayers, including new and non-filers to gauge their accountability and tax liability

Job creation dips 6.9% in January to 1.12 million, says ESIC data

During September 2017 to January 2019, as many as 2.08 crore new subscribers joined the ESIC scheme, the data showed