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India needs green energy policy to get 175-Gw solar capacity by 2022: CSE

CSE Director General Sunita Narain said this at a national conference where she released a report titled the 'State of Renewable Energy in India 2019'.

Future of IAF's Jaguars uncertain as high cost plagues engine upgrade plan

Future of four Jaguar squadrons uncertain as Air Force puts project on hold

India pips Japan to be second largest global steel producer

Recently, India has been trying to unleash its growth potential through an extensive reform agenda to clear institutional bottlenecks

India's economy world's fastest growing, say 3 international organisations

On Monday, the IMF report released in Davos estimated India's gross domestic product growth rate for this fiscal year at 7.3%, while the UN's report in New York pegged it slightly higher at 7.4%

IMF hikes India's GDP growth forecast to 7.5%; pegs China's at 6.6%

India retained the fastest growing large economic growth tag as its nearest rival China is projected to have grown 6.6 per cent in 2018 and 6.2 per cent in 2019

Explained: GST Council's decisions and their impact on small business

CRISIL Research believes the impact of these decisions on the MSME sector would be low to moderate at best, considering that the GST is only a part of their woes

12 states grew faster than national GDP, but failed in job creation: Crisil

The Crisil report comes in the immediate backdrop of a report by the independent think-tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy which said as many as 1.1 crore jobs were lost in 2018 alone

RBI policy paper new players in retail payment systems through easy norms

The RBI has been issuing guidelines for various payment systems and grants authorisation to non-banks for setting up and operating payment systems.

States' fiscal deficit to breach target, may go up to 3.2% in FY20: Report

The agency expects states' aggregate revenue expenditure to grow 18.9 per cent to Rs 33.28 trillion in FY20

India moves up a notch on global talent competitive index, ranked 80th

China is the best performer among BRICS countries, while India remains the laggard of this grouping

Withdraw all appeal cases in courts by January-end: CBDT to taxman

The move assumes significance as the NDA government would present the interim Budget for 2019-20 on February 1

RBI starts two quarterly surveys of manufacturing, services, infra sectors

Findings of the two surveys -- Industrial Outlook Survey, and Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey - would be significant for the govt and the opposition as the country heads for Lok Sabha polls

Govt may impose anti-dumping duty on Malaysian glass used in solar panels

The duty is aimed at ensuring fair trading practises and creating a level-playing field for domestic producers with regard to foreign producers and exporters

How China is dodging duty wall to continue dumping stainless steel in India

The country is routing its exports via Indonesia, where its firms have already installed 3 mn tonnes of capacity, which is twice the South-East nation's annual consumption

Tamil Nadu eyes Rs 2.4 trn investments from second Global Investment Meet

Adani, GMR, Hyundai, Saint Gobain among companies to sign MoUs; state has already cleared proposals worth Rs 65,000 cr, which are likely to be signed at GIM 2019

Indian economy poised to pick up in 2019, do better than China's: IMF

The IMF's January World Economy Outlook update says India will remain the fastest growing major economies of the world.

Centre to look into textile industry's concerns on embedded duties: Irani

She made the remarks at the Textile Conclave organised by Assocham in Gandhinagar on Sunday, a release said

Bihar awaiting legal opinion to implement upper caste quota: Nitish

Nitish Kumar said he was in favour of treating the extremely backward classes among the OBCs as a separate category at the national-level

Leather exports body seeks 12% GST reduction on footwear priced above Rs 1k

As the sector holds huge potential both for manufacturing and exports, "we need support from the government," he said

Modi govt considering paying farmers cash instead of subsidies: Report

The govt, which has already exceeded the annual budget deficit target, has little room for spending in the current year