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Rice exports from India witnesses a downward trend owing to elections

India is the world's largest rice exporter and in 2017, it had accounted for 25% of the global rice trade valued at US$ 7.73 billion, primarily due to its competitive cost advantage

Aluminium industry opposes import duty hike, says MSMEs, SMEs will suffer

Kishore Rajpurohit, Director, MRAI, believes that increase in import duty on aluminium scrap would render 3500 units

Derailed banking system, agrarian distress among top concerns: Rangarajan

He regretted that financial losses due to corruption has touched Rs.70 trillion which was due to tax evasion by corporates and corruption at various levels

A decent start to Ayushman Bharat but tough challenges lie ahead

Ayushman Bharat will provide health care insurance cover for 500 mn people

Govt working on enhancing ease of living while keeping middlemen away: Modi

Modi said his government was committed to keeping middlemen away by making necessary changes in the government system by making it more transparent

Agricultural issues and challenges in Andhra Pradesh during 2004 to 2014

Continuous dependence on old varieties has pushed the farmers into a tough situation of stagnant yields and increasing cost, ultimately cutting into their income

Modi's clampdown on e-commerce may not win back votes of small retailers

E-commerce firms such as Amazon.com and Walmart-owned Flipkart Group will not be able to sell products from companies in which they have an equity interest or form exclusive agreements with sellers

Rajasthan Cabinet turns manifesto into policy doc, to ensure implementation

Instructions have also been given to the chief secretary to prepare a road-map for the successful implementation of the rural job guarantee scheme in the state

Railways plan to offer job openings for over 14,000 junior engineers soon

The recruitment test for JEs is expected to commence from March next year after the scrutiny of applications is completed

Goyal extols role of railways in 2018, calls it 'a year of many firsts'

While in 2017-2018 till March, there were 73 accidents, since April there were 45 such cases till December 15

Govt plans to sanction construction of 10 million houses before 2020

The official said that construction of almost 6.2 million individual household toilets and 500,000 community and public toilet seats is already over or nearing completion

Banks' recovery improves after insolvency code, changes in Sarfaesi: Report

Efforts on the part of private banks to clean up their balance sheets through higher write-offs and better recoveries contributed to low GNPA ratios in these banks

Chhattisgarh CM urges PM to expand number of ministers in state cabinet

He requested Prime Minister to increase the per cent of Council Ministers by five per cent from the present 15 per cent

India's new land warfare doctrine is not a credible deterrent to China, Pak

The military threat from Pakistan comes from its increasing interoperability with the PLA, combined with the high geo-strategic stakes that China has in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Defence ministry announces 'Drone Olympics' to check out UAV market

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday inaugurated the Drone Olympics website

To strengthen bilateral trade, India will contribute Rs 45 bn to Bhutan

The two sides also reviewed the progress of various hydro-power projects in the Himalayan kingdom

Despite relaxed norms, few MSME promoters able to bid for their own company

The number of firms going for liquidation remains higher than those with a resolution plan

Urea paucity worry may return to north India; 1 mn tonne stuck in ports

The government claims there is no problem for transporting fertilisers

New draft policy on e-commerce market could slow down job creation

Experts say any slowdown in growth of e-commerce companies could result in an adjustment to the number of blue-collar workers they engage

Govt doubles export incentive on onion to shore up prices, boost shipments

In July 2018, the government had introduced 5 per cent export incentive for fresh onions