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Niti's roadmap for power reform: Privatisation of discoms, more auctions

Niti also pitched for introduction of time-of-day tariff to promote the use of renewable energy and performance-based incentives in the tariff structure

India may miss 2019 sugar MIEQ target on sustained fall in global prices

Missed 2018 target by 80%, sugar mills lower supply on delay in recovery of subsidy amount resulting into fear of working capital blockage

RBI's committee on interest rate sounds cautious on inflation

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee had unanimously decided to maintain the rates two weeks ago, while staying optimistic on growth.

NITI Aayog releases strategy for new India, aims to accelerate growth to 8%

According to the NITI Aayog's strategy, the government aims to increase tax-to-GDP ratio to 22 per cent

NITI's strategy for New India: Bring labour reforms, expand social security

On social security, the Niti Aayog report asked the government to enact a comprehensive occupational health and safety legislation based on risk assessment and employer-worker cooperation

Poor need sound policy, not slogans: Jaitley at NITI strategy paper launch

The document aims to accelerate GDP growth to 8% and propel the country towards a $5-trillion economy by 2030

Yogi government tables Supplementary Budget of over Rs 80 billion

Allocates Rs 5 billion for airports in Noida, Ayodhya

CERC's tariff regulations: In tandem with electricity sector's trends

The CERC announced the regulations for the 2019-2014 this week

Govt to set up 20 additional tech centres to help MSMEs: Giriraj Singh

Currently, 10 such centres are operational in different states of the country

Drugmakers make lowest return on R&D investments in 9 years: Deloitte

The average cost of bringing a new medicine to market is now $2.18 billion, up from $1.19 billion back in 2010

RBI officers unhappy with new promotion policy, seek return to old system

With the new policy, only 75% of the officers with a particular rank would be promoted, while it was 90% earlier

Note ban shaved off GDP growth by 2 percentage points in Q4 2016: Economist

The Indian economy grew at 7 per cent in the third quarter (when demonetisation was implemented) of 2016-17 and at 6.1 per cent in the subsequent quarter

India second most affected country by spam calls in 2018, says Truecaller

Truecaller said it identified and blocked 17.7 billion spam calls globally this year

Khadi workers on 'Satyagraha', dispute Modi govt's claims on ghost artisans

While the government claims it has weeded out seven lakh 'fake artisans', representatives of khadi producers cry foul.

Isro's military communications satellite GSAT-7A to be launched today

It is believed that the 2,250-kilogram geostationary communication satellite will give a boost to the Defence forces' communication capabilities

Gujarat government to write off electricity bills worth Rs 6.5 billion

Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel informed that 622,000 people would benefit from the move

Defying US sanctions, India to pay for Iran's oil via 5 UCO Bank accounts

Continued supplies is crucial for India as Tehran offers better credit terms than other Middle East oil producers

Raghuram Rajan and Urjit Patel: Differing styles and a common mission

It is often difficult to separate the terms of the two RBI Governors, except that while Rajan was eloquent, Patel was quietly aggressive

New angel tax notices spook investors, start-ups; trip fund-raising efforts

Differences over 'fair value' of fledgling firms makes assessment difficult

Revisiting pre-IBC norms only after current rush: FM Arun Jaitley

Section 29(A) of Code needs amendment, says Jaitley