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Lateral entry: Over 6,000 candidates apply for 10 joint secretary posts

The term lateral entry relates to the appointment of specialists, mainly those from private sector, in government organisations

India can double per capita GDP in 30 years by turning more secular: Study

ndia's per capita GDP per annum grew 26 times between 1958 and 2018.

Phased rollout of face recognition feature for Aadhaar from Sept 15: UIDAI

Face authentication can be used as an additional mode, said UIDAI

Bankruptcy law can be extended to cross-border assets: Corp affairs secy

The government is also looking to increase number members at the Mumbai bench of the NCLT to four from one now

The recovery of public money is at 40 per cent only: Jairam Ramesh

Now I don't see what the need for this Sashakt was when you have the RBI Circular of the 12th of February, 2018 and when we have the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, says Ramesh

Macro-economic instability was highest under UPA govt: Surjit Bhalla

The report compares growth rates between old series (2004-05) and new series based on 2011-12 prices

Rupee might stabilise at 68-69 a dollar: Economic Affairs Secretary Garg

'If oil prices do not rise further, the chances of the rupee stabilising at 68-69 level is more,' Garg said

Govt working on law to regulate asset valuers: Corp Affairs Secretary

Injeti Srinivas says corp affairs ministry is looking for a separate law like the one for chartered accountants of company secretaries

Breaking vow on labour laws: The one wrong step Atal Bihari Vajpayee took

Vajpayee's government had more market-friendly ministers than any government

Indian economy grew in double digits twice under UPA govt, says panel

The new series has 2011-12 as the base year and the earlier series had 2004-05 and 1993-94

India's palm oil imports likely to hit six-year low, say experts

India buys palm oil from Indonesia and Malaysia, with its soyoil mainly imported from Argentina and Brazil. It purchases sunflower oil from Ukraine

New amendments to the group captive power scheme irk several states

These states fear loss of revenue earned through cross subsidy charges

Banks set to get data rich with UPI 2.0; likely to boost credit scoring

The updated payments system comes with new features such as the ability for people to link their overdraft accounts to the UPI app

GST officers to ensure companies pass on benefits to the consumers

The national anti-profiteering authority has asked CBIC to instruct commissioners to proactively carry out checks on companies and businesses for profiteering

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's approach to economic issues had the common touch

The golden quadrilateral project linking Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai, followed by the North-South East-West, became the high point of the first NDA government

Solar irrigation pumps can help India reach 38% of its green energy target

A robust national solar irrigation programme could successfully contribute to the country reaching its goal of 100 Gw of installed solar power capacity by 2022

Govt forms working group to set up domestic council for jewellery sector

Move is aimed at setting the ball rolling for having a comprehensive gold policy

Crisil's DRIP: Four states reel from weak rain, groundnut to see stress

Rain has swamped Kerala, yet, Gujarat, Haryana, Bihar and Bengal continue to see deficiency at 18-26 per cent of the LPA

Income tax department eyes over Rs 100 bn from 'struck off' firms

Directors of these companies have been prohibited from holding directorships in any other company

MSME exports were hit more by GST issues than demonetisation: Report

The credit growth in the MSME sector had started decelerating even before demonetisation, and declined further during the demonetisation phase