Page 2614 - Economy & Policy News

Talks will help take education system forward, says Amartya Sen

"Discussion among teachers themselves, among teachers and students and among students themselves, thus, lead to expansion of knowledge. The basis of education is discussion," Sen said

GII rankings: India top IT exporter but lags in information access

India maintained its top place in the Central and Southern Asia region

It will take long for Indian economy to come close to China: Avinash Dixit

"For improving outcome in India, you could allow states to test which law, rules work and which do not and then choose."

Launches of residential units increase 40% in June quarter, says study

Bengaluru saw a 32% growth in home sales in Q2,2018

India-Korea CEPA: Harvest deal by 2019 even as two nations stick to guns

The two countries agreed to finalise the CEPA upgrading negotiations at the earliest date in 2019

China enters world's top 20 most-innovative economies, India at 57th spot

Rounding out the GII 2018 top 10 are the Netherlands, Sweden, Britain, Singapore, the US, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Ireland

Plastic ban: UP constitutes 'Pottery Board' to promote terracotta items

The purpose of the Board would be to revive pottery and hand-crafted earthenware

Andhra Pradesh tops the 'ease of doing business' ranking among states

Telangana followed with 98.33% score, Haryana came third

June inflation likely reached highest level in nearly two years

Global oil prices, which have risen more than 20 percent this year and nearly 13 percent in June, was a major factor behind higher inflation

Reliance-BP JV seeks licence to retail gas in 15 cities, IGL bids for 13

The govt is targeting to raise the share of natural gas in primary energy basket to 15 per cent from 6 per cent at present, within a few years

Doorstep delivery of services in Delhi: Step-by-step guide on how to use it

This does not mean that you can avail of every service under the scheme without having to step out of the house at all

UPI 2.0 may be launched this week: 5 ways the payments system will change

With the fresh version, UPI is making a move from just being a peer-to-peer payments system to become a preferred platform for merchant payments also

PPT sets ball rolling on Rs 35.44 billion projects for Smart Port City

PPT has initiated work on projects valued at Rs 35.44 billion on the self-contained city spread over 700 acres of land

Jharkhand set to top the ease of doing business ranking for states

The results of the 'Business Reform Action Plan 2017' - the 3rd edition of the rankings are to be released later today

Bankruptcy law is kick Indian firms needed to pay up: IBC chairman

India is also planning regulations on cross-border insolvency to pursue foreign assets of a defaulting company

These three questions will answer how successful 10th BRICS summit will be

One goal of the upcoming summit should be to strengthen the relationship between the BRICS partners

Road monetisation model to be adopted for inland waterways project

The Request for Qualification or preliminary bids for the contract would be finalised within a month.

SAIL-ArcelorMittal JV for specialised steel stuck on 30-year clause

ArcelorMittal wants a long-term binding agreement, at the end of which the two companies could take a call on whether to continue with the venture

Decline in coal imports by India's power plants points to distress

Higher coal prices and a weaker rupee forced them to cut generation

NITI Aayog wants states to adopt zero-budget natural farming

States can promote ZBNF under the two farm sector schemes - Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana