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Maha gets Rs 12-trillion investment commitments from 3-day summit

The state also received investment intentions of Rs 57 billion in the information technology sector and Rs 24.4 billion in higher education

UP Investors Summit 2018: Bio-policy to double farm income by 2022, says PM

The 'Uttar Pradesh Investors' Summit 2018,' aims at showcasing business and investment potential

UP Investors Summit 2018: CM Adityanath signs 1,045 MoUs, worth Rs 4.2 trn

"We are heading towards new UP, we are gradually shedding the Bimaru tag" said CM Adityanath

Trudeau in Amritsar: Meeting with Amarinder to 'take Punjab 20 years ahead'

The visit holds political and social significance in Canada as that country has a substantial Indian diaspora, a majority of them from Punjab

Goa mining: SC order shows both BJP and Congress bent rules for biggies

SC cancelled 88 mining leases in Goa, saying while renewal of mining lease illegal and ordered their shutdown by March 16

Mudra Yojana: Loans to micro business down 5.8%; 3 of 4 beneficiaries women

As of January 26, 2018, 106 million loans had been sanctioned under the scheme, according to data on the Mudra portal

Coal mining by private firms: Labour unions oppose Cabinet decision

The trade union leaders apprehend that the move would gradually ruin state-run Coal India as private players would not do mining ethically

Replacing welfare schemes with universal basic income to hit poor the most

The study by Carnegie India opposed the Economic Survey 2016-17 proposal of delivering UBI through an Aadhaar-linked system

British defence industry body ADS Group downs shutters in India

The UK government will continue its support, though, with defence products ranking amongst Britain's top three exports

Ratnagiri refinery launch after talks with partners: Devendra Fadnavis

Uddhav Thackeray had recently met Fadnavis to convey his party's concerns over the Rs 1.5-trillion mega refinery and petrochemical complex

Govt postpones Indian Labour Conference fearing boycott of Modi speech

At the 47th ILC, scheduled for February 26 and 27 in Delhi, trade unions and employers were to discuss key issues related to employment and social security coverage to workers

Hospitals making profits up to 1,700% on drugs, consumables

Surgery cost is found to be only 0.39 per cent of the total profit

Post elections, Nitin Patel announces farm, youth friendly Gujarat budget

State tax revenues grow by nearly 21% for April 2017 to January 2018

Traditional means will not double farmer income: PM Narendra Modi

The PM said more agricultural credit and easier access to markets was needed to boost incomes

Justin Trudeau says India Inc to invest $1bn, create 5,000 new jobs

The Canadian premier also had a 90-minute roundtable with women business leaders including ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and Swati Piramal

Cabinet ends Coal India monopoly, allows commercial mining by private firms

Move will allow both domestic and foreign players to sell the fuel in open market as a commodity, at market-determined prices

PNB fraud: Issuing of LoUs going on since 2008, CBI tells court

According to the remand report filed by the CBI, Tiwari was working as chief manager in Forex Department and was incharge during the period from 2015 to 2017

I-T slaps fresh charges against Nirav Modi under new anti-black money law

The latest foreign asset is suspected to be a trust registered in Jersey, located near the coast of Normandy

Maharashtra govt likely to unveil plan to revive struggling small units

Reviving the MSME sector is critical to achieve the state's objective of becoming a $1 trillion economy by 2025: Subhash Desai

Chinese warships return to South China Sea as Indian Navy continues heavy deployment around Maldives

Indian Navy sources say that a Chinese flotilla including a destroyer and a frigate had indeed crossed into the Indian Ocean through the Sunda Strait