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India must lower tariff, non-tariff barriers: US on Harley custom hike

Earlier US President Donald Trump criticised India for high import tariffs on Harley-Davidson motorcycles

Three misleading defences from World Bank on India's doing business ranking

The Bank has made a number of misleading claims, including defending numbers in the press that its researchers have quietly repudiated

Jan export growth rate dips to 9.07%; trade deficit widens to 56-month high

The figures made clear that India is set to overshoot in 2017-18 the $380.36 billion import bill of the previous financial year

Crisil core inflation tracker: Sharp fall in WPI led by food and fuel

Going forward, food inflation could stay under check if monsoons are normal and global food prices stay benign

January WPI inflation falls to 6-month low of 2.84%, in line with CPI data

Every category in food items, barring milk, saw moderation in inflation or continued price fall

Donald Trump's reciprocal tax may not hit India's bikes, steel industry

India exported more than two million two-wheelers, which were worth $1.6 billion, in 2016-17

NIC to develop email service for 5 mn govt staff with security features

Officials can be able to log-in only through the registered devices

Centre to change base year for GDP, IIP to 2017-18, for CPI it will be 2018

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) has been allocated Rs 48.59 billion in the Union Budget 2018-19

India's transition to renewable would need strong policy support: ETC

ETC is a diverse international group that has members across the energy landscape

Policy to scrap vehicles older than 15 years almost finalised: Gadkari

Gadkari has said that once the proposal is accepted it is bound to result in Rs 100-bn boost in tax revenue as the automobile sector will benefit from it

Jute mills barred from open market sales amid short supply to govt

All mills to seek consent before selling sacking bags, carpet cloth to any agency; violation to invite action

Centre to procure 32 million tonnes wheat from farmers in 2018-19

It will procure 5.5 million tonnes of rabi rice as well

Prasar Bharti defies I&B ministry diktat, says won't hire 'costly' journos

Board said ministry has been pressurising them to hire the two journalists but problem is compensation they have asked for in the range of Rs 750,000 to 10 mn

Yogi Adityanath to table UP Budget on Friday; farm, infra bonanza on cards

UP Budget to have Union Budget imprint of rural economy focus

January trade deficit widens to $16.30 bn; exports rise 9%

Imports surge 26% to $40.68 bn

$100-bn digital consumer spending potential by 2020: Google & BCG report

E-commerce for products such as apparel and accessories, consumer electronics, durables, food and grocery, is likely to be the biggest constituent with the market size estimated to reach USD 40-45 bn

Govt to bring major changes in Drug Pricing Control Order

We will have major reforms in DPCO, that I am going to assure. We need to have reforms in DPCO. We need to come out with a new pharma policy: Kumar said

India's defence budget makes its way to world's top 5, overtakes UK: Report

India continues to modernise its military capabilities, though China still remains a challenge with the world's second-largest defence budget

Why banks will likely fail to recover Rs 3 trillion from loan defaulters

Lenders have been able to recover less than a third of their bad loans from defaulters under the insolvency resolution process

WPI inflation eases to 2.84 % in January from 3.58% in December 2017

Annual wholesale price inflation last month slowed to 2.84 per cent from a year earlier, from a provisional 3.58 per cent rise in December