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Foreign investors baulk as Modi govt gets tougher on treaty terms

From New Delhi's perspective those treaties, mainly struck in the 1990s when it was desperate for foreign capital, left it too exposed to potential claims awarded by international arbitrators

Office leasing by information technology companies rising in tech hubs

The share of IT firms in office leasing in Noida has shot up from 59 per cent in 2016 to 64.17 per cent in 2017

Govt mulls shifting control of iron ore, coal to Steel Min to boost supply

Proposal to shift authority from mines and coal ministries is under discussion, needs PMO approval

As GST revenues fall, Jaitley to fight evasion with these two weapons

GST collections have been coming down and reached a low of Rs 800 billion in November

GST rate cut: From diamonds to used cars, here's full list of revised items

The changes will be effective from January 25; 15 states to start intra-state e-way bill from February 1

Govt working on centralised bidding to reduce cost of electricity

Power purchase to be eased for states; fixed cost to be reduced for assured offtake, demand-supply to be aggregated

Nilekani's suggestion to GST Council: Make buyers, sellers match invoices

It will be a system where the seller will upload the invoice and the buyer will acknowledge it

Bad news for Indian, Chinese polyester makers: US imposes anti-dumping duty

RIL is the largest producer of polyester fibre and yarn in the world, with a capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per annum more than half of almost half of India's overall capacity of 4.5 MT

GST Council meet: 83 items to get cheaper, filing of returns may be eased

To ease the flow of funds for both the Centre and states, the Council also decided to distribute Integrated GST (IGST) of Rs 340 billion equally between them

ISMA raises sugar output estimate by 4% to 26 mn tonnes due to good monsoon

Mills' body alarmed at likely fall in price; ask govt to negotiate for export to neighbouring countries

Make in India: Japanese firms in driver's seat for bullet train project

Japan is funding most of the project and Japanese companies are likely to supply at least 70% of the core components of the rail line

Trump is a predictable person, better than expected: Kishore Mahbubani

India must spend more time on Asean to re-build cultural links, says Kishore Mahbubani

Govt expects 'Indus Food' fair to generate up to $2 bn worth of business

Suresh Prabhu said the event is aimed at the government's plan of doubling farmers' income.by 2022

Unified licensing will be gamechanger in OAL: DGH Atanu Chakraborty

The govt has already got the majority of the clearances required for the current round of auctions

India kicks off bidding for 55 oil and gas exploration blocks

According to petroleum ministry, after the ninth round of NELP in 2010, a total of 117 companies are operating in India, of which 48 are foreign companies

Govt to soon bring corporate governance norms at state-owned banks

Improving the quality of credit appraisal at these banks is among the likely changes

IRS 2017: Launch of new publications lifts Indian readership figures

According to the latest Indian Readership Survey, newspapers added 110 million new readers since 2014

Cooling of G-Sec yields to bring relief for states in this financial year

On Tuesday, three states held back issuing their bonds worth Rs 34 billion, of the Rs 88.5 billion planned by nine states

India will set up $350-mn solar fund to start mobilisation under ISA

Nine companies submit Letters of Intentions for solar projects

Modi's 'UDAN' project faces fund crunch as too many airlines come on board

While govt's initial assessment was Rs 3 billion, a manifold rise in the number of participating airlines has increased the funding requirement to Rs 12 billion