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Solar power: Some bright spots, many clouds

Plummeting tariffs in the solar market are encouraging states to renege on earlier contracts, even as increasing imports of solar panel are dimming the prospects for domestic manufacturers

India's push for farm issues at WTO remains unsuccessful

Developing world led by India and China had thrown their weight behind a demand for a solution on food stockpiling

Smart City: Only 7% of Rs 9,860 cr used so far; Ahmedabad spent the most

An HUA official recently said the ministry was concerned about the "unsatisfactory" progress of the project in some of the cities.

E-commerce sites defying govt, not disclosing MRP: LocalCircles survey

Feedback from users suggested that only 10 to 12% of the products on e-commerce site are now showing MRP, the survey said

New Year 2018: Fintech seen shedding GST, note-ban blues with chatbots, AI

2017 has seen the rise of trade in cryptocurrencies; bitcoins, in particular

After GST, Odisha not keen on fresh fiscal incentives to industries

Some industry stakeholders feel lack of incentives could hurt the flow of fresh investments to the state

Year End Specials: Oil, gas gifted with pricing freedom but kept out of GST

During the course of the year, India awarded the first licences for hydrocarbons exploration under a new revenue-sharing model

Year End Specials: Electronic manufacturing investment rose 27% in 2017

Aadhaar front, the ministry reported that the total number of Aadhaar account holders reached 119 crore in 2017

Wide gap between higher and lower ranked districts

The best performers among backward districts have development indicators better than the national average

Revenue concerns may push back further GST cuts

The January meeting will not discuss rate reduction and the focus will be on stabilising revenue collection

Budget 2018: Decongesting big cities on Nitin Gadkari's priority list

Seeks Rs 25,000 cr as additional budgetary support for 2018-19

Govt to raise Rs 50,000 cr via G-secs; fiscal deficit target to be breached

The central government is learnt to be planning to borrow an additional amount of Rs 50,000 cr from the bond market, over and above the budget estimate of Rs 5.80 lakh crore for fiscal year 2017-18

Govt to borrow Rs 50,000 cr more this financial year

Move may impact fiscal deficit target of 3.2% of GDP

Fiscal deficit worries give Sensex, Nifty a scare

The government has decided to make an additional borrowing of Rs 50,000 crore this fiscal through dated securities

Direct tax collection at 67% of budget estimate as of December 18

The government had last financial year exceeded the direct tax collection target set in the Budget

Ignore bitcoin mania: Five personal finance lessons from 2017

Rebalance your investment portfolio, diversify beyond fixed deposits, and don't fall prey to the bitcoin mania

Note ban hurt daily wager, contractual jobs, govt's own survey shows

The survey showed regular jobs rose by 197,000 in January-March 2017, compared with job creation of 139,000 the previous quarter

Creditors must take haircuts to end bankruptcy: Arun Jaitley

Lok Sabha passes Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Amendment Bill

Govt breaches fiscal deficit target in 8 months

Deficit reaches 112% of Budget Estimate; worst since global financial crisis

External debt reaches $496 bn at Sep-end

Some increase in short-term debt primarily due to trade related credit also contributed to the overall increase in total external debt