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Road construction to reach 40 km per day target next year: Nitin Gadkari

When Modi govt took over, the average road construction was 2 km per day which has now been accelerated to 28 km per day, says Nitin Gadkari

Indirect tax: CAG pulls up Central Excise Department on compliance issues

Cases involving Central Excise revenue of Rs 1,08,563 crore were pending in appeals at the end of 2016-17, says CAG

Railways plans to make all stations 100% LED lit by March-end

The railways said it was actively working to provide 100 per cent LED lighting for energy needs in railway staff colonies, stations and platforms

Foreign exchange earnings from tourism up by 16% in November

FEEs during the period January-November 2017 were Rs 1,60,865 crore with a growth of 16.9 per cent over the same period of previous year

Drastic drop in issue of visas, travel documents to Pakistanis: Govt

As many as 12.89 lakh visas have been given to Bangladeshi nationals so far this year in comparison to 9.33 lakh visas issued in 2016: Kiren Rijiju

Companies Amendment Bill to improve ease of doing biz gets Parliament nod

The bill provides for more than 40 amendments to the Companies Act, 2013, which was passed during the previous UPA regime

Here's what Modi govt can do to avoid rural Gujarat-like drubbing in 2019

Going forward, the government has to rethink on a lot of issues -- the biggest perhaps is giving the right price to farmers

Sugar stockholding limit scrapped to keep prices under control

India is one of the world's top sugar consumers

Petroleum coke import duty hike may hit cement companies' operating profits

The increase in import duty was announced after the Supreme Court decided to lift the ban on the use of pet coke last week

Demonetisation: FinMin finds it tough to gauge note ban's economic impact

The government was asked whether Indian economy was stagnant due to demonetisation, which was announced in November last year

HC order on pictorial warning a massive blow to Modi's ambitious goal

Prior to the 85% rule coming into being, tobacco products in India needed to display pictorial warnings of harms such as cancer on the one side of the product, covering 40% of the area

Consider Nilekani, Murthy or Premji for CIO post: Balakrishnan to govt

'I think the government should get leaders from the tech industry to be the CIO,' said Balakrishnan

25% directors on board of companies are women: Govt

All listed firms are required to have at least one woman director on their boards from April 1, 2015, according to Sebi

Govt must sell stake in PSUs to private firms to cut import bill: Vedanta

Vedanta also said the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act needs to be amended to make it more attractive

Mohandas Pai bats for Chief Information Officer under PMO

India also needs a Chief Data Scientist to enable use of big data, Pai added

WTO must incorporate emerging issues to stay relevant, says Prabhu

India will organise a "mini ministerial" meeting of the global trade body within a few weeks to help realise this objective

Tapping opportunities in telecom sector to unlock next phase of GDP growth

India's telecom revolution has been the driving force of the economy since the turn of the century

Introduce Health Savings Account scheme: FICCI-KPMG report

This scheme will act as a catalyst to bring a major part of the population under the ambit of health insurance

16mn! India tops world in number of migrants abroad; more than half in Gulf

In all the Gulf countries together, Indians totaled 8.9 million, according to the report. Of them, 2.27 million were in Saudi Arabia, 1.2 million in Oman and 1.16 million in Kuwait.

'It's an insult': US vetoes UNSC resolution criticising Jerusalem decision

This was the first time the US exercised its veto since Trump became President.