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First power plant under PM Ladakh scheme commissioned in Drass

The power project will meet power requirement of close to 1,000 families

After $32 bn bailout, officials plan ways to prevent another NPA crisis

Arun Jaitley, India's finance minister, has vowed the recapitalisation will be accompanied by not only bank reform, but also mergers of weak banks with stronger rivals

Farmers will lose Rs 36k-cr due to prices falling below MSP: Farmers' body

Thousands of farmers to gather in Delhi on November 20 to highlight their plight

Poor manufacturing show pulls down IIP growth to 3.8% in Sept

Due to the subdued performance of manufacturing sector coupled with a contraction in output of consumer durables

Monitoring all offers, will intervene if regulations are not met: Trai

Telecom service providers have joined forces with mobile phone manufacturers to bring bundled 4G smartphones

IIP slips to 3.8% in September, manufacturing output up 3.4% YoY

Mining output rose 7.9% YoY during the month

Note ban a failure, objective not fulfilled, says former FM Yashwant Sinha

Sinha rubbished PM Modi's claim that note ban was successful, saying that the exercise had actually failed

Winter session of Parliament: Govt to table Bill to allow NRIs to vote

The court had on July 14 asked the Centre to decide whether it would amend the electoral law or rules to allow NRIs to vote

PM's economic panel suggests incentives to states for achieving results

The Council is also evolving the design of a new 'Economy Tracking Monitor', linking economic growth indicators with social metrics for last-mile connectivity.

PM's economic panel unveils roadmap for stepping up job creation

The panel took stock of the economic and social analysis and identified key issues and strategies

Investment proposals dip 14% in Jan-Sep on slack demand, economy slowdown

Number of proposals decline to 1,528 till September

After trimming 28% bracket, here are 5 things GST Council might do today

In the first half of the meeting in Guwahati, the Council decided to trim the 28% bracket to just 50 items, against 227 currently

Siddaramaiah invites Chinese investors, assures faster approval of projects

India-China bilateral trade also had reached USD 70.4 billion in 2015, he added

Hopeful of 8% traffic handling growth in FY18: Kolkata Port Trust head

The Kolkata Dock Complex and the Haldia Dock System together handled about 32 million tonne traffic until Oct 31

Indian labour market shifting towards gig economy, says Indeed report

In addition, 2.8 per cent of all job postings on the site from India are for part-time or contractual roles

Govt expects mineral auction worth Rs 50,000 cr in last 4 months of FY18

Govt has auctioned Rs 1.80 lakh crore worth of minerals for 33 mines during the last two years

Businesses can now make changes to GST transition claim forms: GSTN

F acility to revise TRAN-1 declaration has been enabled for taxpayers who had already filed it

177 items to become cheaper as GST Council decides to trim 28% slab

Only 50 items, mostly demerit, sin and luxury goods, to remain in the highest tax bracket of 28%

EPFO may cut interest rate from 8.65% to 8.5% for FY18 on Nov 23

Last year, the board of trustees had cut the interest rate on PF holdings to 8.65% from 8.8% the year before

Yogi orders crackdown on onion, tomato hoarders as prices rise in UP

The average wholesale price of tomato in November was Rs 2,500-3,000 a quintal