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Decoded: Differences remain amid some headway at WTO ministerial conference

Issues like subsidies, public stockholding for food security persist

Majority of users to stop using UPI if it attracts transaction fee: Report

However, a sizable number of respondents claimed that they have experienced a transaction fee being levied on their UPI payment once or more in the last one year, it added

PM Narendra Modi flags off first crude oil tanker from ONGC's KG project

At its peak, the deepwater project is set to produce 7 per cent of India's oil and gas

Punjab's GST mop-up increases by 16% to over Rs 19,000 crore till February

Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the state has seen a shift in its fiscal trajectory since Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann-led AAP government assumed office in March 2022

Spending on paan, tobacco, intoxicants increased in last one decade: Survey

The data showed that the expenditure on these items has increased to 3.79 per cent in 2022-23 in rural areas from 3.21 per cent in 2011-12

India-UAE non-oil trade target of $100 bn by 2030 ambitious: CII President

He said that the free trade agreement between India and the UAE, which was implemented in May 2022, has resulted in a surge in bilateral trade and investments

MP strives to double its share in GDP with Rs 1 trn investment drive

Major investments to drive state's economic growth and job creation, says CM

India eliminates extreme poverty: Economists citing consumption expenditure

The Gini coefficient, or the Gini index, measures the inequality of income distribution, whereas a higher value closer to one (or 100 per cent) represents greater inequality

Govt signs tripartite pact to solve problems of Tripura's indigenous people

With the signing of the agreement, the government has respected history, corrected past wrongs and accepted the present reality to proceed towards a brighter future, Home Minister Amit Shah said

Truck freight rates for major metros inch up in February: CMIE data

Road transport is estimated to account for over 70 per cent of domestic freight demand

WTO MC13: Abu Dhabi meet ends with no consensus on agri, fisheries

Countries agree to renew the e-commerce moratorium until next ministerial

PM to launch development projects worth over Rs 34,800 crore in Bihar

Modi will dedicate the 'first oil' from the KG Basin to the nation and will flag off the first crude oil tanker from the ONGC Krishna Godavari deepwater project

Protection for Indian farmers, fishermen ensured at WTO MC 13: Piyush Goyal

Emphasisng the importance of securing their well-being, Goyal stated, "I think that India has successfully delivered on the issues that were our role and has achieved the outcomes that we expected"

GST mop-up rises over 12.5% to Rs 1.68 trn, car sales remain strong

The manufacturing sector, too, gathered momentum in February on the back of expansion in new export orders and easing of pricing pressures

RBI may undertake comprehensive review of architecture of payment banks

Governance standards, viability of biz among priorities

Gaining momentum: Petro product exports fire up after fall in January

In Feb, country regains market share in diesel shipments, India's most-valued export to Europe, putting a check on US expansion

Foreign exchange reserves rise by $2.9 billion to $619 billion: RBI data

The rupee appreciated by 0.1 per cent against the US Dollar in the week on the back of foreign inflows

WTO: Fighting for rights of small fishermen, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Convergence on the proposed agreement on fisheries subsidies awaited

India's February manufacturing PMI rises to 56.9, highest in 5 months

The latest PMI figure comes a day after the National Statistical Office (NSO) data showed that India's GDP grew by 8.4 per cent in the October-December quarter

UPI transactions decline marginally in February to Rs 18.28 trillion

In volume terms, transactions were seen at 12.10 billion, compared to 12.20 billion in January