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No income tax on agricultural produce for next 2 fiscal years: Bengal FM

The state government has also announced the withdrawal of two types of cess on raw tea leaves for the period

Peak power demand in Delhi likely to reach 8,000 MW in late June-July

Cabinet Minister Kailash Gahlot chaired a series of separate meetings with the PWD and the Power department to discuss various projects of the PWD and the 'Summer Action Plan of the Power department

Domestic aviation sector outlook stable; losses to reduce next fiscal: Icra

Rating agency Icra on Monday revised the outlook for the country's aviation sector to stable from negative, citing fast-paced recovery in the domestic air passenger traffic

Revisit provision of Metro Act, ensure no asset attached, says Puri

This comes days after Delhi HC asked Centre to decide on issue of granting sanction for attaching moveable and immovable assets of DMRC

Centre planning hallmarking of gold bullion mandatory, says BIS

BIS also plans to bring gold bullion under mandatory hallmarking. Draft guidelines have already been prepared

White-collar jobs for women grow 35% YoY in February: Foundit data

IT and BPM sector tops in terms of scope at 36%, followed by computers & software (35%) and BFSI (22%)

RIC nations unlikely to meet till China border situation normalises

Last week Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said a meeting would be held later this year

India's per capita income grew faster before 2014-15, shows data

The latest numbers available are for 2021; income grew at 21.3 per cent between 2015 and 2021 in India

US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo begins four-day visit to India

The Commercial Dialogue includes regular government-to-government meetings held in conjunction with private sector meetings, to facilitate trade, and maximise investment opportunities

Beat the heat with grain storage, fire audits, says PM Narendra Modi

PM chairs review meeting ahead of summer months, tells IMD to prepare daily weather forecasts that are easy to interpret and disseminate

BIS issues new guidelines for transportation of dangerous, hazardous goods

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has come out with new guidelines to enhance safety in transportation of dangerous, hazardous goods posing threat to public safety, properties and environment

Centre authorises states to conduct Aadhaar authentication of prisoners

Centre has authorised state govts to carry out Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates on a voluntary basis so that they will be able to get health care, skilling, vocational training, and so on

Rajasthan government's Irrigation subsidy scheme a hit with farmers

Agriculture commissioner Kanaram said that in the last four years, over 282,290 farmers have received subsidies of Rs 736.18 crore

Is India's economy really 'dangerously close' to Hindu rate of growth?

Economists have a different view on Raghuram Rajan's apprehensions

Icra revises thermal power sector outlook to 'stable' on strong demand

Rating agency Icra has revised thermal power sector outlook to 'stable' from 'negative' due to strong demand growth and realisation of dues from discoms under LPS (late payment surcharge) scheme

Centre working to bring retail trade, e-commerce policies: Govt official

The government is working to bring a national retail trade and e-commerce policy to promote the growth of the sector in the country, a senior official said on Monday

Clear starts GST e-invoicing generating services for large taxpayers

Firm says since the infrastructure is largely digital, it is simultaneously affordable, scalable, modern, secure and pervasive

ONDC to support small retailers against large tech-based e-com firms: Goyal

The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a unified payments interface-type protocol, will help small retailers survive the onslaught of large tech-based e-commerce companies

Extra 1 mn tonnes sugar exports possible if output meets estimate: Govt

Sugar production has already reached 24.7 million tonnes till February of the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year

Upcoming retail trade policy to help brick and mortar traders: Centre

The Centre plans to come out with a retail trade policy which would provide more credit and better infrastructure to brick and mortar traders