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New wheat crop trickles in mandis; prices above MSP, say traders

So far, two e-auctions have been held, and in them around 920,000 tonnes of wheat has been sold

Centre plans to develop 100 airports by 2024 under UDAN infra scheme

The government has planned to develop 100 airports by 2024 under the Regional Connectivity scheme (RCS)-Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) infrastructure scheme

Assam, Odisha among states clocking high rural inflation than urban in FY23

Assam, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Odisha, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, and Delhi experienced higher rural inflation than urban inflation

India's 1st new mobility-focused cluster in Telangana; to attract investors

The Telangana govt launched the country's first new mobility-focused cluster, Telangana Mobility Valley' (TMV), which aims to attract investments of around Rs 50,000 crore

World Bank keen on Rs 2,500-cr green resilient programme for Himachal: CM

Most departments will switch over to EVs by next year in the first phase, says CM Sukhu

UP gets Rs 21 trn investment proposals; PM to inaugurate GIS on Friday

Earlier, the global roadshows had clocked investment proposals of about Rs 7 trillion from global biggies representing different continents and sectors

Over 5,000 farmers associated with fish farming in Chhattisgarh's Pakhanjur

From Chhattisgarh, fish seed is supplied to different parts of the country. Farmers earn about Rs 125 crore from fish seed alone, the spokesperson said

India's coal production target at 1,017 mn tonnes for next fiscal: Joshi

The country's coal production target has been fixed at 1,017 million tonnes for the next fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday

Sovereign Green Bonds of Rs 16,000 cr to be issued in current fiscal

Sovereign Green Bonds (SGBs), amounting to Rs 16,000 crore, are proposed to be issued in the current financial year for mobilising resources for green infrastructure projects, the Parliament was told

Cess on public sector coal production set to rise to fund pension corpus

Financial mismanagement of the pension scheme has depleted corpus meant for pensioners of public sector mines

Govt streamlines rules for settlement of disputes among CPSEs

In 2018, the DPE had issued an office memorandum, wounding up the Permanent Machinery of Arbitration (PMA) for settling such disputes

Union Budget 2023: FinMin notifies refund of security deposits to MSMEs

In her budget speech, FM had proposed refund of 95% of amount forfeited on account of non-performance of contract due to Covid

India, EU set up three working groups under Trade and Tech Council

Ministerial meet of Council to be held within two weeks

Focused on green shift despite war-led scramble for conventional fuel: Puri

Petroleum minister hints at sustained lifting of Russian crude; hails IEW 2023 as a watershed event

G20 working group meeting to discuss climate change, land degradation

The meeting will be held in Bengaluru from February 9-11, 2023

In process of finalising online gaming regulation, Centre tells Delhi HC

The Centre on Monday told the Delhi High Court that the draft regulation in relation to online gaming has been circulated and it is in the process of finalising the same

Govt trims budget for MGNREGS as PMAY, Jal Jeevan get more funds, says CEA

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said the allocation for the MGNREGS has been reduced in the Budget for 2023-24 as more funds have been allocated towards PMAY and Jal Jeevan

Top 10 borrowers owe Rs 12,71,604 cr to Scheduled Commercial Banks: CRILC

Also, as per the RBI guidelines, banks are required to have a clear policy regarding the Debt-Equity Ratio for project financing to ensure that promoters bring in equity funds proportionate to

Industrial & Logistics sector leasing grew 8% YoY: CBRE South Asia Report

Industrial and Logistics (I&L) sector leasing grew by 8 per cent YoY to touch 31.6 million sq. ft. in 2022 despite global headwinds, and a slowdown in e-commerce demand and dissipation

New Delhi to meet fiscal target in coming year, capex a longer shot

A key government objective is to bring the deficit down to 4.5% of GDP by 2025/26. Respondents were evenly split on whether it would succeed