India’s economy to be world’s 2nd fastest growing at 6%
The UN trade agency has projected India’s growth rate for the current year to slowdown at 6 per cent from last year’s 7.4 per cent, but the country will be…
PM Modi receives ‘Global Goalkeeper’ award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the “Global Goalkeeper” award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on September 25. He was awarded for Centre’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. In a…
Centre gives farmers direct access to PM-KISAN; move aims to circumvent state opposition
The Ministry of Agriculture has made the PM-KISAN scheme portal directly accessible to farmers in a bid to circumvent state governments’ opposition to the programme,The scheme promises small and marginal…
Delhi set to become ‘first state’ to implement Street Vending Act.
A political slugfest begins in Delhi after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced to implement the Street Vending Act, 2014, to provide legal protection to street vendors and hawkers in the…
Six-day festive sale likely to see total business worth $3.7 billion
Online retailers are likely to report gross sales of $3.7 billion during this year’s six-day festive sale period, which starts on September 29, a 65 percent growth compared to the…
Infra has huge job potential, bamboo plantation along highways may create 2 lakh jobs: Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the infrastructure sector has huge job potential, and bamboo plantation along highways in the northeastern states can create two lakh jobs. He said…
Indian Bank to link retail & MSME loans to RBI’s repo rate from October 1
State-owned Indian Bank said it has decided to link all new floating rate retail as well as MSME loans with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) repo rate, effective October…
Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami launches initiatives worth over Rs 7000cr in industrial sector
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on September 26 launched a number of initiatives in the industrial sector totalling over Rs 7000 crore, including signing of MoUs for new investments.…
Onion prices to calm down in next few days: Narendra Singh Tomar
Onion prices, which are ruling as high as Rs 70-80 per kg in some parts of the country, will calm down in the next few days with supply being boosted…
India must aspire to be top recipient of FDI: Ravi Shankar Prasad
India must aspire to be the largest FDI recipient globally and “has everything going for it”, given its vibrant digital profile, huge market and investor-friendly policies to woo foreign companies,…