Government proposes to introduce a single-page registration form and do away with the 'prior experience' clause under the compulsory public...

The Centre asked the states to speed up the process of setting up District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) under the New Mines Act for the benef...

Whether the exploration will take place or not, we hope it does because for the first time there is a national mineral exploration trust wh...

"A transaction advisor has been appointed (recently)...who will advise on the auction procedure and the method of auction," Mines Secretary...

"Once the amendments become law, we will begin auction by three months," Secretary in the Ministry of Mines, Anup Kr Pujari, said.

Mines Secretary discussed the issue of raising royalty rates for minerals such as iron ore and bauxite and the likely content and contour o...

Exports of petroleum dipped 10.36 per cent to $4.91 billion, while gems and jewellery exports dipped 4.18 per cent to $3.59 billion in Febr...

Moderation in June trade deficit is due to weak domestic demand and a steep 6.7 per cent decline in non-oil imports as well as lower oil an...

Steps taken by the government to curb imports of yellow metal has yielded fruit with the imports of gold and silver dipping significantly t...

Depreciation in rupee would not be of much benefit to exporters due to high import content in major shipments, DGFT said today.

DGFT is in favour of export realisation in rupee from countries whose currencies are stable and widely accepted.

The central government, which is critical of the exporting community for allowing a long gap between import and export against advance lice...

With Kingfisher asking the government to show "sense of urgency" on its plea for direct import of jet fuel, the Commerce Ministry is set to...

Vijay Mallya has asked the government to expedite decision on a request by Kingfisher Airlines to import jet fuel directly to save local ta...

DGFT Anup Pujari said the trade deficit would widen despite hope to surpass $200 billion export target for the year, but imports are increa...

The sectoral foreign direct investment (FDI) cap on insurance was likely to stay till the time a political consensus evolved, a government ...

If things go as planned, Bangalore may emerge as India's first city with wireless broadband Internet connectivity in about two years.