e-Vikas is driving behavioural shift towards need-based fertiliser use among farmers: Madhya Pradesh agri secyThe e-Vikas fertiliser system has so far benefitted 1.3 million farmers, reduced queues, and triggered a behavioural shift toward need-base...
15 May, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
Online gaming companies seek a clear regulatory playfieldIndia's online gaming sector is approaching the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for guidance on new gaming rules. Compan...
12 May, 2026, 08.37 PM IST
What is US $5,000 Apprehension Fee and who needs to pay it? New rules explained. Here's new penalty structure, when and where the fee gets levied, what happens if you don't pay itWhat is US $5,000 Apprehension Fee and who needs to pay it? This explainer outlines the new US policy that imposes a $5,000 Apprehension Fe...
09 Dec, 2025, 01.51 AM IST
US begins charging $5,000 apprehension fee to migrants who entered illegallyUS Border Patrol has implemented a $5,000 apprehension fee for individuals aged 14 and older arrested after unauthorized entry, effective S...
07 Dec, 2025, 10.20 AM IST
New trash law hits Americans with $160 fee — no matter how much you throw awayWaukesha, Wisconsin may start a new $160 yearly trash fee for homeowners using city garbage collection. The fee is meant to help the city b...
07 Oct, 2025, 07.50 PM IST
'No reason to be apprehensive': Trai assures telcos on new regimeThe telecom regulator has addressed concerns of operators regarding the proposed authorisation mechanism, assuring that the government cann...
22 Sep, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
Ola, Uber drivers fret over 5% convenience fee on each autorickshaw rideThe Karnataka government on November 25 directed the regional transport authorities to charge five per cent convenience fee and GST from th...
27 Nov, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
View: Arbitration in India not only needs to be institutionalised, but also should be assuring and affordableThe Supreme Court took note of this malaise in the 2009 ‘Union of India vs Singh Builders Syndicate’ case by observing that ‘…the cost of a...
10 May, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
India should consider local manufacturing of telecom equipment: Country’s top cybersecurity official“We should give a licence fee to them (Huawei), and ensure that hardware and software would remain ours, and that's the best option,” Natio...
20 Feb, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Autonomy in no way a step towards privatisation; will enhance global standing of our institutions: Prakash JavadekarThe Union government would continue to fund the salaries of the faculty as well as provide other grants, Javadekar said.
25 Mar, 2018, 06.49 PM IST
Government seeks public view on use of postal stamps as RTI feeIt also suggested that the RTI applicants would need to affix the postal stamps on the applications which they can cancel by putting signat...
14 Jan, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Nasscom plans to become more accessible to smaller firmsCurrent membership slabs are based on turnover, with an annual fee of Rs 60 lakh for firms with a Rs 10,000 crore-plus turnover.
23 Jul, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
Jayalalithaa asks PM to withdraw explosive license feeChief Minister Jayalalithaa today demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh immediately withdraw User Fees Notice (Explosives) .
12 Apr, 2014, 04.07 PM IST
Competition to keep NPS fund management fee tinyStiff competition to manage the corpus of the NPS could benefit its subscribers with fund management fee falling to a minuscule portion of ...
26 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- India opposes US law to impose tax on foreign procurement
The law has caused considerable concern and apprehension to the $60 billion Indian IT industry, which gets over 60 per cent of its business...
30 Dec, 2010, 03.03 PM IST
- FMC considers fee to help fund cost structure
Forward Markets Commission (FMC), the newly-autonomous commodities market regulator, is planning to levy fees on trading to partly meet its...
19 Mar, 2008, 03.20 AM IST
- Rai Bareli to have first education & technology highway corridor
Rai Bareli may soon have the first education and technology highway corridor. The government intends to develop the national highway to Rai...
24 Jul, 2007, 04.56 AM IST