Punjab farmers demand legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) and implementation of the Swaminathan Committee report, zero-budget n...

The committee will have representatives of the central government, state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists, and agricultural ec...

In all, some 50 international buyers across more than 19 countries from the textile sector are coming to Kolkata to attend the meet. Big na...

Investors avoided fresh bets in Indian equities, mirroring a recent trend.

The RBI in its August policy slightly trimmed inflation foecast for ongoing quarter to 4.6%.

The reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 5.75% and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate comes down to ...

Industries minister Satyendar Jain described this pre-requisite to be a "bureaucratic red tape" which is why the department is doing away w...

The margin money subsidy has been increased from 20 per cent to 30 per cent with an increase in subsidy cap from Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore.

The government today said it requires extra foodgrains storage capacity of 20 million tonnes in the medium term.

The ministry has recommended the removal of levy sugar obligation on mills from this season which began October 2012.

The profitability of sugar firms rated by Crisil may increase by 50 percent if recommendations of Dr C Rangarajan Committee pertaining to f...

Industry chamber CII today said the Rs 75,000-crore sugar industry must be deregulated, so that prices of sweetener are determined by the m...

A three member government committee recently informed the high court that a complete ban on plastic bags was not required in the Capital.

The Cabinet on Thursday approved a national policy on petrochemicals aimed at giving a big boost to India’s $8.8 billion petrochem industry.

In the first round of pre-budget 2007-08 meetings, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has urged the finance ministry to consider special ince...

The Centre is likely to dilute reservation norms of mandatory jute packaging order before its expiry date by 10% to 90% for grain and sugar...

Here is the text of the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance released here on Thursday: