Bihar elections: BJP announces Election Campaign Committee for upcoming assembly pollsThe BJP has announced a 45-member Election Campaign Committee for the Bihar assembly polls, including Finance Minister Samrat Chaudhary and...
PM Modi to transfer Rs 10k each to 75 lakh women in BiharPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate Bihar's "Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana" on Friday, transferring Rs 10,000 to 75 lakh ...
Housing Budget 2024: Sitharaman announces PM Awaas Yojana-Urban 2.0 with outlay of Rs 10 lk crore; measures for stamp duty highlightedUnion Budget: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her Union Budget 2024-25 presentation, highlighted the need to moderate stamp dut...
NABARD provided Rs 1,236 crore from its Rural Infrastructure Development Fund for Assam in FY21To facilitate income enhancement, provide quality service and easy access to market and other facilities to rural population of Assam, ther...
Budget session: Full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's speech in ParliamentPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said any form of violence in the name of protest makes our society and country weaker. He was addressin...
Govt to double farmers' income by 2022 by focusing on 7 sources of income, says Economic SurveyThe Government has set a target of doubling of farmers’ income by the year 2022 and constituted the DFI.
Government may have to shell out Rs 2000 cr on procurement losses: Shobhana Pattanayak, Farm Secy“The supply chain logistics is also going to be get a very big fillip”
Panel on doubling farmers' income to submit final report next monthThe Dalwai Committee, set up in April 2016, has already written 14 volumes identifying ways to double farmers' 2015-16 income level, in rea...
Policy ensuring MSP 50 per cent higher than production cost to come soonGovernment think tank Niti Aayog has come out with a draft policy after discussion with states and it will be finalised soon after further ...
Arun Jaitley's Budget 2018 speech: Read full text hereReferring to the Government’s commitment to the welfare of farmers and doubling farmers’ income by 2022, the Finance Minister announced a s...
MGNREGA,Hybrid invest policy: Factors that will drive the economy this yearThe government has budgeted Rs 54,817 crore as dividend from the RBI, state-run banks and financial institutions for FY 2018-19.
Decoding Mr Arun Jaitley’s poll-bound Budget 2018Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressed India’s farmers directly when he pegged the minimum support price at 1.5 times the cost of inputs.
Data oil to help run the economy on the digital highway: Nandan Nilekani, Non-executive Chairman, InfosysThe positive fallout of digital infrastructure is the abundance of public data, which helps the government measure and better manage variou...
Agri stocks surge out of gate post FM balmFertiliser stocks such as Aries Agro, Nagarjuna Fertilizers etc jumped up to 8 per cent.
Modi government's retail push for handicraft to lift rural incomeRural Development Minister Tomar exploring 'village-to-market' model via SHGs; aims to ensure livelihood and lift income levels of artisans.