Supreme Court upholds higher mining royalty after law changeThe Supreme Court ruled that state governments can charge higher royalties from mining companies if laws change after a tender agreement. I...
Security, voter verification in focus for Bengal phase 2 pollsAs Bengal gears up for the second phase of polling on April 29, authorities are emphasizing the importance of voter identification. The pol...
JPC on 'One Nation One Election' to meet experts on Aug 11The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the One Nation One Election Bill will meet with experts. The meeting will discuss the prospects and ch...
Supreme Court asks lawmakers to be respectful even while being bitter criticThe Supreme Court noted that legislators have forgotten respectful dissent and denied delaying a bypoll for a seat made vacant by Sunil Kum...
London School of Economics and Political Science awarded N.K. Singh, with an Honorary Fellowship.N.K. Singh, former chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, receives Honorary Fellowship from the London School of Economics. Recognized fo...
Cabinet approves creation of posts for 16th Finance CommissionThe Union Cabinet has approved the creation of posts for the Sixteenth Finance Commission in India. Earlier, Arvind Panagariya was appointe...
Arvind Panagariya to chair 16th Finance CommissionThe centre has appointed Arvind Panagariya, former Vice-Chairman of Niti Aayog, to head the 16th Finance Commission. Ritwik R Pandey will b...
World Bank for $100 billion extra annual lending capacity for climate change and povertyThe final recommendations of the joint ministerial committee of the boards of governors of World Bank and the International Monetary Fund r...
N K Singh elected president of Institute of Economic Growth SocietyA prominent administrator, and policymaker, NK Singh has been the chairman of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Review Commit...
Panel recommends complete overhaul of FRBM act; suggests govt not to keep fiscal deficit below 3%According to reports on ET Now, in its final report submitted to Finance Ministry today, the panel has recommended against following an 'ag...
NK Singh to head FRBM panelThe govt has set up a high-level panel chaired by former revenue and expenditure secretary and member of parliament NK Singh to review the ...
N K Singh gets Japan's prestigious national awardN K Singh will be honoured with Japan's second highest national decoration for his contribution in boosting Indo-Japan economic relations o...
N K Singh quits JD(U), may join BJPSingh expressed disappointment over the current situation in Bihar, saying ever since JD(U) broke ties with BJP last year the issue of deve...
Kargil martyr's father calls for action against PakFather of Kargil martyr Capt Saurabh Kalia calls for action against Pakistan over brutal attack on Indian soldiers by its Army.
- Telecom, airlines & insurance FDI cap may be lifted
The Cabinet is expected to approve the industry ministry’s proposal for relaxing the cap on FDI in telecom, domestic airlines and insurance...
- Panel wants 100% FDI in banking, housing
The NK Singh committee on FDI has favoured enhancing FDI limits to 100% in critical sectors of private banking, real estate (housing), petr...
- Panel moots 74% FDI in telecom, 51% in airlines
The N K Singh steering committee on foreign direct investment is likely to recommend a relaxation in the FDI sectoral caps for the telecom ...