"As many as 14,295 persons have died due to lightning strikes during the last five years. The number of people who died in 2016 was 3,315; ...

"The GoM has decided that the GST Council will prepare a questionnaire and send to states for response..Out of the terms of reference of th...

Assessment of claims will take place with situation moving to normal, a senior official of an insurance firm said, adding clear picture wil...

Madhu Dandvate wanted to discourage smokers with higher taxes, though he interpreted this not as a role of the government but as a familial...

"The government has also relaxed norms under MGNREGA to provide additional employment of 50 days per household over and above the 100 days ...

Kiren Rijiju said with regard to declaring a national disaster, it is informed there is no provision to declare a natural calamity as a "na...

MP will contribute Rs 5 crore in the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund as an aid for people affected by a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthq...

Hyundai Motor India contributed Rs.2 crore to the PM National Relief Fund to support rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations.

Demanding Cyclone Phailin be declared a natural calamity in Odisha, at least 9 political parties urged to take up the issue of release of R...

Centre has framed guidelines for providing relief from NDRF and SDRF in the event of natural calamities, Agriculture Minister Pawar said.

The move came after Reddy wrote to the Prime Minister citing large scale deaths due to extreme heat in various parts of the country mainly ...

BJP today criticised Manmohan Singh for not addressing the nation for mobilising funds for relief work after the natural disaster struck Ut...

Damage to crops due to cold wave and frost would now be eligible for central and state assistance.

Before you celebrate the increase in exemption bestowed by the budget, go through the list of other, lesser known taxes that you will be re...

Orissa government on Saturday asked the Centre to declare it as a national disaster and immediately release Rs 1,500 crore as assistance fr...

The government has constituted the 13 Finance Commission, which would look into sharing of taxes between Union and the States, under the ch...

The government may impose a special natural disaster surcharge in the coming budget on the lines of the Gujarat levy.