'Congress-abuse address': Jairam Ramesh hits out at PM ModiCongress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's national address, calling it a 'distress address'. The party challenged the PM to bring...
18 Apr, 2026, 10.06 PM IST
ONGC free to sell stake in HPCL: Dharmendra PradhanONGC last year paid Rs 36,915 crore to buy government's entire 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd.
14 Oct, 2019, 03.07 PM IST
BPCL Nationalisation Act repealed; way clear for privatisationPrivatisation of BPCL will shake up the fuel retailing sector long dominated by state-owned firms.
06 Oct, 2019, 05.32 PM IST
RBI doesn't need more powers: GovernmentIn its reply to a Parliamentary panel earlier this year, the RBI had said the banking regulation Act, 1949 is a legislation aimed at regula...
26 Jul, 2018, 10.52 AM IST
PSBs told to approach alternative mechanism to fast-track mergersThe alternative mechanism will comprise a panel of ministers and it will give in-principle approvals to proposals for schemes of amalgamati...
03 Sep, 2017, 10.55 PM IST
NGO terms Coal ordinance as 'anti-people', asks MPs to opposeAlleging that the legislation attacks the federal structure, the NGO said the role of state governments has been reduced to mere rubber sta...
11 Jan, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Government likely to consider nod to private firms to sell coal from blocks to be auctionedIf the proposal is approved, the govt is likely to push for a bill seeking amendments in the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act to allow privat...
20 Oct, 2014, 06.27 PM IST
Coalgate verdict: Justice takes toll on businessOn the AG’s assurance that the govt is confident of managing the consequences, the court has now gone ahead and cancelled all save four all...
25 Sep, 2014, 05.37 AM IST
Coalgate: Affidavits by 40 operational captive coal blocks show irregularitiesAffidavits listed investments made, the quantum of coal produced and the production. A closer look at these submissions reveals a set of ir...
23 Sep, 2014, 06.46 PM IST
Coal Mines Nationalisation Act was an ill-conceived lawThe Coal Mines Nationalisation Act of 1973 was an ill-conceived law that made mining of coal the monopoly of the central government.
26 Aug, 2014, 05.24 AM IST
Insurance amendment bill to be passed in RS todayWhile up to 26 per cent foreign investment will be allowed automatically, government approval over that will be required.
31 Jul, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
Bharatiya Mahila Bank targets Rs 1,800 crore business this fiscalBharatiya Mahila Bank, incorporated under the Cos Act to extend banking services to women, is targetting at a business of Rs 1,800 cr this ...
15 Jun, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Bank Nationalisation Act primitive today: P J NayakAccording to Nayak, one of the perspectives that guided the panel was that there should be only one kind of bank licence irrespective of ow...
15 May, 2014, 11.42 AM IST
Why the coal auction norms are sadly sub-optimal?After many months of delay and dither, the government has tweaked the norms to allow competitive bidding for captive coal blocks.
05 Oct, 2013, 04.48 AM IST
- Meghalaya to implement new mines and mineral Policy by next year
Meghalaya will implement the new mines and mineral Policy by next year. The new policy has made room for joint venture in coal explorations...
07 Nov, 2012, 07.01 PM IST
- India needs to overhaul coal policy & clean up the whole sector
Delay and dither, which have come to symbolise the second UPA regime, will get us no gains.
07 Sep, 2012, 05.10 AM IST
- Policy paralysis: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must act to keep the India growth story intact
It is all very well for the Prime Minister to say that he will cut red tape but he must act, rather than talk or set up committees.
07 Jul, 2012, 02.30 AM IST