Brazil provides direct and indirect subsidies of at least $ 2.5 billion/year and India at least $ 1.7 billion/year to support its inefficie...

The government intends to provide '24X7 Power to All' at affordable rates. Therefore, there is a provision in the tariff to cap transmissio...

Jalan said MSMEs servicing trading, wholesale or retail establishments are little talked about as the focus is entirely on MSME manufacturi...

The revenue insurance scheme for plantation crops, an official said, will be launched once the operational parameters are finalised by the ...

In order to cut imports from China, the domestic industry also wants strict adherence to Bureau of Indian Standards mark on tyre products.

Discoms require immediate help to sort out their financial problems and should be restructured to make them profitable.

The government today said the demand by primary producers to raise import duty is a "tricky" case as the move will help the bigger players.

Terming the market situation for domestic aluminium producers as "very challenging", Vedanta said the firm might be forced to take "some di...

Food processing industry acts as buffer while there is short & surplus in Agro production. Hence, encourage food processing in India.

The cash transfer scheme aims to put Rs 3.2 lakh cr per year in the bank accounts of 10 cr poor families, starting Jan next year.

The commerce and industry ministry had been mulling changes in the policy for foreign direct investment in single brand retail.

The underrecovery of oil companies is now expected to fall to Rs 120,000 crore from Rs 170,000 crore following the fuel price hikes and dut...

Congress wishlist for Budget includes rationalisation of I-T slabs, lowering education and home loan interest rates and cash subsidy for th...

Plans are afoot to offer coupons to small farmers for purchase of fertilisers too.

Bengal govt expects to complete price negotiation and allocate land to software biggies, Infosys and Wipro, at Rajarhat by December.

Domestic industry on Tuesday asked the government to impose a 35% anti-dumping duty on capital goods imported from China.

Home loan borrowers as well as lenders would like to believe that the government would not withdraw the tax breaks on interest expenses on ...