Government saves Rs 21,000 crore in LPG subsidyThe government began paying subsidy directly into bank accounts of cooking gas consumers in select districts from November 2014 and in the ...
04 May, 2016, 01.41 PM IST
India's stand reinforced at WTO: Nirmala SitharamanSitharaman added that a large group of developing countris has been seeking a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) for agriculture products.
23 Dec, 2015, 07.05 PM IST
MPs take on Panda over canteen subsidyBJD MP Baijayant `Jay' Panda's decision to give up canteen subsidy could become a source of embarrassment for him.
06 Aug, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Bali pact was imperfect, needed correction: Nirmala SitharamanCommerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also rejected opposition charge in Rajya Sabha that India had lost friends in process of WT...
10 Dec, 2014, 09.36 PM IST
Six months of Narendra Modi: Achhe sitare more than achhe dinThis is a constipated economy, not a healthy one. Optimists say Narendra Modi’s enema will unclog the constipation within a year.
23 Nov, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
Desperate discoms scurry to pay up NTPC duesWith the NTPC deadline of February 10 fast approaching, BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani are trying to scrape together whatever funds they can...
07 Feb, 2014, 11.20 AM IST
GAIL's profit declines 29% to Rs 808 crore in Apr-JunNet profit in April-June quarter at Rs 808.17 crore was 28.7 per cent lower than Rs 1,133.78 crore in the same period a year ago.
25 Jul, 2013, 03.46 PM IST
UP announces slew of measures to boost industrial growthA slew of measures with a target of 11.2 per cent industrial growth and to remove regional imbalance in industrial development in UP were t...
04 Sep, 2012, 06.24 PM IST
- Budget 2012: Little to cheer for renewable energy sector
Save for a few sops, the sunrise renewable energy sector had little to cheer from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Budget.
16 Mar, 2012, 04.23 PM IST
- No inter-state fund transfer under GST
The goods and services tax (GST) for India proposed by a joint working group of the Centre and states, but yet to be endorsed by the politi...
10 Dec, 2007, 05.03 AM IST
- The burdensome return of fertiliser subisidy spurt
The government has to foot a bill of Rs 28,200 crore this fiscal from fertiliser companies through which it routes the fertiliser subsidy f...
30 Jan, 2007, 02.24 AM IST
- Road to Cancun still "bumpy", says Lamy
EU trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said on Friday that the road to Cancun WTO Ministerial was still "bumpy" but would go along with India in...
14 Mar, 2003, 05.01 PM IST