ELIgant signalling, but job creator?The Government of India's plan to subsidize employment for inexperienced workers is backed by both theoretical and empirical support, with ...
30 Jul, 2024, 12.27 AM IST
Budget: Indian Biogas Association seeks Rs 1,000-cr fund to promote fermented manure use in agricultureIn its Budget recommendations, the industry body has said it recommends a Rs 1,000-crore fund to promote fermented organic manure. Most of ...
16 Jan, 2023, 06.55 PM IST
Some students from this Canada province will soon be ineligible for post-graduation work permitsThe Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP) allows students who have graduated from eligible Canadian designated learning institutions ...
11 Jun, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
View: India is showing the world the way by moving forward with its clean energy initiativesIndia’s clean energy initiatives have the wind at their back thanks to global advances in technology — especially solar power, wind power a...
30 Oct, 2020, 11.22 PM IST
Qualcomm to launch VoLTE phones by Q2India and South Asia regions present growth opportunities in the telecom space with rising 4G adoption and continued adoption of feature ph...
21 Mar, 2017, 12.16 AM IST
India can't write-off coal-based energy so soon: World Coal AssociationWCA chief executive officer Benjamin Sporton said that India’s energy needs are too huge for any suggestion that it will not need coal in t...
14 Feb, 2017, 03.40 PM IST
Over 4,000 megawatts of solar to be tendered in Middle East this yearThe upbeat forecast in the MESIAannual Middle East Solar Outlook, concluded that 2016 will be characterised by increasingly lower levelised...
02 Feb, 2016, 03.30 PM IST
Government to roll out LPG-like DBT scheme for kerosene from April 1The cash subsidy to be paid will be equivalent to the difference between current PDS price of about Rs 12 and market rate of Rs 43 per litr...
02 Jan, 2016, 01.39 AM IST
Stopping LPG subsidy to high-income group to save Rs 500 croreThe move to stop LPG subsidies to high-income consumers with a taxable income of above Rs 10 lakh a year may result in a saving of up to Rs...
29 Dec, 2015, 08.31 PM IST
Centre to reduce its share of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan to 50%The Centre has decided to reduce its share of funding in the flagship Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme from 65 per cent to 50 per cent.
10 Sep, 2015, 10.14 PM IST
Mid-Day Meal scheme: Centre not to reimburse states for LPG cylindersConcerned over the additional financial burden the move would have, some states are planning to send representation to the HRD Ministry.
23 Aug, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviews progress of LPG subsidy transfer schemeAs on date, 9.75 crore LPG consumers have joined the scheme. This is 66 per cent of the total consumer base of 15.3 crore.
01 Feb, 2015, 09.37 AM IST
'Govt need to tweak norms on renewable energy to reach target'The government needs to tweak its policies on renewable energy to make wind and solar power projects cost-effective if it has to achieve th...
04 Apr, 2014, 11.28 PM IST
Fuel prices hike unjustified: CPICPI today demanded roll back of the hike in prices of petrol, diesel and unsubsidised LPG cylinders, saying it was unjustified.
04 Jan, 2014, 06.00 PM IST
- PDP, Hindustan Shiv Sena hold protests over crisis of LPG cylinders
Lashing out at Jammu and Kashmir government for its failure to address the issue of denial of LPG cylinders to the consumers, the PDP today...
07 Oct, 2012, 06.31 PM IST
- Dilemmas in PDS reform
The proposal to provide poor with smart cards carrying food subsidy redeemable at fair price shops seems an improvement on food coupons vul...
05 May, 2010, 05.46 AM IST
- Indian mortgage borrowers face the big squeeze
The Indian central bank’s monetary shock therapy has left the country’s newly leveraged middle class gasping for breath.
04 Apr, 2007, 03.32 AM IST