Soon, farms to have sensors to track efficient use of resources"The idea is to incentivise and provide infrastructure support to farmers to undertake smart farming to maximise water efficiency and restr...
02 Dec, 2023, 01.38 PM IST
Construction workers may get pan-India card, pensionUnder the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996, state governments through their state welfare boards are mandated to frame and...
26 Jun, 2023, 11.43 PM IST
Budget 2023: Growth & manufacturing focus within fiscal consolidation themeEchoing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s statement that fiscal 2024 budget will follow the spirit of the earlier ones, economists expe...
03 Jan, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
India needs to remove trade restrictions, reduce tariffs in South Asia, says World BankIntegration is the key to boosting trade, transport connectivity, electricity transmission and climate change in the region. If the countri...
27 Apr, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
NMP will have multiplier impact: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh KantNMP has set a target of ₹88,000 crore for this year.
24 Aug, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
No formal sector job loss during Covid as per EPFO payroll data, says government“It is observed that there is addition in net payroll as represented by EPFO subscriber base in each month of 2020-21 except for the month ...
28 Jul, 2021, 03.15 PM IST
Wistron did not pay workers overtime: Karnataka labour department“Workers have accused the company of not being given wages for overtime work, which is found to be true. We have asked Wistron to share all...
15 Dec, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
India's road to recovery gets bumpier in July, thanks to local lockdownsTransportation of goods, rail freight, exports, car sales, farming and employment indicators improved further in July from June levels, but...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.03 AM IST
Upgrades, private investments key to ending farm woes: NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv KumarKumar says farm loan waiver, though states’ privilege, is not a sustainable solution for farmers.
20 Dec, 2018, 10.16 AM IST
Ola, Meru seek policy boost to outrace Uber in funding gameThe executives have also knocked on the doors of the Competition Commission of India with the complain that Uber is "dumping capital" to "c...
13 Dec, 2016, 12.40 AM IST
Some states will suffer a rude shock because of change in funding pattern: Abhijit SenGovernment does not have more money. If devolution of central funds to states goes up by 10% to 42%, there will have to be a cut somewhere ...
25 Feb, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
Narendra Modi for convergence of ministries to get rural infrastructure programmes on right trackModi has directed Planning Secretary Sindhushree Khullar to review the progress of central schemes aimed at building basic rural infrastruc...
04 Sep, 2014, 04.35 AM IST
Rs 12k crore from NABARD to help spread Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana networkRural development ministry is planning Rs 12,000-crore boost for the government’s flagship rural roads scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sada...
03 Sep, 2014, 03.58 AM IST
Arun Maira slams Food Security Ordinance as unsustainable"Government should focus on creating more jobs and more employment as the way to inclusion rather than hand-outs,” Arun Maira said.
17 Jul, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Poverty line panel report likely by JuneAfter missing the March deadline, poverty line panel headed by Abhijit Sen is now expected to submit its recommendations by June.
18 Apr, 2013, 12.48 PM IST
Rejig of central government schemes soonThe number of centrally sponsored schemes had risen to 147 in 2011-12 from 99 in 2007-08, creating overlaps and thin spread of government r...
15 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Montek Singh Ahluwalia asks Chief Ministers to implement manufacturing policy urgentlyThe policy that aims to increase India's share of manufacturing to GDP from 16 per cent to 25 per cent and create 100 million jobs by 2025.
12 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST