Budget & Policies
Set up separate dept for logistics to improve transport sector: PM’s advisory panel
Setting up a separate logistics department and introducing one permit-one tax system for trucks, among other measures, will boost the transport sector and improve ease of doing business, the Economic...
Read moreToll collections may witness double-digit growth in FY’20: ICRA
Toll collections are likely to witness a double-digit growth in the next financial year, propelled by an increase in commercial vehicle sales and wholesale price index (WPI), rating agency ICRA...
Read moreSEBI comes out with rules for single regime for FPI, NRI fund flows
Markets regulator SEBI has come out with rules for merger of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) and non-resident Indian/overseas citizens of India routes to bring in a single regime for foreign...
Read moreGovt mulls zero interest on timely crop loan repayment as new year gift
In a bid to address farmers' distress ahead of 2019 general elections, the government is considering waiving interest on crop loans for farmers who pay on time, costing an additional...
Read moreIndia eyes $100-bn FDI in next two years; Plans industrial clusters for some countries: Prabhu
India will aim to receive $100 billion in foreign direct investments in the next two years and special industrial clusters are being created for countries like Japan, South Korea, China...
Read moreNew auto policy, FAME II to drive India’s clean mobility push in 2019
With 'clean' being seen as the way ahead, the automobile sector appears all set to ride this bandwagon and the government is keen to give its push in 2019 with...
Read moreGST standard rate to be fixed between 12-18% as revenues increase: Jaitley
Going forward, as tax revenues significantly increase, India will have GST slabs of 0 per cent, 5 per cent and a standard rate between 12-18 per cent for commonly-used items,...
Read moreIndia to chair Kimberley Process from Jan next year: Commerce Ministry
India will chair the Kimberley Process (KP), a global initiative to remove conflict diamonds from the global supply chain, from January next year, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday. KP...
Read moreGovt initiating multiple reforms for doubling farmers income
The government is making efforts with an integrated approach and has initiated "multiple reforms" in order to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022, Additional Principal Secretary to...
Read moreChidambaram slams Centre for referring to never-used clause in RBI Act
Slamming the government for reportedly referring to a never-used clause of the RBI Act directing the central bank to implement its wishes, former Union finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday...
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