Government policies
Centre announces new PPP policy to make housing affordable
22 Sep 2017
The new policy extends central assistance of up to Rs2.50 lakh per house to those constructed on private lands and offers government land for private construction while offering eight PPP options to builders to choose from
Govt assures appropriate measures to stimulate economy
21 Sep 2017
Reports quoting senior finance ministry officials said the idea is to loosen the government’s purse strings targeting an additional spending of Rs50,000 crore in the current financial year to stimulate the economy
Karti refuses to appear before CBI; ‘grill me’, says Chidambaram
15 Sep 2017
Former finance minister P Chidambaram said it was he who approved the deal after FIPB clearance and that the CBI should question him instead of harassing Karti Chidambaram
JNU, DU among hit as govt clamps down on FCRA violations
14 Sep 2017
Registration of these institutions under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act has been cancelled in view of their failure to file annual returns for five consecutive years
Govt to select bankers, lawyers for Air India sale process
14 Sep 2017
The government may consider allowing foreign airlines to invest in Air India, although the consolidated FDI circular keeps Air India out reach for foreign investors
Mobile SIMs without Aadhaar linkage to go dead after February 2018
12 Sep 2017
The step is in line with the Supreme Court directive to link all mobile numbers with Aadhaar within a period of one year
SUV prices to zoom; GST council lowers rates on 40 daily use items
11 Sep 2017
With the higher cess on SUVs and luxury cars, the overall GST on them is now 50 per cent while the cess on midsized cars and smaller vehicles has taken the total GST impact on them to 45 per cent and 47 per cent respectively
Unruly fliers could even face lifetime ban
08 Sep 2017
Government today unveiled its `No-Fly’ policy to tackle on-board disruptive and unruly behaviour by passengers, which could pave way for a No Fly List
Apple rejects Trai anti-spam app, says won’t part with user data
08 Sep 2017
The Indian government is now in a piquant situation where a private company, and that too a large foreign one, claims to be the sole custodian of the privacy and personal data of Indian users
Government freezes bank accounts of over 2 lakh suspected 'shell' companies
06 Sep 2017
Directors and authorised signatories of these de-registered companies will not be able to operate bank accounts without the sanction of the National Company Law Tribunal
RBI says 99% of scrapped notes have returned into system
31 Aug 2017
RBI said Rs15.28 lakh crore, or 99 per cent of the Rs15.44 lakh crore of scrapped Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes, had come back into the banking system between 8 November last year and 30 June this year