Government policies

Draft ‘Major Port Authorities Act’ seeks to boost port sector

17 Sep 2016

Pulses panel suggests new MSP formula, high-gear procurement and end of export ban

17 Sep 2016

India slips 10 places to 112th in economic freedom index

17 Sep 2016

Govt makes consent mandatory for use of Aadhaar data

16 Sep 2016

Kharif support prices made available from 1 September

16 Sep 2016

Rupee plummets to 67.07 a dollar on devaluation rumours

15 Sep 2016

India's merchandise exports fell 6.8 per cent year-on-year in July, which took month’s trade deficit to $7.8 billion, even as India appetite for global products remained unsatiated

ONGC seeks more clarity on subsidy-sharing formula

14 Sep 2016

Govt to build pulses buffer stock of 2 million tonnes

13 Sep 2016

Govt setting up new agency to finance IITs and IIMs

13 Sep 2016

Reverse parking sensor to be made mandatory for all new vehicles

12 Sep 2016

Employees Provident Fund may fix interest lower at 8.6% for 2016-17

12 Sep 2016

Performance to be basis of second round of PSU bank recapitalisation: report

12 Sep 2016

Govt may raise equity exposure limit for National Pension System funds to 75%

10 Sep 2016

PFRDA suggests pension-insurance link to expand NPS coverage

09 Sep 2016

Tourism ministry approves projects worth Rs450 crore for 5 states

07 Sep 2016

GST, banking reforms and infrastructure will drive growth: Jaitley

07 Sep 2016

State-owned banks control 70 per cent of assets in the financial system and the lion`s share of India`s Rs800,000 crore bad loans and any move at privatisation will only choke fund flows to corporates

Black money declarants get e-disclosure option

03 Sep 2016

Cabinet approves measures to revive stalled construction projects

01 Sep 2016

India eases residency, visa norms for major foreign investors

01 Sep 2016

Electric mobility to help save Rs60,000-cr annually: Anant Geete

31 Aug 2016

Cabinet nod for agreement with Cyprus to avoid double taxation, prevent fiscal evasion

25 Aug 2016

Cabinet clears bill to ban commercialisation of surrogacy

25 Aug 2016

HRD ministry considering research fellowships for IIT graduates

24 Aug 2016

Govt to advance Budget presentation to January-end

22 Aug 2016

With the onset of GST regime, there will be no need to present indirect tax proposals  in the Union Budget, as taxes like excise duties, service tax and cesses would get subsumed under the proposed GST regime

NITI Aayog proposes tax holidays, FTAs to boost electronics manufacturing

22 Aug 2016