Government policies

Food processing ministry ropes in 5 govt agencies to promote PM FME Scheme

29 Dec 2020

AIIMS to have a full-fledged Department of Integrative Medicine

11 Dec 2020

Govt offers to talk with protesting farmers without conditions

01 Dec 2020

The central government says that the new farm laws are meant for farmers’ welfare while the farmers content that the laws will weaken the APMC system, leaving them vulnerable to corporate interests

Huge response to PLI Scheme for bulk drugs, medical devices

30 Nov 2020

Nafed to launch 10,000 honey farmer collectives

30 Nov 2020

UNDP, Invest India identify 18 sustainable investment areas across 6 sectors

30 Nov 2020

Centre issues fresh guidelines for surveillance and containment of Covid-19

30 Nov 2020

Go electric, go global to make India an automobile manufacturing hub, Gadkari tells Industry

25 Nov 2020

India may grant emergency use authorisation for Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine: report

24 Nov 2020

Vedanta submits EoI for buying govt's entire stake in BPCL

20 Nov 2020

Over 2.5 million street vendors apply for PM-SAVANidhi scheme

20 Nov 2020

Labour ministry notifies draft social security code for unorganised workers

20 Nov 2020

FM announces Rs265,000-cr fresh stimulus to Covid-hit economy

20 Nov 2020

As part of the relief package, Sitharaman also announced a new scheme to promote employment, called `AatmaNirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana, offering EPF support to EPFO-registered establishments taking in new employees or re-employing those who lost jobs earlier

Govt revamps VGF scheme for infra projects, extends it till 2024-25

12 Nov 2020

Govt approves $20 bn support scheme to boost manufacturing

12 Nov 2020

Under the expanded Production Linked Incentive scheme, government proposes to give nearly Rs1,50,000 crore in incentives to manufacturers in 10 sectors, including automobiles and auto parts, pharmaceuticals, textiles and food products etc, to attract investment

Saffron starts flowering in parts of Sikkim in North East

12 Nov 2020

Online media, social sites brought under govt control

12 Nov 2020

States to garner Rs6,656 cr in annual revenue from commercial coal mining auction: Pralhad Joshi

12 Nov 2020

Common man in India may not get access to Covid-19 vaccine until 2022

12 Nov 2020

Kharif rice procurement up over 19% at 24.31 million tonnes

11 Nov 2020

Govt does away with registration requirement for BPO and ITeS units

11 Nov 2020

The liberalised guidelines will tremendously reduce the compliance burden of the BPO industry while also removing requirements such as bank guarantees, static IPs, frequent reporting obligations, publication of network diagram etc as also several other requirements that prevented companies from adopting ‘Work from Home’ and ‘Work from Anywhere’ policies