Government policies
NITI Aayog delegated NPPA role of drug price regulation
24 Jan 2019
A NITI Aayog-led body will now recommend prices to the NPPA on drugs and other health products, which relegates NPPA to a mere implementing body
Govt to extend Udan flights to international destinations
15 Jan 2019
Modi government’s Udan would be going international with flights to Thailand and Bangladesh for as low as Rs2,500, say reports, quoting sources in the aviation ministry
Quota for economically backward signed into law
14 Jan 2019
Modi gifts 2 AIIMS to J&K, 1 to Gujarat
11 Jan 2019
Govt offers GST sops to small businesses
10 Jan 2019
The Goods and Services Council at its meeting today decided to raise the threshold limit for exemption from registration and payment of GST for supplier of goods to Rs40 lakh while also keeping the Rs20 lakh limit, leaving it to the states to decide
Govt launches Round-III of oil exploration bids under OALP; expects Rs45,000-cr from Round-II
07 Jan 2019
New costal regulations bring construction closer to seas
31 Dec 2018
While the government claimed that the move will lead to enhanced activities in the coastal regions thereby promoting economic growth, environmentalists say the new CRZ norms will open up fragile inter-tidal areas to real estate agents at the cost of the fishing community
Modi may also hit the election trail with farm loan waiver scheme
31 Dec 2018
PM Narendra Modi is reported to be weighing 3 options - a direct payment to all landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below government prices, and a general loan-waiver – involving a Rs3,00,000-crore outgo, to help farmers hit by low crop prices
Relief to common man as GST Council cuts rates on 23 items
24 Dec 2018
The decision will have an overall impact on revenue of Rs5,500 crore, union finance minister Arun Jaitley said after the meeting
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