MNREGS labourers are usually engaged in irrigation projects.
Chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian discusses the Budget, goods and services tax, Centre-state relationship and larger issues facing the economy
Finance ministry's drive is meant to meet fiscal deficit target and improve overall efficiency in government spending.
Ministry considering tax sops for India's first global financial centre, steps to liberalise futures and options markets.
DMRC-like SPV to be floated in a month for the Rs 98,000 crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor.
Agri experts are meeting FinMin ministry officials on Monday to give their inputs on the Budget.
The calculation is based on annual usage of eight cylinders per household.
The high-speed train line in a region already well-connected by rail, road and airways may have to struggle to stay viable
For a long time, the Indian economy has been drifting without a credible monetary anchor.
NDDB had helped dairy farmers direct their own development, placing control of the resources they created in their own hands.
Experts say finding a solution within the high court-mandated timeline of six months may be tough.
For the first time the government is organising an event where consolidated efforts would be made to help start-ups.
A report, by DeGoyler and MacNaughton, has put a question mark on the future production from the five ONGC discoveries.
Indian farming was transformed after the mid-60s.
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon.
Most farmers depend on rainwater for farming.
In India, 173 people defecate in the open for every square km.
There are about 500,000 fair price shops in states and UTs combined.
The Centre has decided to create a buffer stock of 350,000 tonnes.
'We need to do more to accelerate growth.'
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