Almost 3.3 million houses awaiting completion under the IAY will be built by the end of 2016-17.
Most public sector banks, flush with deposits now, offer 3-4% interest on savings deposits, while a few private sector banks go up to 6%.
Aayog feels expansion of the lowest base will enable more people to pay taxes.
'The service charge is given to the employees as a part of their salary. Now, employees have been calling to negotiate their salaries to balance the loss that they will face personally. In which case, we won't be able to retain some of them.'
As many as 4,291 farmers in Maharashtra killed themselves in 2015 topping the list of states with the highest number of suicides in the farm sector followed by Karnataka (1,559), Telangana (1,400), Madhya Pradesh (1,290), Chhattisgarh (954), and Andhra Pradesh (916).
Sops for middle class, poor and farmers on cards.
As FIIs pull out of road projects, doubts have surfaced about the future of new highways and roads
IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing
Eco affairs secretary says double counting possible; cash availability to improve in three weeks.
Cash withdrawal limits likely to continue
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics of customers making Aadhaar enabled payment.
Most of these road contracts are spread across Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, with the government struggling to restart them.
Revised draft model Bill clearly says an agriculturist for the purpose of agriculture won't be liable for registration under GST.
A senior finance ministry source said making the use of debit cards and e-wallets compulsory across the board is legally untenable, but banks have been asked to insist their account holders use these instruments
Experts claim impact of breather limited as most hybrid vegetable seeds are sold by private companies.
Budget announcements will come right before five states, with population of around 250 million, go to polls.
Work in mandis across UP and in northern India which till Tuesday, witnessed heavy arrivals of newly harvested paddy, saw a steep decline.
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