DroughtThe Centre is expected to discuss issues related to drought management and also review the progress of major central schemes like soil health cards, irrigation programmes
The cryptocurrency will fall in the RBI's domain.
The options include involving jewellers as collection centres, addressing of issues that banks have been facing and using domestically available gold for giving metal loans to jewellers for domestic sales.
Indian industry will have to deal with high raw material prices, and user industries will see their costs rising though with a lag in some cases.
The theme of the reshuffle is to fulfill Modi's earlier promise of 'maximum governance, minimum government.' Some key ministries are likely to be merged.
Tamil Nadu, the best-performing state, managed to do this in 63 days. Land allotment took 156 days nationally and 28 days in Himachal Pradesh. Environmental approval took 91 days nationally and 25 days in Chhattisgarh.
Dealers with turnover of Rs 2 crore and above covered; industry says threshold too low
According to government data, the prices have still not crossed the MSPs in some mandis.
On an average most commodities are up between 20-30 per cent compared to a year ago levels.
Of the 11,000 kg imported between July 1 and August 9, around 90 per cent was brought in by two business groups which took advantage of the favourable reduction in tax incidence under GST, routing their imports through Korea.
Steps such as safeguard duty in the works to plug the route
While Bibek Debroy echoed his view in Twitter, Pronob Sen questioned Kumar's conclusion
Entry of a higher number of technocrats, an appraisal system for civil servants and the benefits of changing the financial year may feature in the PM's fourth speech.
Initiated move to privatise Air India, but reports on poverty and cast census remained unfinished
In July alone, 2.5 tonnes of gold coins were imported so far from South Korea under zero-duty facility
On average, an account-holder among Punjab farmers availed of crop loans of around Rs 2.23 lakh in the first 11 months of 2016-17.
A new solution to raise deal speed is expected to avoid hiccups in trading when launched on August 1
This may rescue pulses, cotton and oilseed sowing; rain revival in the south to take longer
Good monsoon, farm loan waiver -- the two key reasons behind more customers in jewellery shops
Centre might move swiftly on its next round of strategic sales in CPSEs
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