NITI Aayog wants the prime minister's flagship initiative should focus on labour-intensive sectors and policies that impede their growth to get special attention.
A projected drop in production in the 2016-17 sugar season (October-September) has kept domestic prices firm, reflecting in improved profitability and stock prices of companies.
Almost 3.3 million houses awaiting completion under the IAY will be built by the end of 2016-17.
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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).
The customs duty from gold imports could be approximately Rs 8,000 crore, about less than half of what was collected a year ago.
Sops for middle class, poor and farmers on cards.
Sentiment very bullish for 2017; prices could touch all-time peak of $1,161 soon and may double from present levels by the end of the year. Rajesh Bhayani reports.
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
Exchanges believe its legal status may now change, with the government pushing for digitised transactions.
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
The exchange, say sources, began mock trading from early October and around 250 Indian brokers have said they'd take membership of the international exchange.
Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics of customers making Aadhaar enabled payment.