Debroy is expected to have a role and responsibility similar to the erstwhile chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council
Of the Rs 1.10 lakh crore investment required for the project, Japan is providing Rs 88,000 crore as a soft loan at 0.01 per cent interest.
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 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.
Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved
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.
Global crude oil prices have slumped by 49 per cent during the same period
Initiated move to privatise Air India, but reports on poverty and cast census remained unfinished
The upcoming Akshay Kumar starrer Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is set to use toilets of the Indian Railways
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.
Contracts will be given for five years, in a transparent manner
Govt looks to take cooking gas to tiger reserves, Naxal-hit areas
India is the third largest consumer of petroleum products, after the US and China.
The Manduadih-Rameswaram Weekly Express tops the list of latecomer trains, with the highest average delay time of 11.5 hours!
This may rescue pulses, cotton and oilseed sowing; rain revival in the south to take longer
Centre might move swiftly on its next round of strategic sales in CPSEs
Modi's visit to dwell on water conservation, Israel's expertise in desalination may also be tapped
The southwest monsoon which reached the country on May 30 well within its normal onset date
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