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Soon you can own flats on railway property

Soon you can own flats on railway property

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2017

Indian Railways under Piyush Goyal has chalked out a new plan for station redevelopment. Railway stations in 15 cities may soon offer residential apartments.

Surat set to get global diamond exchange in 3 years

Surat set to get global diamond exchange in 3 years

Rediff.com   23 Oct 2017

Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features

India shifts focus from Opec to US for crude imports

India shifts focus from Opec to US for crude imports

Rediff.com   21 Oct 2017

Indian companies place orders worth $600 million for US crude, which is likely to increase by nearly $2 billion in the near future.

Goyal spikes two pet schemes of Prabhu

Goyal spikes two pet schemes of Prabhu

Rediff.com   17 Oct 2017

The Railway Board has decided to wind up the ambitious Rs 5,000-crore One ICT plan and the transformation cell

RIL's midas touch is missing in overseas oil & gas assets

RIL's midas touch is missing in overseas oil & gas assets

Rediff.com   16 Oct 2017

The company had assets in countries like Yemen, Peru, Oman, Myanmar, Columbia, East Timor, Kurdistan and Australia, but it exited almost all these blocks later as part of its portfolio rationalisation

Now, Germany to help India fulfil bullet train dream

Now, Germany to help India fulfil bullet train dream

Rediff.com   3 Oct 2017

German aid likely for Bengaluru-Chennai bullet train

Zooming fiscal deficit pours cold water on stimulus package

Zooming fiscal deficit pours cold water on stimulus package

Rediff.com   1 Oct 2017

The deficit for the first five months of the year stood at 96 per cent of the full-year target of Rs 5.46 lakh crore despite cut in capital expenditure in August.

Why the first post-GST Budget will be 'different'

Why the first post-GST Budget will be 'different'

Rediff.com   26 Sep 2017

The forthcoming Budget, the last full one before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, is expected to contain a number of sops and feel-good announcements, especially regarding social sector schemes.

How the Modi govt plans to push growth

How the Modi govt plans to push growth

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2017

The government plans to raise resources to finance capital spending beyond the Rs 3.10 lakh crore budgeted for 2017-18 through higher borrowing or divestment receipts.

Bibek Debroy may take over as PM's economic advisor

Bibek Debroy may take over as PM's economic advisor

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2017

Debroy is expected to have a role and responsibility similar to the erstwhile chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council

Biggest challenge facing the bullet train: 825 hectares of land

Biggest challenge facing the bullet train: 825 hectares of land

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2017

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.

GST Council will now meet on Oct 6

GST Council will now meet on Oct 6

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2017

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's wish to levy indirect tax on petrol unlikely to be taken up

It's growth vs fiscal deficit once again

It's growth vs fiscal deficit once again

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2017

The government has spent a little less than one-third of the Budget estimate of capital expenditure, it can still spend about Rs 20,000 crore this year without disturbing its fiscal deficit target.

Jaitley likely to announce his final full Budget on Feb 1

Jaitley likely to announce his final full Budget on Feb 1

Rediff.com   15 Sep 2017

Like 2017-18, govt will seek comments from the public at large, including Facebook and Twitter

Aadhaar's role in welfare schemes to continue

Aadhaar's role in welfare schemes to continue

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2017

Data mining with the object of ensuring that resources are properly deployed to legitimate beneficiaries is a valid ground for the state to insist on the collection of authentic data

Cabinet fast-tracks merger of public sector banks

Cabinet fast-tracks merger of public sector banks

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2017

The mergers will not involve any cash but only share swaps

Railways to change catering recipe

Railways to change catering recipe

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2017

Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved

New fiscal year, bureaucratic reforms: Talking points for Modi's I-Day speech

New fiscal year, bureaucratic reforms: Talking points for Modi's I-Day speech

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2017

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.

The Chaos Theory Guy

The Chaos Theory Guy

Rediff.com   7 Aug 2017

'Look at Mr Modi. He is a part of this new middle class.' 'India has never before seen this kind of social mobility, certainly not since medieval times.' 'As a result, India's entrenched elite, which is a class of people with a strong sense of entitlement, is being tamed,' Sanjeev Sanyal tells Shyamal Majumdar and Arup Roychoudhury.

Prices of subsidised LPG zoom 16% since Modi took charge

Prices of subsidised LPG zoom 16% since Modi took charge

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2017

Global crude oil prices have slumped by 49 per cent during the same period