The scheme would cover incidents like robbery and dacoity.
A comparison shows that for Delhi to Mumbai air travel, the lowest airfare price is in the range of Rs 2,755, while the surged price for second-AC comes at Rs 4,104, a 42 per cent increase from the current train fares
The committee said whatever benefit RIL received in terms of the migrated gas is liable to be returned to the government.
A railway official said the Talgo run was only a trial and, in case of launch of commercial services, clearance from CRS would be taken
Apart from rail mishaps, the coverage would take care of terrorist attacks and accidental fall of a passenger from a train and normal accidents, riots, robbery and dacoity
Magnets on the track push and lift the train up in the air by about 1 inch to 6 inches
Likely to be merged with Union Budget from FY18
Oil India is set to usher in a new era with a road map drawn to ramp up production and diversification plans to foray into liquefied natural gas
The focus is now on having premium service to give passenger comfort and increasing train speeds.
The phased increase of prices is being done to sell the fuel at international prices.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is meeting state finance ministers on Thursday to garner support for the Constitution Amendment Bill for a goods & services tax (GST), is likely to immediately dole out about Rs 13,000 crore (Rs 130 billion) in Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation to states.
The Jan Dhan scheme restricts the scope of life insurance cover to bring down burden on the exchequer.
APAs are part of govt's aim to move to a non-adversarial tax regime.
Officials say telco still keen on process.
As the government submitted a list of 627 foreign account holders to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the spotlight is on family of former Maharashtra chief minister, former minister in the UPA government, a Mumbai-based corporate among others. Vrishti Beniwal reports
Financial institutions at the risk of US sanctions as sharing of documents on SC directive amounts to violation of existing agreements.
More companies with unconventional business models to get into messy legal hassles in India.
Govt expects to save Rs 10,000 crore through this move.
States' demand for 5 years and Constitutional provision ruled out
It came down from $1.94 billion in 2009-10 to $1.17 billion the next year and to $1.11 billion in 2011-12.