Bail-out package for loss-making industry awaits Cabinet clearance.
Calling the bluff of the country's sugar barons, the Centre has scrapped 98 per cent of the industrial entrepreneur memorandums obtained by them for setting up new production units.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram's efforts to bring down cement prices have finally borne fruit as cement manufacturers have introduced cuts in prices.
Water or mines? The answer should be obvious, but thanks to the pots of gold that lie hidden in them, mines are robbing the countryside of its natural wealth.
Prices of most commodities on which the government imposed an export ban to check inflation have risen sharply, touching an all-time high in cases.
The New York-bound fruits will be the second success story in a row for the King of Fruits. Last year, Indian mangoes were exported to Japan for the first time after a gap of 20 years.
The environment ministry has proposed to offer wasteland available with it to investors through multi-stakeholder partnership.
The country's leading steel companies were considering a price increase of Rs 1,000-2,000 per tonne from April 1, despite a partial rollback last month.
LN Mittal, who is a frontrunner for acquiring a 51 per cent stake in Sesa Goa from Mitsui and has announced plans for projects in Jharkhand and Orissa worth Rs 40,000 crore each, is planning a $2 billion (Rs 8,600 crore) foundation.
Global Subsidies Initiative describes itself as an honest broker of information on farm subsidies, which it says are killing the small farmer.
Companies offering much more for wheat than govt's Rs 850 a quintal.
The Maharashtra government has announced fiscal incentives for the state sugar mills to ensure that they continue crushing till all the sugarcane available is consumed.
Most of Indian billionaires are shy of talking about the money they spend on charity.
The failure of the government to decide on the interest rate for provident fund is likely to hit around two million subscribers.
To augment its storage capacity, Reliance Retail is seeking to hire capacity with the government-owned Food Corporation of India. This has been complemented by low foodgrain stocks with FCI and the surplus storage capacity.
Retailers like Reliance are buying bulk produce directly from farmers.
Pollution levels in the once-majestic river have gone up dramatically despite the capital spending around Rs 2,000 crore on sewage treatment plants and other facilities.
The government has also swung into action to ensure that it is able to procure adequate quantities and avoid imports at exorbitant rates.
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