'Modi personally provides the higher direction of the ministry and the minister then works with bureaucrats on implementation,' points out Aakar Patel.
The government will decide on increasing petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene prices within the next 24-48 hours.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs may consider slashing customs duty on petrol and diesel from 15 per cent to 10 per cent.
Budget session will begin on February 23 and conclude on May 8
Rahul targets the Modi government on Twitter, using the hashtag "BikGayaChowkidar".
In the wake of mounting pressure from Sangh outfits, the MP government may take a fresh decision on the fate of the marketing contract with a Lintas subsidiary for Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain.
It appears the row over the article penned by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yashwant Sinha refuses to die down.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Union Budget on February 28.
The government has approved a Rs 450.15 crore package for marine fishermen, including a Rs 1.50 per litre rebate on diesel and subsidy on fishing vessels.
Eight renowned Indian and global merchant bankers will vie with each other on Friday to become the global advisors for privatisation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation.\n\n\n\n
The government is likely to empower ONGC Videsh, the foreign arm of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, to make investments of up to Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) in oil and gas properties abroad without going to the Cabinet for approval.
The Vajpayee government had avoided using the air force for 18 days.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs deferred on Thursday a decision on sharing royalty earned from oil output with states.\n\n
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved ONGC Videsh Ltd's proposal to invest an additional $1.1 billion in Sakhalin-I project in Russia.
The government on Wednesday rolled back its decision to hike LPG price by Rs 5 every month.
A Cabinet panel has allowed futures trading in 54 commodities including rice, wheat, pulses, oils, oilseeds, spices and metals, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
Projects worth Rs 500 crore and above and up to Rs 1,000 crore can be cleared by the Finance Minister.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie on Tuesday said that the opinion of the law ministry and the Attorney General will be taken on Supreme Court ruling staying privatisation of HPCL and BPCL, which he described as a 'major setback' to reforms.
The cabinet committee on economic affairs will meet this evening to decide on the prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene, petroleum minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said.
The Cabinet Committee on Divestment failed to take any decision on the divestment of public sector oil companies -- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation.
Arun Shourie, Union Minister for Divestment, said that the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Divestment would discuss the sell-off modalities of HPCL and BPCL.
Punjab government on Friday approved the bid made by Commonwealth Development Corporation, a wholly owned investment institution of the British government, to buy Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation's 23.49 percent share in Punjab Tractor
'Obviously, MSP hike raises chances of a reduction in exports. Even without an MSP hike, India's exports of a number of agri-commodities, like sugar, were unviable in the overseas markets.'
The Department of Heavy Industry has been undertaking appraisals of each loss making CPSE to assess the prospects of revival.
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