Bengal corporate leaders on Thursday termed the 2013-14 Union budget a reformist one and said despite being the last budget of United Progressive Alliance before it goes to poll, Finance Minister P Chidambaram restrained from being populist.
A recent study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India indicates that the state's business confidence index is at 6.5 on a scale of 10.
The Sikkim Government has confirmed that 14 people have died so far in the flash floods that occurred in Sikkim in the early hours of Wednesday.
AIFF plans to go ahead with the 2020-21 I-League season even if the clubs' star foreign recruits are unable to make it due to the coronavirus-forced travel restrictions.
The tourism industry expects a short-term impact, as it is counting on the state's proven expertise in managing such crises.
Mamata Banerjee painted a bright future for industry in Durgapur.
The haircare brand, acquired for Rs 330 crore, fetches HUL around Rs 400 cr of revenue annually.
West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Friday invited industrialists to set up base in the state, but cautioned against acquiring land forcefully.
ICA is the world's leading institution for resolving international commercial and business disputes.
Mr Mitra, show me where is industrial development in Bengal: Tata
Mitra's stout and vociferous protest to what most see as Tata's meandering and even affectionate critique has taken people by surprise.
From rejecting the mercy petition of Afzal Guru to allegedly disapproving of the suggestion to send former West Bengal governor Gopal Gandhi as India's next ambassador to Myanmar, President Pranab Mukherjee continues to assert himself as a notable player in Delhi's political parlour.
Kumar, a well-known economist and the author of several books, would succeed Amit Mitra, who has become the Finance Minister of West Bengal.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday termed the West Bengal assembly polls as a "freedom movement" of people entangled into 35-year-long vicious cycle of "oppression".
It would operate round the clock and seven days a week, said the Chief Minister, adding 'you can reach us on a telephone call, within a short time'.
"Land is limited, land is precious, land holds a special value to farmers and their families. We have to be sensitive to those who lose land to the industry knowing fully well that the industry also needs space. Emprical evidence shows that options other than compulsory land acquisition are also possible," said West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Without mentioning Singur even once, his speech at the ICC highlighted the farmers' interest.
He was confident of collecting tax revenue of Rs 31,000 crore.
It's seen as a signal that he wants to engage with India Inc at a time when the economy has started looking up.
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
No longer Bengal's finance minister, Amit Mitra, Mamata's principal chief advisor, will still advise and aid the 'chief minister and finance department on all matters relating to management of state finance', represent the 'state government in national and international events/meetings/committees' and examine 'important proposals/files and policy issues relating to financial matters referred to him for advice/views'.
In a telephonic conversation, Mitra explains to Namrata Acharya how the state is reeling under a huge debt, a 'legacy' of the Left government.
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday criticised the statements of West Bengal ministers against Ratan Tata, and said Tata's views and opinions about the development of the state would always be welcomed by the people of Bengal.
With West Bengal aiming to become one of the top three IT states by 2010, contributing 15-20 per cent of the country's total IT revenue, a number of IT majors are today doing significant business in Kolkata.
The six AEZs in West Bengal are for pineapple, lychee, potato, mango, vegetables and Darjeeling tea.
The company had decided to set up an office in Mumbai last year but had to shelve its plans because of recession and market conditions. The company as part of a consortium had placed bids in infrastructure projects last year in Malegaon, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad.
Pharma exports from India to Russia have doubled in the last five years.
Whenever people think of India, they will think of Ficci as a place they could go to facilitate investment, says Rajiv Kumar.
The Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) has sent notices to all Indian Premier League franchisees, both old and new, asking them to furnish detailed company-related information.
With the commissioning of the 2,000 MW Tala hydel power project scheduled for July 2006, Bhutan is all set to start exporting 2,500 MW power to India by the year end, Bhutan ambassador to India Lyonpo Dago Tshering said on Monday.
Mitra said that Tata group firm TCS was creating additional 20,000 jobs.
'The Arunachal border is not demarcated in that way, so there can be differing perceptions (between two sides)'
The Centre mopped up Rs 2.46 lakh crore from indirect taxes in the last fiscal, as much as Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) more than the revised target, despite stimulus packages.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has also said that the bill on DTC was likely to be tabled in the monsoon session of Parliament.
The state received robust investment announcements worth Rs 2,43,489 crore in calendar 2007. In calendar 2008, investments fell 63 per cent, to Rs 90,095 crore (Rs 900.95 billion). The general slowdown in economic growth, however, may also have played a part in Bengal's declining rank, given that many of its major investments were in such sectors as steel, real estate and power, all of which are current casualties of slowing demand.
The Special Economic Zone concept represents another form of "Zamindari" system, Kali Ghosh, general secretary, CITU West Bengal Committee, said on Monday.
The application for visas to the United States is likely to increase by about 40-50 per cent in the coming five years, said Henry V Jardine, Consul General of the United States at the Bengal National Chamber Of Commerce and Industries in Kolkata.
India will remain on top in Japan's ODA list and is expected to strengthen its relations with Japan.
The cover provided under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, which is a vital safety net for them, ended almost a year back on May 31, 2020. Ever since, there hasn't been much progress on the higher insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh promised under the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
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