The central government's highway award and construction target for the current fiscal is dominated by the Bharatmala scheme.
The list is of companies declared sick as on March 31, 2014.
The Congress has hinted that former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan would be its lead campaigner, especially in the state's Marathwada region in the coming Lok Sabha polls, despite his being tainted in the Adarsh cooperative housing society scam.
With the Russia-Ukraine war roiling financial markets globally, the government may defer the mega IPO of LIC and wait for an opportune time to get the maximum value of its holding in the state-owned insurance behemoth, sources said. "It's a full blown war now so we will have to assess the situation for going ahead with the LIC IPO," a government source said. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, too, had indicated review of the IPO in view of the evolving geopolitical situation.
Govt gave 36,000 seats per week more than inter-ministerial group's recommendations.
Shortage of ICU beds, oxygen, ventilators, vaccines, doctors, nurses and crematorium space in India has dominated headlines around the world in the past few weeks with Covid-19 cases surging beyond control and the government failing to deliver. Yes, election rallies, Kumbh Mela, blatant flouting of social distancing and mask protocols coupled with a messy vaccination process are said to be responsible for the health crisis of colossal proportions that India is facing today. But an analysis of Budget speeches made by finance ministers over 75 years also offers a glimpse of how low on the priority list healthcare has featured for the political class and policy-makers, which is a significant reason for the current situation.
The new economic affairs secretary believes that doing more of the same cannot help; you must do things differently.
If cleared, the ONGC arm will become the first subsidiary company of an existing Maharatna to get into this superior league among government-owned entities.
Govt resists pay panel suggestion on scrapping allowances for acting, bad climate, family planning, funeral, robe maintenance and even hair cutting.
The policy proposes a contingency plan to handle cyber attacks on vital installations and critical infrastructure.
Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde left for New Delhi on Monday, where he is expected to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi and submit his views on the change of leadership in Maharashtra and also suggest measures to revive the party ahead of the assembly elections slated for September-October.
India has much to be proud of and celebrate. But there is also much that is wrong, much that looks dangerous. Employment, current account deficit, rural distress, agricultural productivity are all in deep crisis, points out Shekhar Gupta.
The commission asks for notification to be deferred; RIL's KG-D6 pricing issue may return to Cabinet
The National Democratic Alliance government is weeding out independent directors on the boards of public-sector undertakings (PSUs).
There is no clarity on the stand taken by the PM on many issues plaguing the aviation sector
Cabinet sub-committee to meet to review the situation and take necessary steps. Sanjay Jog reports
Drought fears will subside if the momentum generated is maintained in August.
'The AMs are a different beast and reflect the political play within the government.' 'Prime Minister Modi does not need to assuage any interest group to take the final call on any decision that belongs rightfully to the Cabinet,' points out Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Infra major's entry could queer the pitch for Jaypee and Hindustan Semiconductor.
The background work of creating a suitable digital architecture of a website also remains unfinished as it has been a challenge to shortlist technology partners.
The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for states.
Approval comes 6 months after Swedish clothing giant applied for India entry; FIPB now to consider on Oct 18.
The precautions are being proposed to ensure that other cattle varieties are not exported or transported outside the state as Nagori cattle
The coming election to the Delhi assembly has so far been labelled a two-way contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party, but the Congress is not throwing in the towel yet.
The Maharashtra government is pushing hard to get a Rs 4,500-crore financial package from Centre, reports Sanjay Jog
Divestment in PFC, REC, NHPC, Nalco, Hindustan Copper and NMDC could be considered
The White House and the Indian-American community are solidly backing the nomination of Neera Tanden as the director of Office of Management and Budget, describing her as the most appropriate candidate to hold the position.
The BJP member also sought to put the LVB-DBS merger on hold in order to facilitate a forensic audit of the takeover of the assets of both banks.
Everything you wanted to know about the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train but didn't know who to ask.
IMD is preparing a concept paper on narrowing its grid resolution from 22 sq km to 10 sq km.
These ETFs will also carry interest-rate risk, especially the 10-year ETF. The investor can overcome this risk by holding them till maturity, suggests Sanjay Kumar Singh.
DEA officials to push for this at a meeting with FM Jaitley.
In many cases, all that is required is a final letter from the ministry
By April, operational guidelines for the scheme will be finalised and shared with states
Top architecture firms belonging to Hafeez Contractor and C P Kukreja have offered to design a few stations free of cost.
It seems the grand old party is trying to stage a comeback in the state which it ruled at one time, but also to its progeny the Trinamool Congress which has vowed to come to power in Tripura in the 2023 state assembly elections.
The RBI expects the assessment to show if the systemic failure was only in PNB or in the overall banking universe
There are about 85 million milch cows -- those that produce milk -- in the country.
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