Index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers.
They said that massive public investment in infrastructure, social sectors and agriculture would generate employment and the Union Budget should give it a priority and allocate necessary funds for this.
Rahul Khullar's guiding credo was that a civil servant must never lose sight of his client: The little guy. The evil men are those who are decision-makers but abdicate their responsibility of taking decisions, leading people to lose confidence in public institutions.
The Prime Minister directed that a special cell be created immediately in the Cabinet Secretariat.
NSO has pegged economic growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20 in its second advance estimates.
BC Tripathi, who helms India's largest natural gas marketer and transporter -- GAIL, discusses last-mile connectivity to homes with Jyoti Mukul and Shine Jacob.
'He selects certain portfolios that he has personal interest in, and he does not give them to a senior leader. The responsibility is given to a junior minister who then directly reports to Modi or to the small team of bureaucrats working with Modi.' 'I noticed this first in Gujarat where Modi worked mainly with two ministers, Saurabh Patel and Amit Shah,' says Aakar Patel.
In many cases, all that is required is a final letter from the ministry
The prime minister is likely to talk about its possible extension.
Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday took over as the minister of state for petroleum and natural gas.
An announcement has barred the entry of journalists in the finance ministry.
Execs of RIL, Essar, Cairn India, Jubilant Energy, ADAG detained.
A look at six indicators shows all of them have collapsed from positive growth in April to contraction in September.
Dismal performance by electricity, crude petroleum, coal and cement sectors pulled down the growth in infrastructure to just 2.6 per cent last month compared to a robust 10.2 per cent in July 2002.
The size of the GDP in the second quarter of 2018-19 is estimated at Rs 33.98 lakh crore, as against Rs 31.72 lakh crore a year ago
MCA portal clocks 5 mn views in 8 months; ministry to integrate company records portal with DGFT, I-T dept this year
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
Imports too contracted by 28.72 per cent to $31.16 billion. Dip in exports and imports narrowed the trade deficit -- the difference between imports and exports -- in March to $9.76 billion, the lowest in the last 13 months.
NTPC has vowed to raise the amount of energy it generates from renewable resources
Barring rice, spices, iron ore and pharmaceuticals, all the remaining 26 key sectors registered negative growth in May. Imports too plunged 51 per cent to $22.2 billion in May.
Ficci also said the new leadership is expected to recognise the industry concerns on land, labour and environment.
Pressure on the government increased with the Reserve Bank of India's surprise move on Thursday to cut interest rates
The National Democratic Alliance government is weeding out independent directors on the boards of public-sector undertakings (PSUs).
Successive governments focused on altering the clearance processes but largely gave a pass to the second, and essential, element of environmental regulations for monitoring pollution levels and how industries followed conditions laid down for clearances.
Traditionally, most PSUs have been cash-rich, which added to their value. However, the government has been tapping regularly into their cash resources to boost revenue for the exchequer
The government has only taken a pause and more measures will be announced in the days to come to help sectors hit by the coronavirus outbreak and also to make India 'Atmanirbhar Bharat', Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the government has taken several steps to mitigate the hardships of the people due to lockdown and support growth, Thakur told PTI in an interview.
The Indian Bureau of Mines has suspended mining operations in 90 mines for not carrying out mining in accordance with its approved plans and schemes during the last fiscal.
The list mostly contains PSUs which were up for sale in the last fiscal.
Growth was primarily pushed by a jump in steel and electricity generation, apart from a sustained rise in natural gas output.
According to the report, the generation projects envisaged for completion by 2018-19 need to be given priority in fuel linkage.
There are actually great similarities between the two PM
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd may be one of the biggest producers of natural gas in the country, but its power foray is likely to be coal or renewable energy based. The company is planning to not only bid for ultra mega power projects but also go in for acquisition of the power plants, said industry sources.
'Can the Aam Aadmi Party challenge the BJP? Someday perhaps. But to set him up as a national alternative just now smacks of the very sin that Arvind Kejriwal admits brought him down in 2014 -- arrogance.'
Wrestling coach Anoop Singh and Paralympics coach Naval Singh among other nominees get Sports Ministry approval
Piyush Goyal, who held the post of finance minister when Arun Jaitley was undergoing treatment, told the Confederation of Indian Industry's annual session: "All stakeholders, including the RBI, should introspect on their respective roles (on low economic growth)."
The levy had to come into effect from April 1. It would now be in force from July 1.
The Prime Minister will formally launch the Rashtriya Kaushal Vikas Yojana and the National Skills Mission on July 15
The government is likely to go ahead with divestment in 12-15 public sector units, including SAIL, Coal India, Hindustan Copper, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd and Engineers India Ltd among others next fiscal to raise Rs 40,000 crore, as stated in the budget.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs would on Thursday discuss the proposals of the petroleum ministry on the states' claim to share profit on petroleum under production sharing contract signed under New Exploration Licence Policy.\n\n\n\n
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