The government, under the Finance Act, 2020, had allowed tax exemption for SWFs and pension funds in the case of incomes from investment in 34 key infrastructure sectors, including hotels, cold chains, educational institutions, hospitals, and gas pipelines.
The nation in a post-coronavirus future could well look back on the pandemic period as a 'blessing in disguise' if Indians imbibe hand, respiratory and environmental hygiene and practise it in their everyday lives, the minister said.
While she primed up spending on infrastructure to create jobs and boost economic activity, Sitharaman did not tinker with income tax slabs or tax rates. Her Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 2022 proposed a massive 35 per cent jump in capital expenditure to Rs 7.5 lakh crore, coupled with rationalisation of customs duty, an extension of time for setting up new manufacturing companies and plans for starting a digital currency and tax crypto assets.
Manoj Sinha will retain his current role in the railways.
The bus service was first started in February 1999 but suspended after the 2001 Parliament attack. It was restarted in July 2003.
Daily wagers are running out of resources, including ration and cash, and the state governments might not be able to sustain their needs for a longer period of time, given the lockdown has already been extended until May 3.
To begin with, the service will be available in 30 places across the country. The postal department would issue railway tickets through the computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters provided by the railway ministry.
In the last one week several companies have had to face the hurdle of making a distinction between what's essential and what's not. To help them the government has now clarified that grocery would include hygiene products such as hand wash, soaps, disinfectants, body wash, shampoo, surface cleaners, detergents, tissue paper, toothpaste, oral care, sanitary pads, diapers, chargers and battery cells, etc.
'It is reasonable to apprehend that the overtures towards the West and India could anger the jihadis.'
Students ran from pillar to post in a vain bid to appear for the exam.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Hours before the visit of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Maoists struck in a big way attacking a railway station, damaging communication towers and looting a block office in Orissa's Koraput district on Thursday.
Amit Shah's net worth grew 32 per cent to Rs 37.91 crore, mainly due to 80 per cent appreciation in the market value of his securities.
A total of 151 Sena Medals, eight Yudh Seva Medals too have been announced on the occasion of Republic Day.
'Kaala celebrates black.' 'I see black as a colour that represents elegance, class and inclusiveness; not death, evil and negativity.'
We ask you to rate the pradhan sevak and his ministers on four criteria: Vision. Execution. Efficiency. And their response to the public.
The service will cover areas where no network is available and will be provided by INMARSAT, which has 14 satellites.
'It has been a phenomenal effort at all levels of the government.' 'People were working 15-16 hour shifts in the central government, in the state governments, in the districts....'
Unaware of the historical marker outside Bandra railway station, hawkers used it to display their wares, reports Anil Singh.
Expresses inability to provide land for train terminal in Bandra-Kurla Complex, a cash cow for MMRDA
An international airport, a strategic port, communication satellites, road and railway links -- China is spreading its web in the island nation. India has to take decisive steps or else the tide could turn against it, note T E Narasimhan and Veenu Sandhu.
'Time and again, through their actions, often more covert than overt, the BJP has shown that it is a power-hungry party and its hunger isn't getting satiated sitting in the Opposition.'
The South Central Railway as well as the East Coast Railway cancelled several trains while some were terminated midway, officials said, adding a few express trains were also diverted.
Maybe Modi could ask a patriarch of the stature of the late G D Birla to flesh out the details of a new company to manage government land privatisation.
Aiming to provide seamless state-of-the-art communication network, RailTel - the telecom arm of railways - will launch Railwire, a high capacity broadband service, in rural and remote areas of the country.
'Galwan has turned everything.' 'The casualties on both sides alerted the Chinese to the fact that Indians are not going to take it lying down.'
The Indian Railways is deploying data loggers in a major way for predictive maintenance, safety enhancement and for implementing computerised control charting.
From a flat stomach to a flawless skin, from a sharp brain to eyesight, from strong joints to strong memory, hyper local fruits play a role in everything, said Rujuta Diwekar.
Speaking at a press conference in Kolkata organised by TDSAT, N K Mangla, head of the regulatory department of Reliance Communication, said, "We plan to have a customer capacity of 8 million or 55 per cent of the population in 2008." Reliance also plans to cover 95 per cent of highways, 93 per cent of railways, 6,000 towns and five lakh villages in 2008. Currently, the company has 22,000 towers.
Suresh Prabhu is trapped in the 'rhetoric of his own government'.
Agarwal said that the current 'R0' or R naught for the coronavirus infection is somewhere between 1.5 and 4.
The train has a lot to offer to its passengers: Silent run, fully-sealed gangway connecting two coaches, GPS-based passenger information system, modular bio-vacuum and disabled-friendly toilets, intelligent air conditioning that adjusts cooling according to the climate and closed-circuit television for safety.
The Mumbai town planning agency has said it can't spare land in the commercial BKC area for a terminal due to demand from private firms
Important for India was Xi's meeting with representatives of PLA officers and soldiers stationed in Tibet. The video of the encounter was interesting to watch, especially the large number of lieutenant generals and major generals, observes Claude Arpi.
We need to give a booster shot to all our frontline workers first as if they fall victim to Omicron, the health system will collapse, points out Ramesh Menon.
'India is the only large nation along with Argentina whose numbers have continuously and without a break risen from March,' observes Aakar Patel.
Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 5,806 confirmed cases, including 204 deaths, official media reported.
The Prime Minister expressed serious concern over the issue of call drops and asked officials as to what steps are being taken to address this problem.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday claimed that global software companies were being given "undue advantage" in sensitive IT projects of some key state-run bodies and the Indian Railways by designing tenders to suit them rather than their Indian counterparts.
The railway minister has steered clear of populist traps and refrained from making grandiose announcements in terms of new trains and new rail routes. He should now emulate China, and rope in Japan in boosting the rail network, says Rajeev Sharma.
