The event, which was slated to have been held at Rajghat to commemorate the Buddhist monk's 60th year in exile in India, was later moved to Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, and will now be held at the end of the month.
A vast majority of borrowers are in the essential services' supply chain with tiny and micro businesses, and this has sprung back.
Asking political parties to shun differences over user charges for electricity, the prime minister said there should be a 'broad consensus' on energy policy to attract new investment for sustaining over 7% economic growth.
As per the scheme, rural electricity infrastructure will be set up and household electrification will be completed in the next five years.
The minister said the government is committed to preventing widespread coal thefts by use of CCTV cameras.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
In a major initiative to provide telecom services to rural people using Wireless in Local Loop technology, the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on Tuesday, launched 'Grameen Sanchar Sewak' project.
'The lockdown has been a great excuse to delay payments.'
ISRO has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 for its contribution to the country's development through space technology and satellite-based services.
Traditional textile and art forms are being adapted into modern-day garments, ranging from the super-luxurious to the casual.
The Congress has made lack of jobs, along with agrarian distress, its key election plank in the run-up to the December 7 assembly polls.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
But the measures, particularly in agriculture, may not be enough to revive the sector and double the farm income, says S Mahendra Dev.
Elon Musk is one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
Modi said the government aimed at spreading digital literacy across rural India.
If struggling with dealing with queues of people asking for new notes wasn't enough, banks are now facing the challenge of storing the old notes in their strong rooms.
For those in the EWS and LIG category who wish to take a loan up to Rs 600,000, there is an interest subsidy of 6.5 per cent for a tenure of 15 years.
The poor and unbanked can take their rightful place as consumers of financial services only if the Modi government encourages different entities to advance the financial inclusion agenda, say Vikram Gandhi & Chandni Ohri.
Bandhan Financial Services, which was given a banking licence on Wednesday, hopes to come up with a unique business model, with a mix of doorstep and retail banking.
Employees and workers will meet on November 27 to protest against the recommendations
Modi also appealed to farmers not to burn crop residues so as to curb pollution.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
While the government has claimed significant increase in funds for farm credit, PMKSY and PKVY, facts show a different story.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on Monday the plea of farmers' organisations challenging legality of the fresh promulgation of the land acquisition ordinance by the Narendra Modi-led government.
If the country is to meet its jobs and income challenge, there has to be a parallel focus on jobs in the formal sector.
Economy to grow by 7.2-7.5 per cent in second half of current fiscal, says FM.
The levy has also been removed on low cost houses up to a carpet area of 60 square metres in a housing project under any housing scheme of the state government.
Official panel points to bid deficiencies in rural job guarantee, pensions, housing and other programmes.
'The fact that housing units worth a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh crore in top seven cities are stuck under various stages of non-completion indicates that there is a dire need to create stress-asset fund which will help bail out lakhs of distressed homebuyers,' says Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, a real estate services company.
The heist stretch of the movie is not without imagination, but arriving at that chunk, and sitting through what follows, can be bad for your skin, warns Sreehari Nair.
On paper, only 8,000 villages remain to be electrified in the country, but the situation on the ground shows euphoria over numbers is misplaced
Narendra Modi is set to address a huge political rally in Lucknow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Monday, January 2. The PM is expected to make some big announcements at the rally, his first after the 50-day deadline on demonetisation curbs expires. Utkarsh Mishra imagines what Modi will say at the rally, dubbed as Lucknow's 'biggest ever.'
If the presentation made by the Commission to the chief ministers is followed in letter and spirit, central sector and sponsored schemes will no longer be the domain of central ministries alone.
NDA's energy plan powered UP win, but it's not a winner yet. Centre has claimed to have saved money by targeted coverage but critics say the system is not yet foolproof.
New age technology will reshape India's future.
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