"I categorically state that the central government has no plan to impose any tax on agriculture income," Jaitley said in a tweet.
He said, clothing, footwear and electronic sectors are large job creators and need big reforms.
Mandaviya reviewed the pandemic situation, status of vaccination drive and the global scenario of new variants of Covid.
An announcement has barred the entry of journalists in the finance ministry.
'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns.'
Measure to be implemented in metros first, followed by state capitals, district HQs and rest of country
The central government's Great Nicobar development project, proposed around an unprecedented transhipment port, will be executed to keep environmental impact minimal, and is essential as it is of national importance, the government has said amid calls to abort the controversial project due to ecological concerns, the Centre said in an official statement.
India's current growth rate is 7.5 per cent.
Milk supplies could improve with the monsoon, provided the rains are not excessive.
But it is not clear when the jabs will arrive in the country as a consensus on the indemnity clause is yet to be reached, sources said.
He was most recently credited as one of the brains behind labour law reforms in Rajasthan
This kind of growth will turn India into a $8 trillion economy.
In view of Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Centre on Friday urged the private health sector to be ready as it has to play an important role in managing the pandemic.
Modi asks states to focus on job creation.
The textiles sector is India's largest organised employer and critical for the prime minister's dream of creating jobs
Arvind Panagariya, sherpa for India at the summit, tweeted about the "interaction".
'The Congress in the past backed the demand, but will not support it now since the SP opposes any division of UP.'
The NITI Aayog, in a concept note floated a few months back, had suggested three models of procurement but the Centre, at least for the time being, has decided to rely on existing PSS schemes along with giving states the option of choosing Bhawantar Bhugtan for oilseeds.
The ease of doing business has not picked up in a vast number of states and Union Territories.
Former skipper Sourav Ganguly described India as favourites to lift the World Cup, saying the team is in best possible shape to win the quadrennial event which gets underway at England on May 30.
India's potato and tomato production could be marginally less in 2021-22 as compared to the previous year while onion output could be almost 17 per cent more than last year. This was stated in the first advance estimate of horticulture production released on Monday. The government also said total horticulture production is estimated to be at 333.3 million tonnes, a slight decrease of about 1.35 million tonnes (mt)?(or 0.4 per cent) over 2020-21.
Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said the government has also made some corporate people members of the MSP panel.
Centre mulls strategy to ensure powers given to the agencies are not misused.
In December, govt had lowered its growth forecast for 2015-16 to 7-7.5%
There are no regulations governing virtual currencies in India and the RBI has not given any licence to any entity/company to operate such currencies.
NITI Aayog recommendations cite the need for greater industry-academia collaboration to meet skill demand
The health minister said the Centre has taken timely measures ahead of the summer season to address heatwave-related illnesses.
According to the people aware of the matter, there are currently 10 different variants of COVID-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7.
The exercise will be carried out jointly by the National Centre for Disease Control and the Delhi government and will be held till July 10.
On the other hand, Modi said that the country saluted those who "fiercely and fearlessly" resisted the Emergency period.
The first 100 beneficiaries of such foreign vaccines shall be assessed for seven days for safety outcomes before it is rolled out for further immunisation programme within the country, the Union health ministry said.
A total of 1,016 candidates -- 664 men and 352 women -- have qualified in the examination and have been recommended by the Union Public Service Commission for appointment to various services.
He made the demand during a joint press conference with Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann who called on him in Hyderabad to discuss the issue of the Centre's ordinance.
At the bottom of the water index for 2016-17 are Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Haryana, which are major producers of paddy, wheat, along with a host of horticulture crops.
Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said vaccine effectiveness will be seen only after 14 days.
There are reports that the government will soon cut income taxes by about Rs 50,000 crore to boost consumption.
Prime Minister Modi, I suggest that, instead, you distribute about one lakh crore rupees per year to the 80 crore poor, which will boost both consumption and economic growth, suggests Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.
The proposed bullet train will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Seven of the meetings will be held in late November or early December at the finance ministry, as is the norm.
With a growing penetration of the Internet, which reaches to rural areas of the country, the retailers would be able to deepen their market
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.
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