China had earlier this month announced up to 9 per cent rebate on exports of steel products to boost the shipment and production of the commodity. The Indian steel industry, along with its global counterparts, had taken strong exception to it and demanded import-restricting measures be imposed urgently.
The home ministry on Wednesday dropped domestic air travel from the list of prohibited activities during the ongoing lockdown, paving the way for operations of regular commercial flights. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla issued the order in this effect in his capacity as chairperson of the national executive committee under the National Disaster Management Act.
India's top shuttlers including Olympic medallist P V Sindhu train under national coach P Gopichand in Hyderabad.
With the new pension system attracting lukewarm response from citizens, interim regulator PFRDA today expressed hope that the Budget would provide tax exemption to individuals at the time of entry to encourage them to opt for the scheme.
Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed said his ministry would push for affirmative action in the corporate sector through fiscal incentives.
The forthcoming Budget, the last full one before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, is expected to contain a number of sops and feel-good announcements, especially regarding social sector schemes.
Looking to push nearly 28 million over 11-year-old polluting vehicles off-roads, the government has proposed incentives worth 8-12 per cent of the cost of a new vehicle for surrendering the old ones.
A Muslim cleric in northwest Pakistan has been arrested under the tough anti-terrorism act for threatening to kill Malala Yousafzai in a suicide attack and instigating people against the Nobel Laureate for her recent comments on marriage, police said.
The officials said Pakistani intelligence operatives have adopted the modus operandi of investing in illegal call exchanges that switch Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls to normal Indian mobile calls.
The government is considering giving financial incentives of up to Rs 1.5 lakh on surrender of over-ten-year-old vehicles to check pollution.
Congress leader and ex-finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the Union Budget was the "most capitalist" with nothing for the poor and farmers while sops were being provided to big industrialists turning India into a very "unequal country". At a press conference after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a Rs 39.45 lakh crore Budget, he said because of the ruling party's "brute majority" the Lok Sabha pass the Budget but people will reject it. He claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party was going to elections, scheduled in five states, not with their performance or with the promises and assurances to the people, but solely "with the agenda of dividing the country and bringing Hindutva back to power".
Intensifying screening of international passengers at airports, asking educational institutions to postpone their public events, and limiting gatherings, meetings, conferences to 500 people, are among the other measures announced by the government.
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Rule will hit 1,000 firms that moved jobs to India, elsewhere. Total jobs abroad pegged at 3 million.
Setting at rest speculation about the possibility of tax cuts to boost growth, the Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday said the government will not change the tax structure during the current fiscal, ending March 31.
The government said on Wednesday that the Telegraph Act would be amended to incorporate cellular service providers to get a share from the Universal Service Obligation Fund to connect all villages, highways and rail network.\n\n
The railway minister also proposed to extend 75 per cent concession in second-class fares to government rural school students, once in a year, for study tour.
The proposal will also include providing loans at below market rates to real estate developers. But the loan disbursed under this will come with a number of conditions like an upper ceiling on selling price of flats and individual homes.
Developers have demanded lower borrowing cost for the housing sector as well as reduced taxes to promote affordable housing.
The BJP has promised the people of Haryana a corruption-free government if voted to power in the assembly elections.
The Budget is expected to make some key announcements, including relief package for farmers, poor and sops for the middle-class.
The government will come up with a legislation, which will have a fiscal package, including a 20-year income tax holiday for special economic zones, by December end, a top government official said on Tuesday.
It also directed the Centre to formulate standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with claims and objections.
Real estate companies have asked the government to give them infrastructure status that will enable them to access cheaper money raising options. Does the speculative sector deserve this?
Local trains have been off bounds for the general public since March last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals squad members, who arrived in Dubai last week, will have their first proper training session in months on Wednesday evening, having tested negative for COVID-19 thrice during their mandatory six-day quarantine.
The entry to the graveyard inside Naqshband sahib Shrine in Khawaja Bazaar near Nowhatta was sealed and security forces were deployed around the area to prevent anyone going inside, officials said.
Single-screen cinema halls are likely to be allowed with strict social distancing norms.
The Budget proposal will help startups with better incubation, talent and capital
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday hinted at more changes in tax structure and phasing out of subsidies for textile sector while promising measures to facilitate additional investment
Wahab Riaz has conveyed to the head coach Misbah ul haq that he is ready to make a return to Test cricket if his services are required
The number of infected persons in the ministry are now at 36.
