The Union Cabinet on Thursday deferred a decision on a proposal to allow FDI in construction sector.
The NASSCOM report said Indian tech industry contributed more than $375 million to the US Treasury between fiscal year 2011-2015
If one were to go by the degree of clout, Jaitley was the undoubted No. 2 in the Modi government.
'If they succeed in silencing this great university, it will be a tragic day for the nation.'
The government on Wednesday cleared a major central legislation to provide duty free environment, single window clearance and more tax incentives to special economic zones to make exports the engine of economic growth.
Pointing out that government borrowings would be less than what was projected for the current fiscal, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that there was pressure on inflation due to rising oil prices and money supply.
India can eliminate poverty in the next 15-20 years and prepare itself to become an economic superpower, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday
Obstacles in development of SEZs will be removed.
The reshuffle is likely to take place after the ongoing Budget session ends on April 12, reports Archis Mohan.
South Asia Free Trade Agreement will come into effect from January 2006, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.\n\n
India's exports grew marginally by 0.88 per cent.
The existing SAARC Development Fund could be merged into the bank.
The ban has been in force since last Friday.
Ram Nath Kovind is the first Bharatiya Janata Party leader and second Dalit in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The local chapter of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Coimbatore has again appealed to the Centre to reconsider the imposition of service tax on goods transportation.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets the family of CRPF jawan G Subramanian, who was among the 41 martyred in Pulwama.
For growth in export, continuous gain in productivity is essential.
The growth of the gross domestic product during the current financial year will exceed 6.9 per cent, which was achieved in the last fiscal, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday.
They were recognised for their contribution to Hindi cinema.
Foreign direct investment inflows to India increased by 67.6 per cent year-on-year to $2.38 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal ended September 30.
Riding high on the prospects of a bullish Indian economy, the government has set a target of $92 billion for merchandise export for the current fiscal and said the high trade deficit seen in April was "not a matter of concern."
The Centre was seized of the issue of the continuing appreciation of the rupee against the dollar adversely affecting the exporting community, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday.
The contentious issue of market access, in World Trade Organisation negotiations, will figure prominently in the discussions between Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley and visiting European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy.
The European Union has recently introduced a condition on exporters to give a certificate with dispatches that they contain traditional Basmati rice to avail a rebate of 250 Euro per tonne, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
It is time to reset expectations as government will move with alacrity on social policy, not on economic reforms.
Prasad also said India will be a $1 trillion opportunity for digital companies in five years
'While Piyush Goel, Dharmendra Pradhan, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and a clutch of former bureaucrats including R K Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri and K J Alphons are loyal BJP members, none of them fit the mould of party apparatchiks.' 'In fact, many of the latter kind have been shown the door or have been given reduced charges.' 'That goes to show the prime minister's comfort level in dealing with professionals and administrators and the trust he reposes in them,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
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