By Saurabh Katkurwar, New Delhi : The revelation that many Custom Hiring Centres (CHC) are not transferring to farmers in north India the benefits of the subsidy on renting agricultural machinery to avoid burning of post-harvest stubble has forced the government to...
Kolkata : Despite subdued demand for gold jewellery during the current fiscal, the outlook for the retail industry of jewellery made of the yellow metal remained positive, and over the medium to long term the gold jewellery demand growth is projected at 6-7 per cent,...
New Delhi : The cabinet has approved the setting up of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCIM) Bill, 2018 that provides for conducting overall education of traditional medicine system of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa- commonly known as...
New Delhi : In a New Year gift to onion farmers, the government on Friday increased the export incentives granted for onions under the merchandise exports from India Scheme (MEIS) from existing five per cent to 10 per cent, Agriculture Ministry said. In an official...
Beijing : China on Monday said it would lower provisional tariffs on over 700 foreign products, including certain high-tech items, from early 2019, the media reported. Citing China's Finance Ministry, the state-run Global Times reported that the government would...
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Bhubaneswar/Kolkata : Buoyed by increasing domestic demand on the back of infrastructural development, state-run National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) plans to embark upon a Rs 25,000 crore brownfield and Rs 20,000 crore greenfield expansion...
By Vivek Puri, The Indian government wants to double the income of farmers by 2022. A roadmap prepared by NITI Aayog outlines the rationale, strategy and action plan for achieving this commendable milestone. We believe that such a plan needs a separate set of measures...
Doha : Qatar on Monday announced that it intends to withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after nearly 60 years of membership in order to focus on its plans to increase natural gas production. The planned January 1, 2019, withdrawal...
New Delhi : Two-fifths of the world's coal power stations, including in India, were already running at a loss, financial think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a first-of-its-kind study on Friday. It challenges the need for new coal generation and shows that it makes...
New Delhi : Amid the 'khat-khat' of the traditional handloom at the Turkish envoy's residence here, a family of Banarasi weavers crafted a pink-golden saree even as their patron and textile revivalist, Smriti Morarka, underlined the need to bring handloom weaving back...