New Delhi : India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices eased to 2.76 per cent in January 2019 from 3.02 per cent reported for the corresponding month of 2018. ---IANS
Greater Noida : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the world has seen crude prices on a roller-coaster ride for too long and there was a need to move to responsible pricing which balances the interests of both the producer and consumer. Addressing the...
By Bappaditya Chatterjee, Kolkata : Targetting 300 million kg of exports by 2020, tea planters have told the government that the key to this lies in incentivising production of orthodox (full leaf) tea and boosting the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS). "We...
New Delhi : The Union government has made February 1 the cut-off date for the determination of ownership of land under the newly-announced PM KISAN scheme and any changes thereafter will not be considered for eligibility of the benefit to the new land-holder for next...
Kuwait : Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) announced Sunday that it will host the fifth Annual Strategic Energy Forum for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, with the participation of 250 to 300 specialists representing international petroleum companies....
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...