Chandigarh : Committing to protecting farmer's interests, Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday warned 'arthiyas' (commission agents) of action if farmers were paid less or payment was delayed for the paddy procured from them. "Action...
Mumbai : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has expressed its dissent against certain amendments recommended by a government committee for the Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act, 2007. An Inter-Ministerial Committee for finalization of amendments to the PSS Act was...
Kolkata : Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday said the Centre is making it mandatory that jute mills would get the entire payment for government orders only after jute farmers and labourers are paid fully. "Jute industry has a ready order worth Rs...
The bankruptcy of the infrastructure lending giant IL&FS is a result of poor corporate governance by the BJP Govt: Sanjay Nirupam By Asmita Jadhav, Mumbai: Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam today claimed that PM Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have...
Union budget is often Corporate-centric: D. Raja By Pervez Bari, Maeeshat.in, New Delhi: D. Raja, National Secretary, Communist Party of India, has said that in the preparation of Union Budget the pre-budget consultation before its presentation in Parliament has...
Mumbai : Hours after an official of securities market regulator SEBI said that ICICI Bank has filed for settlement through consent mechanism, the private lender denied filing any such application. The company, however, said that it has submitted its response to the...
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government on Tuesday approved seven investment proposals worth Rs 7,416 crore, which will help create employment opportunities for 4,454 people. The 80th meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) held under the...
Moscow : India and Russia have set a new two-way investment target of $50 billion by 2025 following a meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov here on Friday during which bilateral cooperation across...
New Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday attacked the Congress-led UPA government for blindly giving loans and weakening the banks due to which their losses increased from Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 53,000 crore, and said the NDA government brought transparency and forced people...
By Arun Kumar Das, New Delhi : In view of recent mishaps, the Indian Railways has undertaken a massive, third-party audit exercise of critical bridges across the country to get an independent assessment of these crucial links in the rail network. A total of 4,835...