India’s petroleum products consumption growth strong

Budget 2017: The school education crisis – and opportunity

<p>Budget 2017 is an opportunity for the government to concentrate on improving school education for over 260.5 million children who enrolled in elementary and secondary school in 2015-16 — children who will form the core of Indias working-age population, one billion by 2030, the largest in the world. “Business as usual” will not solve the […]</p>

Tax cash transactions above Rs 50,000: CMs tell Modi

<p>The government must tax cash transactions above Rs 50,000, abolish banks’ interest on credit card transactions, give tax refund to consumers on digital payments and extend Rs 1,000 subsidy on smart phones to promote a less-cash, digital economy, a panel of Chief Ministers has said in a report. “To curb use of cash for large […]</p>

Nepal recognises employment in India as foreign

<p>Nepal has formally recognised migration of its countrymen to India for employment purpose as “foreign employment” and bring them under the insurance coverage for the first time. The government decided to give equal recognition to the employment in India as in other countries such as Gulf countries and Malaysia,  quoted Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal […]</p>

Rs 75,673.42 cr Jharkhand budget tabled

<p>Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who is in charge of the finance department also, tabled in the state assembly on Monday a Rs 75,673.42 crore budget for 2017-2018. The budget is 19.17 per cent more than the previous budget. For the first time, Jharkhand has ended the planned and non-planned budget and tabled Revenue expenditure […]</p>

Strong rupee, budgetary expectations lift equities

<p>Rupee appreciation, coupled with hopes of positive incentives in the upcoming Union Budget and broadly positive Asian indices, lifted the Indian equities markets on Monday. The key indices provisionally closed in the positive territory, as healthy buying was witnessed in metal, automobile and oil and gas stocks. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock […]</p>

Amazon India to empower Naga women entrepreneurs

<p>With a view to drive digital literacy among women entrepreneurs in Nagaland, Amazon India on Monday partnered with the state government and the National Skill Development Corp (NSDC) to provide them a global platform to sell their products at zero initial cost. Amazon India will conduct training and skill development workshops to help the women […]</p>

Petrol prices cross 2013 peaks, but political opposition missing

<p>In February 2013, opposition parties, notably the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took to the streets in protest as the price of petrol in the national capital spiralled to Rs 69.06. “This is a betrayal (of) the people of the country. The BJP will not take this lying down,” the then party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy […]</p>

Modi greets Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya on statehood day

<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted the three northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya on their statehood day. In a series of tweets Modi said: “Statehood Day greetings to the people of Meghalaya. My best wishes for the development journey of the state.” “On their Statehood Day, I convey my best wishes to […]</p>

Cash flow to normalise soon: Urjit Patel