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As per the decision of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, the e-way bill system for all inter-state movement of goods was rolled out from April 1

E-way bill rollout on Monday in four states: Govt

As on April 22, more than 1,84,000 e-way bills have been successfully generated.

24 Apr 2018 9:25 AM

Thousands of employees who have been retired since January 1, 2016 have not been able to get the benefit of this increased gratuity.

Govt notifies law for doubling tax-free gratuity to Rs 20 lakh

Earlier, the upper ceiling on gratuity amount under the act was Rs 10 lakh.

31 Mar 2018 11:17 AM

$\The state will need more than 5,00,000 skilled workers by 2022 across various trades.$

Centre, ADB ink USD 80 million loan deal

Deal to help modernise technical and vocational education and training institutions and improve the skills ecosystem.

29 Mar 2018 10:49 AM

The government tries to keep local wheat prices steady until at least May-June. (Photo: PTI)

India drops plan to raise wheat import tax, indicating output deficit

Indian flour millers imported nearly 2 million tonnes of wheat last year and 6.5 million tonnes in 2016.

22 Mar 2018 12:32 PM

With at least half of the seats in UDAN flights offered at subsidised fares.

UDAN: Govt expects Rs 300 cr annually from levy on airlines

Allocation for UDAN has been substantially raised to Rs 1,014.09 crore for the next financial year.

26 Feb 2018 10:50 AM

Government favouring a few industrialists: Congress

The BJP-led government is busy with advertisements rather than working on the ground,” the Congress spokesperson said.

17 Feb 2018 6:27 AM

‘Make policy to improve roads’

Advocate Sakhre told the bench that after the death of a doctor last monsoon, after he fell into an open manhole in Central Mumbai.

17 Feb 2018 5:55 AM

Minister for Statistics and Progamme Implementation D.V Sadananda Gowda

Govt to change base year for GDP, IIP to 2017-18

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) has been allocated Rs 4,859 crore in the Union Budget 2018-19.

15 Feb 2018 3:44 PM

As on date, 59 sophisticated Currency Verification and Processing machines are in operation in RBI for purpose.

15 months after note ban, RBI still processing returned notes

RBI said Rs 15.28 lakh crore, or 99 per cent of the demonetised notes, had returned to the banking system.

12 Feb 2018 10:45 AM

The pen is in our hands. We have already started writing a new chapter of China-India relations. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

MEA: No new developments in the area after Doklam

Recently, State Councillor Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India successfully.

10 Feb 2018 2:25 AM

The country has the capacity to turn 247.6 million tonnes crude oil into fuel annually. (File Photo)

India plans 77 per cent rise in refining capacity by 2030: Govt

India imports 80 per cent of its energy requirements and is planning ahead to cater to the rise in demand.

08 Feb 2018 2:41 PM

In the previous auction in 2016, the government had put a total of 2,354.55 megahertz of mobile airwaves for sale in all bands.

Govt plans largest ever spectrum auction of 3,000 Mhz

Nearly 60 per cent of the radiowaves, including premium 4G bands, remained unsold in that auction.

07 Feb 2018 4:15 PM

The central government is making funds available keeping in view the demand. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Rs 51600 crore released to states under MGNREGA in 2017-18: Govt

Under MGNREGA, wage seekers are entitled to receive compensation at the rate of 0.05 per cent of the unpaid wages per day.

05 Feb 2018 4:42 PM

State opposes petition seeking stay on court fee increase

The state government has objected to a petition seeking a stay on implementation of the Maharashtra Court.

01 Feb 2018 6:26 AM

The highest utilisation of funds is by the school education department.

Funds sit idle in exchequer

Housing, environment, PWD depts spent only 4-10 % of allocation.

31 Jan 2018 5:06 AM

Vaccine attitude rises and falls with ideology: study

A person's ideology directly impacts who they trust.

28 Jan 2018 8:30 AM

Price of bitcoin has increased more than 12-fold in the past four years and the combined market of crypto-assets is now valued at over USD 500 billion.

Govt needed to be alert to bitcoin demand spike post DeMo: SJM

Govt should have looked into the way technology was used to launder black money outside India.

27 Jan 2018 5:45 PM

At present, 100 per cent FDI is allowed in telecom companies, of which up to 49 per cent can be done through the automatic route.

Idea Cellular seeks govt nod for raising FDI limit to 100 pc

Foreign investors hold around 27 per cent stake in Idea, as per shareholding pattern of company till December 2017.

27 Jan 2018 1:07 PM

The system also confirms that the probabilities increase when the same party stays in government more number of years. (Photo: Pixabay)

New AI system can predict corruption

The collection and analysis of all this information have been done with neural networks, which show most predictive factors of corruption.

23 Jan 2018 5:56 PM

ONGC's share had closed at Rs 193.60 on BSE on Friday, down 0.23 per cent over its previous close.

ONGC to acquire govt stake in HPCL for Rs 36,915 crore

ONGC will pay govtRs 473.97 per share, a premium of over 10 per cent of 60-days weighted average of HPCL's scrip.

20 Jan 2018 5:22 PM

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