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Ram Vilas Paswan

Govt keeps selling price of PDS grains unchanged for 1 more year:...

Foodgrains via ration shops are supplied at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 3 per kg for rice, Rs 2 per kg for wheat.

18 May 2018 4:04 PM IST

Wheat import duty was raised to 10 per cent to curb shipments. (Photo: PTI)

Wheat procurement surpasses govt's target by 6.25 pc to over 34 MT

The government fixed higher target of 32 MT for this year in view of record output.

28 May 2018 3:16 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed all payment system operators in India to store data within the country.

Important for Indian govt to heed RBI's message on financial...

Central bank does have to be intimately concerned with financial stability to some degree and with the payment system.

10 Dec 2018 2:24 PM IST

Huawei has never been asked by any government to build any backdoors or interrupt any networks, and we would never tolerate such behavior by any of our staff, said Huawei. (Photo: AP)

Huawei denies it poses security threat after EU warning

Huawei said that it had never been told by any government to obtain covert access through so-called backdoors .

8 Dec 2018 10:25 AM IST

RBI governor Urjit Patel

Patel parries all questions about spat with govt

Section 7 of the RBI Act which empowers government to direct the central bank to undertake certain policy measures in...

5 Dec 2018 4:27 PM IST

IOCs current capacity stands at about 1.62 million bpd including 230,00 bpd controlled by its subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp.

Centre may cut excise duty on petrol, diesel

Government faced strong criticism for holding on to higher duty on petrol and diesel to meet revenue.

14 May 2018 9:17 AM IST

Wheat import duty was raised to 10 per cent to curb shipments. (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 March 2018 12:32 PM IST

Nigeria Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in an open ground in Lagos. (Photo: AP)

Land from near 19 mosques now encroachment free: Gurgaon admin

The administration has asked Waqf board officials to take legal action against encroachers who do not vacate its land.

9 May 2018 1:21 PM IST

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 March 2018 11:17 AM IST

Finance Ministry

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 March 2018 10:49 AM IST

Under the PSC regime, oil firms are allowed to recover their cost first before earnings from blocks are shared with the government.

Govt plans to reward oil cos with additional exploration rights

Move to open up additional revenue opportunities for incumbent companies.

11 Jun 2018 9:02 AM IST

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More women in government may reduce corruption

This research underscores the importance of women empowerment, their presence in leadership roles and their...

17 Jun 2018 12:54 PM IST