Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO
Africa represents a key bloc within the WTO and accounts for nearly 27 per cent of membership and 35 per cent of members from developing countries
COVID-19 stimulus: Coal auctioning move along the lines of January ordinance
The Centre had relaxed norms required for mining and sale of coal in January 2020
COVID-19 tanked India’s carbon emissions, but stimulus will drive them up again
The Rs 90,000-crore stimulus for power distribution companies fails to consider emissions reductions
बजट 2020-21: फिर स्वरोजगार योजनाओं पर लगाया जाएगा दांव?
बेरोजगारों को रोजगार देने के मोर्चे पर विफल रही केंद्र सरकार ने पिछले बजट में स्वरोजगार को अपनाने की बात कही थी, क्या इस ...
Budget 2013: the path remains the same
Cabinet approves country's first IPR policy
The policy is expected to lay the future roadmap for intellectual property in India
Civil society seconds rural development ministry’s demand for MGNREGA funds
The rural development ministry had recently demanded an additional allocation of Rs 5,000 crore to maintain the momentum of MGNREGA
Over Rs 2,000 crore to clean up and conserve Ganga
Government sets aside Rs 100 crore to expedite detailed project reports for its controversial river-linking plan.
Food security bill ordinance deferred
Cabinet to consult Opposition in special session of Parliament
Harsh Vardhan seeks tax of Rs 3.5 per stick on cigarettes, bidis
Earlier increase in tax ineffective in deterring smokers as it focused on length of cigarettes and led to production of shorter length cigarettes,…
BJP’s maiden budget disappointing for farmers
Jaitley continues with UPA schemes on agriculture, allocates more funds
How we reviewed NDA’s interim budget last year
Modi government’s maiden budget was a patchwork of abandoned schemes being revived or existing ones being re-named. Despite some fund …
100 smart satellite cities on anvil
Push for urban development through PPP and FDI
Chidambaram pinpoints targets ahead of polls
Offers budget sops to women, youth and the poor
Farmers in Telangana protest cap on farm loan waiver
State government proposed to limit loan waiver to last agriculture season
Waste-to-energy plants to get a boost, says Chidambaram
Scheme to encourage cities, municipalities to set up such projects to get encouragement
Rs 1,400 crore for setting up water purification plants
Ministry of drinking water and sanitation gets Rs 15,260 crore
Help Kerala’s rubber sector recover from crisis, urges state finance minister
In the run up to Union Budget 2015, M Suchitra speaks to Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani to draw up a list of the state’s expectations …
Jairam Ramesh seeks to minimise budget cut for rural development
Gives details to finance ministry on the impact of revised budget estimates on individual schemes
Budget offers big push for rural infrastructure
Green transportation gets lip service
Money set aside to build institutions, not public health
Preventive and primary healthcare get a miss in the budget 2014
Ban FDI in brownfield pharma, says Parliament standing committee
Panel raises alarm over continuing takeover of Indian generic drug firms by multinational companies
South Africa to phase in carbon tax from 2015
Tax to increase at 10 per cent per year; draft policy sets relief limits
Mixed signals for vehicles, transportation
SUVs to be expensive but not diesel cars