Giving a boost to higher learning and with the promise of providing one major central institute in each state, India Saturday earmarked Rs.26,855 crore for higher education, an increase of over 13 ...
Mumbai, Feb 28: A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), Saturday traded 209 points or 0.72 percent down in late afternoon trade after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget for 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha. The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 29,411.33 points, was...
New Delhi, Feb 28: Not changing the income tax rates or increasing the exemption limits for individuals, union Finance Minister ...
New Delhi, Feb 28 : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said Clean Energy cess on coal will be increased by Rs.100 per metric tonne to fund clean environment initiatives....
The government said Friday it had appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that its ban on the import of poultry products from the US due to an outbreak of avian influenza was inconsistent with the WTO Agreement....

With the Economic Survey suggesting "big Bang" reforms, expectations run high on the national budget due Saturday, in an exercise being regarded as a test-case for Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's earnestness to provide policies for "double-digit growth"....
Highlights of the Economic Survey for 2014-15 tabled in parliament on Friday by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley:...
India's Economic Survey has projected growth at over 8 percent for the next fiscal and said inflation was easing while setting the agenda for "big-bang" reforms to further drive expansion, prune wasteful expenditure and promote investments in a green way. ...
Washington, Feb 27 : From the US perspective, the "breakthrough understandings" on the India-US civil nuclear deal can advance ...
Mumbai, Feb 27 : A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), Friday surged 213 points or 0.74 percent in the early session as capital goods stocks gained. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 55.45 points or 0.64 percent up at 8,739.30 points. The Sensex ...