by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 11:40 pm | Economy, News
London, Apr 20 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that his long-delayed visit to India will deepen the strategic trade, defence and people-to-people ties between the two countries.Ahead of Johnson's two-day visit, Downing Street has stressed that the UK would not look to "lecture" India over its neutral stance in the United [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 9:52 pm | Corporate Action, Economy, Foreign Exchange and Rupee Price, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Dismissing the contention that currency devaluation encourages exports, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said weakening of the rupee would not be in the nation's interest in the long run. He also said it is important for India to expand exports significantly and encourage investments to increase foreign [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 9:12 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Amid rising fuel prices, the Delhi government on Wednesday set up a committee for fare revision of auto-rickshaws and taxis in the national capital, an official statement said. It said the Fare Revision Committee will be headed by the Special Commissioner (State Transport Authority). Other members in the panel include [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 8:56 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP), aimed at improving multi-modal connectivity and last-mile connectivity across the country, is important for achieving the prime minister's dream of making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday.Speaking at an event to mark the [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 8:51 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Retail inflation for farm and rural labourers increased to 6.09 per cent and 6.33 per cent, respectively, mainly due to higher prices of certain food items and clothing."Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL (consumer price index-agricultural labourers) and CPI-RL (consumer price index rural labourers) stood at [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 8:07 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP), aimed at improving multi-modal connectivity and last-mile connectivity across the country, is important for achieving the prime minister's dream of making India a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday.Speaking at an event to mark the [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 7:47 pm | Economy, News
Kolkata, Apr 20 (PTI) Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi Wednesday praised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that his country is keen to make investments in the state. Munshi, who was speaking at the inaugural session of Bengal Global Business Summit, 2022 here, said that Indian investors should reciprocate and invest in Bangladesh. [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 7:30 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) India should aspire to become a high-income country by 2047 and this would need sustained economic growth year after year, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday. Kant further said that India will grow if the country can use power of its private sector. "Our per capita income is [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 7:28 pm | Economy, News
Kolkata, Apr 20 (PTI) The state, which was at one time known as the strike capital of the country, has brought down man-days lost to industrial action to zero from 75 lakh annually, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, as she wooed investors from across the globe at a big-ticket business summit [...]
by PTI News | Apr 20, 2022 | 7:15 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 20 (PTI) Union Power Minister RK Singh on Wednesday met Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila.Singh met the Finnish Minister here today, a statement by the ministry of new and renewable energy stated.According to the statement, Singh highlighted India’s achievements in the RE (renewable energy) sector and conveyed that India is [...]
