New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) To improve the ease of living for the common man, the government is working on a proposal to launch a common portal for various schemes run by different ministries and departments.As part of the Narendra Modi government's vision of minimum government maximum governance, the new portal will initially onboard 15 [...]
New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Carbon-based taxation system has taken precedent across developed nations and it should be considered in India as well to promote electrification and other technologies that aim to reduce vehicular emissions in the long run, as per a top executive of Toyota's luxury car arm Lexus.The luxury carmaker, which sells seven [...]
India's largest gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd continues to pay for the LNG it imports from Russia's Gazprom in US dollars and will seek exchange rate neutrality in case payments are sought in any other currency such as Euro, two sources said. GAIL has a deal to receive 2.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas [...]
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) A Rs 75,800-crore budget for 2022-23 for Delhi with a five-year plan to create 20 lakh jobs through initiatives like a new electronic city and promotion of night economy to boost business and trade activities was presented by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday. The education sector, where the [...]
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) New-age technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be used for early resolution of matters, including insolvency cases, National Company Law Tribunal President Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar said. While addressing a national-level colloquium of NCLT, Justice Sudhakar suggested that AI can be used in case of resolution, especially in the admission [...]
Mumbai, Mar 26 (PTI) India can double its economy in about 7-8 years if it grows at 8 per cent, which is feasible as the country has sustained a growth rate of 8.5 per cent earlier for a long time, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday. "If things remain normal, and we are [...]
Jammu, Mar 26 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir has recorded an eight-fold increase in controlled atmosphere (CA) storage since 2015-16, an official said on Saturday. The Jammu and Kashmir government, in a bid to reduce post-harvest losses by increasing the shelf life of various agriculture and horticulture products besides addressing the issue of distress sale of [...]
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) Several traders' associations in the national capital on Saturday cast doubt on Delhi's government plans of promoting the night-time economy, saying the law and order situation in the city is "poor" and it is not safe to open businesses and shops beyond a particular time.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia [...]
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) The Delhi government will provide a financial support of Rs 4,374 crore to the local bodies, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in his budget speech on Saturday. The budget size for the next financial year is 9.86 per cent higher than that of the previous year's Rs 69,000 crore, [...]
New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) The Delhi government on Saturday said the work has begun on upgrading 15 existing hospitals in the city while four new facilities are also being planned to bolster the healthcare infrastructure in the capital that has gone through multiple waves of the coronavirus pandemic.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on [...]
