India's sugar export is estimated to rise by 7 per cent to 75 lakh tonnes in 2021-22 marketing year ending September, the government said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said: "As a result of various [...]
New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Friday approved the Finance Bill, which gives effect to new taxation, thus completing the Budgetary exercise for 2022-23 fiscal.The Finance Bill was approved by the Lower House after accepting 39 official amendments moved by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and rejecting the amendments proposed by the opposition [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Opposition members on Friday made a strong demand in Lok Sabha to rein in rising fuel prices and accused the government of putting the people to difficult times soon after the elections were over.Initiating the discussion on the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha, Congress member Gaurav Gogoi said the [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Spectrum auctions will be conducted very soon, and the next-generation 5G services are expected to commence before the end of the year, Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Replying to a supplementary question during Question Hour, Chauhan also said that the four [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Sustained efforts by the government have resulted in increasing the number of recognised startups from 726 in 2016-17 to 65,861 as on March 14 this fiscal, the Parliament was informed on Friday. The government had launched 'Startup India' initiative on January 16, 2016, with an aim to build a stronger [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Imports from China declined 7.2 per cent to USD 65.21 billion in 2020-21 from USD 70.31 billion in 2018-19, Parliament was informed on Friday.On the other hand, India’s exports to China rose 26 per cent to USD 21.18 billion in 2020-21 from USD 16.75 billion in 2018-19, Minister of State [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Gujarat, for the second consecutive year, has topped the Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2021 which is aimed at assessing the readiness of the states in terms of their export potential and performance. Gujarat was followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) The government is continuously monitoring the opportunities that the Russia-Ukraine war has opened up for India and is in dialogue with traders to ensure more exports of wheat and other commodities, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, he said Indian [...]
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) Delhi ranked third in terms of per capita income behind Sikkim and Goa, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2021-22.The survey also said that Delhi's GDP at current prices increased by about 50 per cent in the last six years from Rs 6,16,085 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 9,23,967 [...]
Mumbai, Mar 25 (PTI) Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India on Friday discussed the overall impact of current global geopolitical crises on the Indian economy. The 594th meeting of the Central Board of Directors of RBI was held on Friday at Bengaluru under the Chairmanship of [...]
