Government policies

Corporate affairs ministry to process director identification number online

28 Mar 2011

Japan, India to bolster partnership in climate, environment issues

22 Mar 2011

India forms committee to suggest best practices in government procurement

22 Mar 2011

FM drops proposal for `misery tax' on healthcare

22 Mar 2011

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today announced the withdrawal of the proposed 5 per cent service tax on healthcare and also offered tax relief to garment manufacturers

Libya offers “direct oil block contracts” to India

19 Mar 2011

Libya has said it will award ‘direct oil block contracts’ to India, China and others, after these nations refused to vote for a UNSC resolution seeking to impose a no-fly zone over this North African nation.

Libya offers “direct oil block contracts” to India

19 Mar 2011

Libya has said it will award ‘direct oil block contracts’ to India, China and others, after these nations refused to vote for a UNSC resolution seeking to impose a no-fly zone over this North African nation.

UNSC imposes no-fly zone on Libya, India abstains

18 Mar 2011

The United Nations Security Council authorized a no-fly zone against the embattled regime of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, with India and five other nations abstaining from the vote.

PM briefed on safety aspects of India’s nuclear installations

16 Mar 2011

Fukushima fallout: China orders safety audit on new n-plants

16 Mar 2011

Panel favours 50 per cent mark-up for farm support prices

15 Mar 2011

India offers aid to Japan, naval ships on standby

15 Mar 2011

India seeks full membership of nuclear control regimes

12 Mar 2011

British trade minister in India next week

12 Mar 2011

India's share in global food trade to double to 3 per cent by 2015

11 Mar 2011

Saudi Arabia seeks Indian investments in various sectors

09 Mar 2011

Malaysian companies angling for projects in India

09 Mar 2011

UK confirms annual aid to India

05 Mar 2011

India, Iran settle mechanism for crude oil payments

05 Mar 2011

Iran asks India to decide on IPI pipeline

05 Mar 2011

Iran has informed India it will not yield any ground on the two sticking points holding up agreement on India’s participation in the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.

Govt backs programme to develop AIDS vaccine in India

04 Mar 2011

The government's Department of Biotechnology and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) will jointly operate and fund an HIV vaccine design programme in India.

Government needs to take a call between subsidy and fuel price hike: Basu

03 Mar 2011

India-ASEAN target $70bn bilateral trade by 2012

02 Mar 2011

India and the 10-nation ASEAN bloc have stated their aim to increase bilateral trade to a whopping $70 billion, a boost of 40 per cent, by 2012.

Polls announced for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry

02 Mar 2011

The Election Commission has announced assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.

India extends $50 million loan to Zambia

01 Mar 2011

India’s Africa connect moves apace

01 Mar 2011

India seems intent on making up for lost time in Africa, announcing a spate of agreements with nations on the continent