Government policies

SC asks govt to bring law to regulate content on OTT platforms

08 Mar 2021

EPFO announces 8.5% interest rate for 2020-21

04 Mar 2021

Insurance Ombudsman gets wider powers under amended rules

04 Mar 2021

Govt to enlist private hospitals to make Covid-19 vaccine available 24/7

04 Mar 2021

Spectrum auction concludes with total bids for Rs77,814.80 crore

04 Mar 2021

Spectrum auction concludes with total bids for Rs77,814.80 crore

03 Mar 2021

Jio, Airtel and Voda Idea lap up 60% of spectrum on sale for Rs77,146 cr on Day 1

03 Mar 2021

Centre releases record Rs125,218-cr towards food subsidy

26 Feb 2021

Cabinet approves Rs7,350-cr PLI Scheme for laptops, tablets, PCs and servers

26 Feb 2021

Cabinet approves Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Pharmaceuticals

26 Feb 2021

India issues new SOPs for passengers arriving from UK, Europe and Middle East

23 Feb 2021

Govt mulls bank merger before privatisation: report

23 Feb 2021

Mumbai’s Vaitarna Dam to host 100 MW floating solar-hydro project: report

15 Feb 2021

Govt responds over ‘Koo” as Twitter quotes own laws

15 Feb 2021

In response to IT ministry’s directive to take out 1,178 Twitter accounts that were being handled by 'Khalistani' and 'Pakistani’ entities for spreading misinformation using the farmers' protests, Twitter sought to engage IT ministry officials to push its own “rules’

Pfizer defers India release of Covid-19 vaccine for want of clinical data

08 Feb 2021

Govt to raise FDI limit in insurance to 74%, allow full foreign control with safeguards

05 Feb 2021

Sitaraman budgets for wellbeing – fiscal and physical

05 Feb 2021

The budget proposes substantial increase in investment in health infrastructure and increase in the outlay for health and wellbeing to Rs2,23,846 crore in 2021-22 against Rs94,452 crore in the current fiscal

Sustainable development core to India’s development strategy

05 Feb 2021

India signs strategic partnership agreement with International Energy Agency

28 Jan 2021

Govt lifts most restrictions on public activities as Covid strain eases

28 Jan 2021

Govt’s Kharif paddy procurement nears 59 million tonnes

28 Jan 2021

Expert panel to meet farm groups on Thursday

21 Jan 2021

Govt, Amazon Web Service team up to set up quantum computing lab

21 Jan 2021

The world’s first quantum computing applications lab on Amazon Web Service to support a national government’s mission, the initiative will help advance developments in science and technology and bolster economy

Govt asks WhatsApp not to impose terms on Indian users

21 Jan 2021

WhatsApp’s proposed new privacy policy allows it to collect and share highly invasive and granular metadata, such as time, frequency and duration of interactions, group names, payments and transaction data, online status, location indicators, as well as any messages shared by users with business accounts with other Facebook companies

India strengthens cargo handling capacity of Chabahar Port in Iran

21 Jan 2021