Government policies

Govt may do away with LPG subsidy for high-income groups

03 Feb 2015

The government is considering doing away with the LPG subsidy for consumers in the top income bracket

Govt sets Rs3,705 cr base price for 2100 MHz band spectrum

28 Jan 2015

Government accepts Vodafone tax ruling

28 Jan 2015

Vodafone is yet to resolve another, high-profile relating to capital gains tax in its 2007 acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's stake in the Indian telecom group in Hutchison Essar, which is awaiting international arbitration

Trai proposes nationwide MNP from 3 May, seeks comments

27 Jan 2015

Govt panel against breaking up Food Corp monopoly

22 Jan 2015

Panel suggests FCI handing over grain procurement to states

22 Jan 2015

The committee has recommended a scaling down of NFSA coverage from 67 per cent of population to around 40 per cent and scaling up of grains supplied to priority households under TPDS from 5 kg per person to 7kg per person

Budget may recast indirect tax structure to boost manufacturing

22 Jan 2015

WEF: Jaitley allays investor fears over India’s tax regime

22 Jan 2015

Finance minister Arun Jaitley has sought to remove foreign investors’ misconceptions about India’s taxation policy, saying that India is not, and has never been, a high-tax economy

Govt kick-starts reallocation of coal blocks, beginning with PSU quota

21 Jan 2015

Govt to more than quadruple number of plastic technology institutes to 100 in 5 years

20 Jan 2015

15,000 CCTVs for Obama, none for India’s billions: HC

17 Jan 2015

Govt working on ‘Plan B’ to meet ambitious divestment target

17 Jan 2015

Cabinet approves phase III auction of private FM radio channels

17 Jan 2015

Coal block allottees face penalty over production delays

17 Jan 2015

The inter-ministerial group, at its meeting held last month, observed that subsequent annulment of coal blocks cannot exempt the allottees of the cancelled coal blocks from invocation/deduction of bank guarantees

Govt allows direct sale of bio-diesel by private companies

16 Jan 2015

Government promulgates ordinance to enable new mining leases

14 Jan 2015

Government eases norms for land use by SEZs

10 Jan 2015

Divestment to get big pre-budget push, says Jaitley

10 Jan 2015

Excise duty on petrol, diesel hiked; no change in retail price

02 Jan 2015

NITI Aayog to replace Planning Commission

01 Jan 2015

The revamped planning agency will foster a shared vision of national development with active involvement of states and develop mechanisms to closely monitor and evaluate programmes at the village level

Draft national health policy aims at more than doubling public health spending to 2.5% of GDP

01 Jan 2015

Draft bill seeks to exempt small firms from mandatory labour laws

01 Jan 2015

The draft bill exempts firms employing less than 40 persons from the requirement of payment of provident fund, bonus and ESIS cover while giving hire-and-fire powers to employers

Bank mergers to top agenda at PM-led ‘Gyan Sangam’ retreat

01 Jan 2015

Government blocks 32 web sites hosting`hostile’ content

31 Dec 2014

Infra stocks up as cabinet okays land acquisition ordinance

31 Dec 2014