Government policies

Centre to launch `housing for all’ scheme soon: Venkaiah Naidu

10 Dec 2014

The government will provide housing for an estimated three crore people identified as homeless, as it rolls out a scheme to provide housing to all, urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today

Parliament panel recommends 49% cap on foreign investment in insurance sector

10 Dec 2014

The parliamentary panel on insurance today recommended a composite cap of 49 per cent, including foreign direct investment and all foreign portfolio investments

Jaitely to meet state ministers for GST rollout by April 2016

10 Dec 2014

Insurance law amendments will give a big boost to insurance market: Jaitley

09 Dec 2014

HRD ministry sets up panel to foster industry-university research collaboration

09 Dec 2014

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar defends GM crops

05 Dec 2014

India, Japan to cooperate in cyber security, green ICT

04 Dec 2014

India and Japan today agreed to cooperate in the fields of cyber security and green information and communication technology

Cabinet approves bill to replace ordinance on coal mines auction

03 Dec 2014

Govt to sell 5% stake in SAIL on Friday

03 Dec 2014

The NDA government under Prime minister Narendra modi will kick off its first  disinvestment programme with the sale of 5-per cent stake in state-run Steel Authority of India Ltd) on Friday

India opens construction sector to 100% FDI

03 Dec 2014

Foreign investment in construction-development projects will get approval  through the automatic route, with immediate effect

Cabinet clears Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014

03 Dec 2014

Govt further hikes excise duty on petrol and diesel

02 Dec 2014

The excise duty hike is expected to yield an additional Rs4,000 core in the remaining part of the current fiscal and, along with the Rs6,000 crore expected from the earlier hike in excise duty, would fetch the government an additional Rs10,000 crore

PM to chair high-level meeting tomorrow to select new CBI chief

01 Dec 2014

Prasad announces big plans to boost broadband connectivity

01 Dec 2014

FM sets 100 million target for PMJDY bank accounts by 26 January

28 Nov 2014

Govt may not appeal in Rs3,000-cr Vodafone tax case

27 Nov 2014

New Foreign Trade Policy to address slowdown concerns: commerce secretary

26 Nov 2014

Govt plans ban on sale of loose cigarettes to curb consumption

25 Nov 2014

German envoy lobbying for German as third language in Indian schools!

24 Nov 2014

Jindal Steel shelves $10-bn coal-to-diesel project: report

24 Nov 2014

Jindal, which used to own some of these coal blocks scrapped by the Supreme Court, will now have to deposit about Rs3,000 crore with the government by December as a levy for the coal it has dug out from the mines that now stand cancelled

LPG subsidy not for ‘people like me’, only for poor: Jaitley

21 Nov 2014

The next important decision India will have to take is whether people like me are entitled to get our LPG subsidy, he said

Jewellers oppose tighter gold import norms; moot self-restriction

21 Nov 2014

DIPP does away with licensing requirement for ammonium nitrate fuel oil

20 Nov 2014

Supreme Court bars CBI chief from probing 2G scam

20 Nov 2014

The judges found "credible" information that CBI director Ranjit Sinha has been trying to subvert his own agency's inquiry into the "2G scam

Government announces draft rules for e-auction of coal blocks

19 Nov 2014

While the government said the auction will not be a "revenue maximising exercise", it has proposed a cap on the number of blocks one entity can bid for so as to ensure that coal blocks are not monopolised