Government policies
FM Jaitley returns fire, blames RBI for lending excesses
30 Oct 2018
While RBI has been pushing hard to clean up a banking system that’s saddled with bad debts, finance minister Jaitley opted to criticise the central bank over banks’ loan excesses, saying “it looked the other way when banks gave loans indiscriminately during 2008 to 2014”
Diesel now costs more than petrol in Odisha
22 Oct 2018
India cuts petrol, diesel prices to offset oil rise, rupee losses
04 Oct 2018
With a similar cut by BJP-ruled states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh the effective reduction in the price of petrol and diesel in these states stands at Rs5 per litre
In a first, India deports 7 Rohingyas to Myanmar
04 Oct 2018
India sees $100 bn investment in digital communication space by 2022
26 Sep 2018
The National Digital Communications policy seeks to ensure universal broadband connectivity at 50 Mbps to every citizen, 1 Gbps connectivity to all gram panchayats and connectivity to all, generating investments to the tune of $100 billion by 2022
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