Government policies
Centre reimposes stock limits on pulses after states seize 5,800 tonnes of hoarded stock
21 Oct 2015
Government hikes wheat import duty to 25%
19 Oct 2015
India slashes natural gas price by 16% to $4.24 per mmBtu
30 Sep 2015
Even at the current price of $5.61 per mmBtu, gas price in India is already among the lowest in Asia Pacific
Govt may consider lowering stake in PSU banks to 52%: Jaitley
28 Sep 2015
The government may consider reducing its stake in state-run banks to 52 per cent and give more operational freedom to public sector banks
Foreign portfolio investors get MAT exemption from 1 April 2001
24 Sep 2015
The announcement finalises an earlier announcement by exempting foreign portfolio investors from paying MAT on their capital gains from stock market investments
Eco ministry's new draft limits Western Ghat's sensitive zone to 25%
10 Sep 2015
The revised draft limits the eco-sensitive zone in the Western Ghats to 56,825 sq km or 25 per cent of the total Western Ghats area
Govt lets telecom service providers trade in spectrum
09 Sep 2015
Together with the earlier decision to allow spectrum sharing, the decision to allow trading of spectrum among users is expected to herald an era of telecom sector consolidation
Cabinet clears gold bond, monetisation schemes
09 Sep 2015
India is estimated to have 20,000 tonnes of domestic stock of gold, which, as finance minister Arun Jaitley stated in his budget speech, is mostly neither traded nor monetized
Ex-servicemen miffed over 1-rank, 1-pay terms; to continue stir
05 Sep 2015
Ex-servicemen have decided to continue their agitation over the one-rank, one-pay agitation at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, as most of the critical conditions, they say, remain unmet
Bharat bandh partial, banking and transport services most affected
02 Sep 2015
The impact of the strike was most visible in some of the non-BJP states such as Kerala, Tripura, Karnataka and Odisha with some impact in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar and Jharkhand
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