India among 12 economies on currency ‘Monitoring List’ of US treasury
Washington: India on Friday remained on the US treasury department’s currency “Monitoring List” of major trading partners as Washington placed India along with 11 other major economies that merit close attention to their currency practices and macroeconomic policies. The countries are China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and Mexico, […]
Union MoS Agriculture and Farmers Welfare visits Pulwama
e-inaugurates High Tech Polycarbonate greenhouse, distributes cheques
PULWAMA: As part of the Central Government’s Public Outreach Programme-III, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary, today visited Pulwama district. The Minister e-inaugurated High Tech Polycarbonate greenhouse constructed at the cost of Rs 20 lakhs. He also distributed cheques among the progressive farmers and sanction letters of community borewell, […]
Shahr-e-Khaas Traders delegation calls on DC Srinagar
Raise multiple developmental issues
SRINAGAR: A delegation of Shahr-e-Khaas Traders Association Thursday called on the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad in his office Chamber, here. The delegation headed by Bashir Ahmad Kenu submitted a charter of demands before the DC projecting several demands including launching E-Rickshaw services in all internal routes of the Shahr-e-Khaas to Lal Chowk […]
India among top 10 global economies for FDI in 2021 despite decline in investment to $45 bn: UN
United Nations: Foreign Direct Investment inflows to India declined USD 19 billion to USD 45 billion in 2021 but the country still remained among the top 10 global economies for FDI last year, the United Nations said on Thursday. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report, flows of […]
India’s ‘bio-economy’ has grown eight times in eight years: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that his government believes in strengthening every sector for giving momentum to the country’s development, asserting that it has changed the earlier approach of focusing on a few sectors while ignoring others. Addressing the Biotech Startup Expo here after inaugurating the two-day event, Modi said India’s […]
Record 80 lakh tourists visited Kashmir in recent months: Anantnag DC office
Srinagar: A record 80 lakh tourists have visited Kashmir since January, the deputy commissioner’s office in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has claimed. “Kashmir is witnessing a ‘golden period of tourism’ as 80 lakh tourists have visited the UT in the past few months alone, breaking all the records of the past 20 years,” the Anantnag […]
Cabinet approves transfer of 10 in-orbit communication satellites to public sector enterprise
New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) The Union Cabinet has approved the transfer of 10 in-orbit communication satellites to public sector enterprise NSIL which is under the administrative control of the Department of Space. In a statement, the cabinet said it has also approved increasing the authorised share capital of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) from Rs […]
RBI retains FY23 GDP forecast at 7.2%; cautions against negative global spillovers
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday retained its GDP growth forecast at 7.2 for the current fiscal but cautioned against negative spillovers of geopolitical tensions and a slowdown in the global economy. Announcing the third monetary policy of 2022-23, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the available information for April and May 2022 indicates that the […]
RBI allows credit cards to be linked with UPI; says banks will decide pricing
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday allowed credit cards to be linked with the unified payments interface (UPI), which will enable more people to make payments using the popular platform. Till now, only debit cards connected to savings bank accounts and current accounts were allowed to link up to the UPI platform. At present, making […]
Govt hikes paddy MSP by Rs 100/quintal for 2022-23
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by Rs 100 to Rs 2,040 per quintal for 2022-23 crop year in order to encourage farmers to bring more area under the crop and boost their income. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
