BUSINESS
India’s external debt up nearly 3 pc to USD 559 bn at March-end
New Delhi: India's total external debt increased by 2.8 per cent to USD 558.5 billion at the end of March...
Govt introduces three labour bills in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: The government on Saturday introduced three bills related to labour laws, including on industrial relations, in the Lok...
Farm bills bring ‘freedom’ to farmers, Opposition ‘misleading, lying’ to them: PM
New Delhi: In a forceful defence of the farm sector reform bills, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that...
Noisy scene in Lok Sabha over introduction of tax bill
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed noisy scenes when Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought to introduce a bill...
RS passes bills for reduction of MPs, ministers’ salaries, opposition demands restoration of MPLAD
New Delhi: Parliament on Friday passed a bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30 per...
To facilitate more investment, construction area condition for universities relaxed in Punjab
Chandigarh : The Punjab cabinet on Thursday decided to relax construction area requirements for setting up universities in the state....
GST rate on cars lower than pre-GST regime; auto cos should cut royalty payments: FinMin sources
New Delhi: Auto companies should cut costs by reducing royalty payments to their parent companies abroad instead of asking the...
Advance tax mop-up falls 25.5% in Q2, led by plunge in corporate tax: Source
Mumbai: Advance tax collection fell 25.5 per cent to Rs 1,59,057 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal, an...
Petrol demand returns to pre-COVID-19 levels, diesel demand still down
New Delhi: India's petrol sales rose for the first time in the first half of September since the country's lockdown...
Govt to bring out strategy paper on boosting industrial growth: Goyal
New Delhi: The government is in the process of bringing out a strategy paper on boosting industrial growth which will...