Category: Economy
Govt unveils tax overhaul to woo global investors, boost manufacturing
New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced a Bill to amend India’s tax laws to attract more foreign investment, support electronics manufacturing, encourage investment…
Govt weighs PLI 2.0 with sharper focus on high-performing sectors
New Delhi: India is targeting the second phase of its production-linked incentive (PLI) programme that will focus on giving additional support to high-performing sectors, while…
Despite swadeshi push, anti-dumping duties against Chinese firms crawl
New Delhi: Slow implementation of anti-dumping duties against China even after decisions of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) seems to be hurting domestic…
India, US working towards interim trade agreement: MEA
New Delhi: India and the US are working towards an interim trade agreement, with a few issues requiring finalisation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)…
Piyush Goyal likely to visit US for G20 trade ministers meet next month
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is expected to visit the United States at the end of September this year for the G-20…
India’s private consumption projected to reach $1.9 trillion by 2030: FICCI-Deloitte report
India’s private consumption is projected to touch nearly $1.9 trillion by 2030, driven by rising disposable incomes, rapid urbanisation, a growing middle class, deeper internet…
FISME seeks GST overhaul to ease MSME compliance
Ahead of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) completing a decade next year, the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) has…
Government to consider farmers’ views on ethanol policy: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
New Delhi: The government will consider farmers’ views on the ethanol blending petrol policy, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday, after meeting…
ICAR develops indigenous African Swine Fever vaccine, strengthening India’s biosecurity
African Swine Fever (ASF), caused by the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV), is one of the most devastating trans-boundary animal disease affecting domestic and wild…
ICAR genome breakthrough opens door to improved pigeonpea varieties
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed India’s first fully annotated telomere-to-telomere (T2T) reference genome of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.) variety ‘Asha’. Popularly…