Category: Economy
India gets nearly Rs 5,000 crore FDI after easing rules for Chinese-linked firms
New Delhi: The decision to permit overseas companies with up to 10 per cent Chinese shareholding to invest in India under the automatic route has…
Piyush Goyal pushes for greater India-Singapore economic, investment ties
Singapore: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held separate meetings in Singapore to discuss ways to strengthen India-Singapore trade and investment ties across sectors, including healthcare as…
GST registration for big businesses: Centre, states work on uniform documents for faster approvals
New Delhi, The Centre and state tax officers are working on guidelines to bring uniformity in documents that are to be submitted for faster processing…
India, Russia discuss higher education cooperation, identify areas for collaboration
New Delhi: India and Russia discussed potential areas of mutual interest in higher education and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in the sector, the…
India, ADB sign $230 million loan to upgrade Chennai water system
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday signed a $230 million loan agreement for the Chennai Climate-Resilient Water Security and…
India set to approve $1.2 billion incentive plan to make building equipment, sources say
NEW DELHI: India is set to approve a $1.2-billion incentive scheme for the making of high-value, technologically sophisticated construction and infrastructure equipment, two government sources…
India’s August private sector growth recovers slightly from over four-year low, PMI shows
BENGALURU: India‘s private sector activity edged slightly higher in August from an over four-year low as a rebound in services growth offset the weakest expansion…
From sugar exports to imports: What’s behind India’s policy U-turn?
The government on Thursday allowed, for the first time in nearly a decade, the duty-free import of 1 million tonnes of raw sugar until October…
Delhi’s 1,459 heritage assets face ‘severe threat’, master plan calls for stronger conservation
Many of Delhi’s heritage buildings and monuments are under “severe threat” from encroachment, disrepair, incompatible use and insensitive reconstruction or alteration, the city’s new master…
Oman-India ties to move from buyer-seller model to strategic partnerships; opportunities across sectors: Envoy
Ahmedabad: Oman-India economic ties are poised to shift from traditional buyer-seller transactions to strategic business partnerships, with significant opportunities in trade, manufacturing, logistics, ports and…