New Delhi: Delhi customs officers have asked people to be aware of instances of cheating by unscrupulous elements in the name of customs officers and report any such matter to authorities concerned. Instances have come to the notice that general public is being cheated by unscrupulous elements, by first becoming friendly through social media i.e., […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy has “some bright spots and a number of very dark stains” and the government should target its spending “carefully” so that there are no huge deficits, noted economist and former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Sunday. Known for his frank views, Rajan also said the government needs to do […]
NEW DELHI: Unfazed by the Supreme Court upholding winding up of the company, shareholders of Devas Multimedia will continue to seek seizure of Indian government assets abroad to collect USD 1.2 billion the firm has been awarded by arbitration tribunals for cancellation of a satellite deal but are open for talks to settle the issue, […]
NEW DELHI: The finance ministry is expected to come out with a single volume Economic Survey for 2021-22 projecting a growth of around 9 per cent for the next financial year. The Survey, which is tabled in Parliament by the Finance Minister ahead of the Union Budget, is being prepared by Principal Economic Advisor and […]
NEW DELHI: Vedanta Resources Ltd’s plan to set up a USD 10 billion fund to acquire state-owned firms has attracted interest from sovereign wealth funds and the corpus will be floated once the government invites price for firms such as BPCL or Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), its chairman said. Metals and mining magnate Anil […]
SRINAGAR: To review the implementation of different departmental schemes particularly Modified High Density Plantation Scheme, the Director General (DG) Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat chaired a meeting at Directorate of Horticulture Rajbagh, Srinagar. At the outset, DG was apprised by all the district heads about the status of developmental schemes. The DG took review of […]
Srinagar: To review the progress on the implementation of different centrally sponsored schemes in district Bandipora, Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today paid a brief visit to the district particularly Seed Multiplication Farm Sumbal and recently established Vegetable Farm Bandipora. Director Agriculture took stock of different preparations for the upcoming sowing season. Director had […]
JAMMU: The three day training on “Post-Harvest processing and Value addition of Fish under CIFT Schedule Caste Sub Plan (SCSP) project “Entrepreneurship development among Scheduled Caste (SC) communities through Post-Harvest management and value addition of fishes” organised by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jammu concluded here today. The objective of the training was to demonstrate the protocol […]
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s benchmark inflation rate, measured by the National Consumer Price Index, accelerated to 14 per cent in December 2021, up from 11.1 per cent, the government statistics office said on Saturday, amidst a severe a foreign exchange crisis. This was for the second consecutive month after inflation recorded double digit growth for the […]
New Delhi: PTC India Chairman and Managing Director Rajib K Mishra on Friday said there will be a fair inquiry into alleged corporate governance issues at its subsidiary PFS where all independent directors had resigned over the issues. In another development, PTC India’s independent director Rakesh Kacker on Friday resigned from the company’s board with […]