As per Finance Minister P Chidambaram, government has contained the fiscal deficit for the current financial year at 5.2% of GDP, lower than 5.3% as was targeted. Revenue...
As proposed in the Budget 2013-14, government will set up ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ of Rs 1,000 crore for safety and empowerment of women. Nirbhaya (fearless) was the pseudonym given...
The Budget 2013-14 has proposed to introduce Inflation-Indexed Bonds or IIBs with the aim to control rising Current Account Deficit, fiscal deficit and inflation. The move by the...
Government exchequer would gain Rs. 18,000 crore from the new tax proposals in Budget 2013-14 including 10% surcharge on super rich and higher duties on mobiles, cigarettes and...
Scientists, for the first time, have measured the spin rate of a super-massive black hole — and found it is rotating at nearly the speed of light. How...
Educational researcher Sugata Mitra has been awarded the million-dollar TED Prize for pursuing his idea for building the schools in the Internet. Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology...
Delhi placed lowest in pollution survey India’s national capital Delhi has been ranked last in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) evolved by the Planning Commission which makes it...
