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Direct cash through Aadhaar to save 0.5% of GDP for India: IMF

International Monetary Fund  quoted that integration of direct cash transfer with Aadhaar will take time but the scheme will help Indian government save 0.5 per cent of the...

May 2, 2013

MCX-SX to launch trading in F&O on SX40

MCX Stock Exchange will introduce trading in derivative contracts on its flagship index —SX40 from 15th May 2013. SX40 is a free float based index of 40 large-cap...

May 2, 2013

India expresses concerns to Saudi Arabia over 'Nitaqat'

India has expressed its concerns to Saudi Arabia over the possibility of job losses of a large number of Indian workers in the kingdom because of a new...

April 30, 2013

India slashes oil import from Iran by over 26.5%

Responding to the US and European trade sanctions against Iran, India has brought down the import of crude oil from Iran by over 26.5 % in the financial...

April 29, 2013

Annual Supplement (2013-14) to the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14: Govt declares SEZ reforms to arouse investors' interest

Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma announced The Annual Supplement 2013-14 to Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2009-14, which has introduced the following package of measures to revive investors’ interest...

April 28, 2013

Indian Railways reduce advance booking period to 60 days

Indian Railways has reduced Advance Reservation Period (ARP) booking period of rail tickets from from existing 120 days to 60 days (excluding the date of journey) from May 1, 2013....

April 28, 2013

5170 Bharat Nirman Rajeev Gandhi Seva Kendras become Operational in Rajasthan

5170 Bharat Nirman Rajeev Gandhi Seva Kendras became operational across 9100 Village Panchayats of Rajasthan at an expense of Rs 1,000 crore. These Seva Kendras will facilitate: MG...

April 27, 2013

Fact Box: National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP)

Govt. launched a 6-year aspirational agricultural research programme, the National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP). To fulfill the Govt of India’s objectives as expressed in India’s National Policy on...

April 26, 2013

Govt stressing on diversification of agriculture to include crops/varieties needing less water

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities have formulated various early maturing varieties of crops which perform well under moisture stress/drought conditions. Rice: Several techniques...

April 26, 2013

New hard plastic voter identity cards to be issued by EC

Election Commission planning to replace current laminated Elector’s Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) made of paper with black and white photograph with driving licence or a credit card like...

April 20, 2013

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