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SME News, Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013
NEW DELHI: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Monday introduced a bill to ensure agricultural biosecurity of the country and safeguard the agricultural economy in the Lok Sabha.
The Agricultural Biosecurity Bill aims to set up an authority for prevention, control, ...
SME News, Monday, Mar 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: The 9th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership, the largest ever India-Africa business meet, begins here on March 17.
Industry leaders and officials from 41 African countries would congregate in a bid to take the bilateral engagement between ...
SME News, Monday, Mar 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: The Indian government must encourage financial innovation and make the debt market efficient in order to boost investments and growth, chairman of the Prime Minister's economic advisory council C. Rangarajan said on Friday.
"An efficient debt market ...
SME News, Monday, Mar 11, 2013
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should ease policy rates taking cue from the fiscal consolidation path shown by the government.
"On the fiscal consolidation path, the government has walked the talk. RBI, of ...
SME News, Friday, Mar 08, 2013
DELHI: Subsidies on food, fuel and fertilizers will cost the exchequer an additional Rs 49,715 crore this fiscal year, once Finance Minister P Chidambaram gets permission from the Parliament.
The extra spending, including a net cash outflow of Rs 40,967 crore, will further hit the Indian ...
SME News, Friday, Mar 08, 2013
NEW DELHI: Amid growing incidents of crimes against women, an emergency alert service helpline number 55100 was launched here on Thursday to facilitate sending of alerts to family and friends of a caller, a service provider said.
"During an emergency, like ...
SME News, Thursday, Mar 07, 2013
NEW DELHI: Thousands of people held a peaceful protest here on Wednesday demanding universal pension coverage and condemned the government's lack of empathy with the problems of crores of elderly suffering in poverty.
The 'dharna' was organised at Jantar ...
SME News, Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said stringent action would be taken if any irregularities are found in the Rs.52,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
"The reference is to the CAG report on loan ...
SME News, Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013
NEW DELHI: Most markets in the national capital will be closed Thursday till 2 p.m. as traders down shutters to protest the government's decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, protesters said on Wednesday.
A rally will be held at Ramlila Ground ...
SME News, Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013
NEW DELHI: Unhappy with the government's new drug pricing policy that will "reduce their profits" and "create hassles", 10,000 chemists across Delhi Tuesday threatened to go on a strike on March 15 if their demands were not met.
Terming the policy ...
SME News, Friday, Mar 01, 2013
NEW DELHI: India's jewellery industry on Thursday gave thumbs down to the budget presented by union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, saying it was a "non-event" for the sector.
"This budget turned out to be a non-event for us," Gems and Jewellery ...
SME News, Friday, Mar 01, 2013
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday allocated Rs.15,260 crore ($2.77 billion) to the ministry of drinking water and sanitation to expand and improve drinking water supply in the country.
Chidambaram Thursday announced a hike of Rs.2,260 crore ($409 million) to the ...
SME News, Friday, Mar 01, 2013
NEW DELHI: India Inc on Thursday welcomed Budget 2013-14 as a laudable effort to kickstart the next cycle of investment while addressing inclusive and sustained development.
"The budget meets most of our concerns regarding fiscal consolidation, investment incentives ...
SME News, Friday, Mar 01, 2013
NEW DELHI: Indians who have lived abroad for at least an year can now bring in with them more jewellery than before without any levy as the union budget 2013-14 on Thursday raised the duty-free limits.
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram allowed a duty-free limit for ...
