Government today said 2012 has been a bad year for FDI due to global economic slowdown and steps were being taken to increase its inflow.

Amid concerns of possible downgrade of India's credit rating, the Economic Survey today said the government is taking steps to improve interaction with rating agencies to ensure that they make "informed decisions".

National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy has criticised the economic survey calling it mere government rhetoric that signifies little for the unorganised sector who comprise 95% of the workforce in the country

The mango growers of Ratnagiri have reasons to cheer. Their persistent protests against thermal power plants in the region...

The Uttar Pradesh Government has asked the sugarcane industry to adopt agro-techniques to boost productivity.

Commercial cultivation of flowers is gradually picking up in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme has not found many takers ever though it was launched way back in 1998. A Jammu and Kashmir Government report has pointed out that till 2007-end, not more than 74,301 cards....

Maoists in Orissa tonight extended by 48 hours the government''s deadline for meeting their demands to secure the release of Malkangiri Collector.

Cites its agricultural marketing rules to deny direct payment to over 13 lakh farmers

Himachal Pradesh is looking at the strawberry as a fancy alternative to the apple in the future.

The Centre has questioned the legality of SEZs in absence of any provision for the same in the Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021.

Delhi government on Friday said it would bear the cost of train travel of migrant workers if their home states didn’t respond on the issue.

The fake message was fact-checked by the PIB which said in a tweet that the "Government is doing no such thing."

The winners will receive Rs 1 crore in the first year and additional support @ Rs 10 lakhs per year towards Operations & Maintenance.

He has been involved with the UIDAI established under the Aadhaar Act and implementation of Aadhaar since September 2010

The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday said the situation was "normal" in RR Venkatapuram village, where a styrene vapour leak from the LG Polymers plant claimed 12 lives and left over 300 people hospitalized with various ailments.

Coronavirus patients developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to test negative through RT-PCR test before being discharged, the health ministry said on Friday in its revised discharge policy for Covid-19 cases. Earlier, a patient was considered fit to be discharged if he/she tested negative on day 14 and then again in a span of 24 hours.

The return of migrant workers to West Bengal has become another flashpoint between the Centre and the TMC-led state government with home minister Amit Shah alleging that the state government is not allowing special trains. However, the TMC government accused the Centre of "lying" and said they have planned eight trains to ferry migrants.

The West Bengal government on Saturday said it had brought back around 6,000 residents stranded outside the state and ensured safe return of people of other states stuck here due to the lockdown, virtually refuting the claims of non-cooperation made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Bring back levies such as the wealth tax and estate duty on the rich, to utilise for the welfare of the Covid-stricken poor

Flower cultivation being a seasonal thing, many anthurium cultivators will be deprived of any relief

Govt signs $500 million project with AIIB to deal with COVID-19 pandemic

Delhi govt clarifies lockdown guidelines: Here is the list of what...

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Chamling hits out at Sikkim Govt

Ensure Visakhapatnam like mishaps don’t take place in State, govt urged

Assam students in Andhra, Telengana urge govt to bring them back home

Why testing conducted only on people with primary symptoms, asks High Court

The Aarogya Setu app, which has been downloaded by around 90 million people, has been made mandatory for government as well as private sector employees and for people residing in containment zones – a localised area that has reported a positive case of Covid-19 infection.

The Ministry of Ayush has written to all states and the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) to report and take action against misleading ads and promotions about ayurvedic treatment to prevent and cure Covid-19.

Over the last few days cases in India are rising at a much faster pace than before, raising serious concerns

Checks with industry on when can production begin here for trials

The government has kept in abeyance multiple-entry life-long visas given to OCI card holders till the time international travel resumes

The ministry circular states there will be no coronavirus testing at Covid-19 facilities prior to discharge, and the patients will be advised to follow home isolation for seven days

According to the latest update by the state health department, total number of coronavirus cases in Karnataka is 753

However, 900 cases of dengue have come to light in Bihar, of which 640 are in Patna alone

The government has advised people not to follow sensational news or social media posts which impact their mental state, follow facts and not rumours during the lockdown period.

These are South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA) in Coimbatore, DRDO-INMAS in New Delhi, Heavy Vehicle Factory in Chennai, Small Arms Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory in Muradnagar, Ordnance Factory in Ambernath, and Metal & Steel Factory in Ishapore, West Bengal.

The cash-strapped government will gain close to Rs 1.6 lakh crore in additional revenues this fiscal from a record increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel, that will help make up for revenue it lost in a slowing economy and shutting down of businesses due to coronavirus lockdown.

Decision will lead to unemployment, says Thirumavalavan

If workers or their home States cannot pay, T.N. will cover the cost under SDRF

The announcement by the Tamil Nadu government allowing post-production work on films and television projects to resume from May 11 was welcomed by the

Nagpal was suspended on July 27 ostensibly for taking on the powerful sand mining mafia.

A state-level cell was also created to supervise and monitor functioning of the district committees.

Th CPI asked the govt. to take steps to allay apprehensions of people of the Seemandhra region.

Tarun Gogoi stressed on the need to modernise the weapons of the forest guards.

SC ruled that quota should be on basis of total vacancies and not just posts identified.