(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called on “more and more German companies” to invest in India even as the speedy conclusion of an India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) was the focus on the German side. Highlighting the huge potential that remains untapped in the economic partnership during his inaugural address at the Indo-German Business Summit here, Modi said India will welcome German companies with open arms. “There are 600 Indo-German joint ventures operating in India, employing 200,000 people. But there is huge potential as Indo-German economic cooperation is below its full potential and to enhance this, we in India…
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(FE) The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious project to provide pucca houses to all by 2022 may have to be scaled down, as the progress so far has been rather tepid. After a delayed start in November last year, the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)-Gramin, the main component of the project, saw construction of just 885 houses in rural areas in FY17, a far cry from the initial target of building 44 lakh houses. The ministry of rural development has now extended the deadline for constructing the 44 lakh houses to the end of 2017, but even this plan looks very…
(AT) केंद्र में मोदी सरकार के तीन साल पूरे होने के साथ ही अब आरआरएस को अपने कोर एजेंडे हिंदुत्व और सांस्कृतिक राष्ट्रवाद की चिंता सता रही है. अब संघ इसका आकलन करने में जुटा है कि आखिर मोदी सरकार के तीन वर्षों में विकास के साथ-साथ सांस्कृतिक राष्ट्रवाद और हिंदुत्व के मुद्दे पर केंद्र सरकार ने कितना सफर तय किया है. संघ को लगता है कि विकास के कामों के साथ-साथ 2019 के लोकसभा चुनावों में राष्ट्रवाद और हिंदुत्व का मुद्दा ही बीजेपी की सत्ता वापसी के लिए बड़ा हथियार साबित होगा. संघ को लगता है कि केंद्र में नरेंद्र…
(ET) The government will formulate a bold new policy this year to bring private capital and technology to substantially increase crude oil production in major oilfields such as Mumbai High that were given to state-run firms ONGC and Oil India Ltd without an auction or a production sharing contract. The new policy, in which private companies will be able to bid for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) contracts in line with best global practices, will be announced in the current fiscal year. It is based on oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s decision to regularly monitor each nominated field. That’s a major departure…
(Samachar Jagat) वित्तीय सेवा कंपनी स्टैंडर्ड चार्टर्ड की एक रपट के अनुसार माल एवं सेवा कर (जीएसटी) लागू होने से सभी सभी राज्यों का राजस्व सुधरेगा और उनकी आय में 350 अरब रुपए से 450 अरब रुपए तक की वृद्धि हो सकती है। वित्तीय कंपनी के एक विश्लेषण में कहा गया है कि चालू वित्त वर्ष में केंद्र और राज्यों का सम्मिलित घाटा जीडीपी के 6 प्रतिशत या उससे नीचे ही रहेगा। देशव्यापी नई जीएसटी कर व्यवस्था इस साल जुलाई से लागू करने का लक्ष्य है जिसमें केंद्रीय उत्पाद शुल्क और राज्य स्तर के वैट सहित अनेक अप्रत्यक्ष कर उसमें समाहित…
(Hindustan) प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी चार देशों की अपनी छह दिन की यात्रा के दूसरे चरण में आज स्पेन की राजधानी पहुंचे। उनकी इस यात्रा का उद्देश्य इन देशों के साथ द्विपक्षीय आर्थिक संबंधों को बढ़ावा देना और भारत को बदलने के लिए वहां से और निवेश आकर्षित करना है। मोदी ने स्पेन की राजधानी पहुंचने के बाद ट्विटर पर अंग्रेजी और स्पेनिश में लिखा, स्पेन पहुंच गया जिसके साथ ही एक बेहद महत्वपूर्ण दौरे की शुरूआत की जिसका उददेश्य स्पेन के साथ आर्थिक एवं सांस्कृतिक संबंधों को बेहतर करना है। 1988 के बाद से यह किसी भारतीय प्रधानमंत्री का स्पेन…
(FE) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be visiting Ayodhya today. His visit comes a day after an CBI court in Lucknow framed charges against BJP stalwarts L K Advani, M M Joshi, Union minister Uma Bharti and other accused in connection with Babri Masjid demolition case. It has been learned that CM Adityanath will attend the the birth anniversary programme of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas head Mahanat Nritya Gopal Das, according to Indian Express report. Das is one of the accused against whom charges were framed by the CBI court on Tuesday. Adityanath is likely to offer puja at…
(OTV) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today stressed on adopting new strategies to reach out to the people of the State. He urged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders to work towards turning the youth into ambassadors of the government’s public welfare schemes while addressing hundreds of Youth Ambassador Monitors at the ‘New Odisha Youth Ambassador Meet’ here. Organised under the chairmanship of Bharatiya Yuva Jana Morcha (BYJM) president Tankadhar Tripathy at the State Headquarters, the meeting discussed various issues relating to youths and their aspirations. The youth ambassador monitors came from all 30 districts of the…
(FE) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon put into circulation currency notes in Re 1 denomination, it was revealed today. The Re 1 notes have been printed by the Government of India, the central bank revealed. These currency notes will be legal tender as provided in Coinage Act 2011. The circulation of these notes will in no way affect the fate of the previous currency in the same denomination. In fact, the existing currency notes in this denomination in circulation will continue to be legal tender. RBI statement revealed that the dimensions and paper composition of one rupee…
(PTI) The Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan has approached President Pranab Mukherjee seeking rehabilitation of those affected by the Sardar Sarovar project in Madhya Pradesh in line with a Supreme Court order. The Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan (BAA) is an umbrella body of various organisations working on issues relating to land acquisition. The delegation comprising BAA leaders including former Lok Sabha MP Hannan Mollah met Mukherjee yesterday and accused the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government of “forcibly” trying to evict people living in the dam area before July 31. The delegation requested the president to direct the state government to provide alternative livelihood, respect the…