Civil aviation fleet in India has risen 75 per cent since 2013-14 to about 700 and is likely to rise towards 1500-2000 in the next half a decade, said Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia a day after Indigo announced the 500 aircraft mega deal with Airbus. “Capability of the Indian civil aviation sector is […]
The State government will collaborate with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to set up a state-of-the-art milk processing plant at Dagwar in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district, an official release said. While presiding over a meeting at Oak Over, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the milk processing plant would be set up at […]
The central government will sell 92.44 lakh shares of Coal India, representing 0.15 per cent of the total equity share of the company, to its eligible employees via Offer For Sale route, the state-owned company informed stock exchanges on Monday. The Coal India shares will be offered at Rs 226.10, the stock exchange filing showed. […]
India and Russia aim to reach a bilateral trade volume of USD 30 billion by 2025, Ved Prakash Singh, First Secretary and Head of the Economic and Commercial Department of the Embassy of India in Moscow said on Wednesday, TV Brics reported. TV BRICS covers the economic agenda of the five countries. The list of […]
The import tax on refined soybean oil has decreased from 17.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent, while the import tax on refined sunflower oil has decreased by a comparable percentage. The decision to decrease charges is completely at odds with the market sentiment, which was anticipating a duty increase given the recent collapse in […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday granted in-principle approval to the Food Truck Policy, which aims to set up food trucks across the national capital making it a ‘Food Truck Capital’. “Recognising the immense potential of the food truck industry, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal emphasised the positive impact it would have on employment generation […]
Airfares have dropped on several routes after Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asked airlines to rein them and as a result of this intervention, domestic airfares have declined by up to 60 per cent. “As a result of this intervention, prices have seen up to 60 per cent decline. This is being monitored daily by the […]
Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Tuesday held a video conference with food secretaries of all states and discussed ways to benefit citizens by cooling down of wheat prices. The meeting comes a day after the centre imposed stock limits on wheat applicable to wholesalers, traders, retailers, big chain retailers and processors; and […]
The Minister of State for Foreign Trade of UAE, Thani Al Zeyoudi on Monday said that the trade ties between New Delhi and Abu Dhabi have proliferated following the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). “Trade ties with India have grown very rapidly following CEPA. There are several areas where we are looking to provide a […]
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to set up an oil factory, with a production capacity of 20,000 metric tonnes, in Kurukshetra in order to give relief to agitating sunflower farmers. The CM said that Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED) is buying sunflower seeds from farmers at Rs 4800 […]
