Centre asks all concerned departments to keep a close watch on availability and prices of essential commodities

The Centre has asked all the concerned departments to keep a close watch on availability and prices of essential commodities. Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha reviewed the prices of essential commodities like Onions and Pulses at a high-level meeting and asked the departments to work in close coordinatio...

Railways launch IT enabled passenger services for convenience of passengers

Railways have launched IT enabled passenger services for the convenience of passengers. These include paperless unreserved ticketing through mobile phones on suburban stations of Central Railway and paperless platform tickets at select stations of Northern, Western and Central Railways.The other app...

Department of Publication stops physical printing and switches over to e-publishing of Gazette Notifications

Department of Publication has stopped physical printing and switched over to e-publishing of Gazette Notifications. Now the notifications will be available on its official website www.egazette.nic.in within five days of receipt of the same from respective ministries and departments. Urban Developmen...

IMF recommends India to launch next phase of economic reforms, improve business climate for achieving faster and more inclusive growth

With India's growth rate projected to drop slightly from 7.5 per cent to 7.3 per cent in 2015, the International Monetary Fund,IMF, has recommended the country to launch next phase of economic reforms and improve its business climate for achieving faster and more inclusive growth. The IMF s...

Indirect tax collection increases 35.8 per cent in first six months of the current fiscal to 3.24 lakh crore rupees

Reflecting an increase in economic activity, indirect tax collection increased 35.8 per cent in the first six months of the current fiscal to 3.24 lakh crore rupees, hitting more than 50 per cent of the annual target. The indirect tax that includes Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax -- collecti...

India's Foreign Exchange Reserves jumps by 827.4 million US Dollars to 350.805 billion dollars

India's Foreign Exchange Reserves have jumped by 827.4 million US Dollars to 350.805 billion dollars in the week ended 2nd October. A RBI press release said that foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, grew by 717.6 million dollars to 327.295 billion dollars.The Gold ...

Govt launches app to book unreserved rail tickets

Railways today launched IT enabled passenger services for the convenience of passengers. These include paperless unreserved ticketing through mobile phones on suburban stations of Central railway, and paperless platform tickets at select stations of Northern, Western and Central Railways.The other a...

BSE to start job & consumer sentiment data from early next year

BSE today said it's in the process of starting a job and consumer sentiment data from early next year to help policymakers and companies get a better understanding of the economy. The data will be announced daily on BSE from a survey of more than 4,000 adults from about 1,200-1,500 househol...

Railway Minister to unveil new mobile app today which will save time and avoid the usage of paper for tickets

IMF and WB Group officials to address current challenges facing the world economy at an annual three-day meeting in Lima, Peru

Senior International Monetary Fund, IMF, and World Bank, WB, Group officials will address the current challenges facing the world economy at an annual three-day meeting, from today to October 11th in Lima, Peru. The main topics for discussion will include combating illicit financial flows, private i...