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Crop insurance period for Non-Loanee farmers extended to Sep 15

September 2, 2015 5:28 PM

Crop insurance period for Non-Loanee farmers extended to Sep 15

The Centre has extended crop insurance period under National Agricultural Insurance Scheme upto 15th of this month for the farmers bearing no loan. For loanee farmers the extension period will be upto end of this month.<br/><br/>In a statement, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Ra...

Deflation new challenge for economy, hopes for 8% growth: Arvind Subramanian

September 2, 2015 4:44 PM

Deflation new challenge for economy, hopes for 8% growth: Arvind Subramanian

Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, has said the price deflation is the real challenge looming ahead. He however said the overall economic growth is in the right direction and fixed capital formation has shown signs of improvement. <br/><br/>Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr S...

NITI Aayog holds workshop on development of smart cities

September 2, 2015 4:40 PM

NITI Aayog holds workshop on development of smart cities

NITI Aayog organized a workshop in Delhi, today, to bring together states, urban local bodies, central ministries and other stakeholders to deliberate on various aspects of smart cities.<br/><br/>The workshop "Transforming Urban India: Developing Smart and Sustainable Cities" p...

Congress slams Centre for not imposing retrospective MAT on FIIs

September 2, 2015 4:40 PM

Congress slams Centre for not imposing retrospective MAT on FIIs

Congress has criticised the Centre for not imposing Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Foreign Institutional Investments, FIIs retrospectively. <br/><br/>In a statement, party Spokesperson, Abhishek Manu Singhvi alleged that the BJP government has given unreasonable benefits to the foreign f...

Normal working at banks affected today due to a nationwide strike

September 2, 2015 2:19 PM

Normal working at banks affected today due to a nationwide strike

Majority of nationalised bank employees and more than half of private bank staff joined the nation-wide strike against the proposed amendments to various labour legislations. Talking to AIR, General Secretary of All India Bank Employees Association, AIBEA, C.H. Venkatachalam, said over 5 lakhs bank ...

Normal working at banks affected today due to a nationwide strike

September 2, 2015 1:50 PM

Normal working at banks affected today due to a nationwide strike

Normal life have been affected across the country as a majority of nationalised bank employees and more than half of private bank staff joined the nation-wide strike against the proposed amendments to various labour legislations. Talking to AIR, general secretary of All India Bank Employees Associat...

Normal working at banks affected today due to a nationwide strike

September 2, 2015 12:40 PM

Normal working at banks affected today due to a nationwide strike

Normal working at banks was affected today due to a nationwide strike called by 10 Central Trade Unions, although the staff of SBI, IOB, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank stayed away from the agitation.<br/><br/>All India Bank Employees Association General Secretary C H Venkatachalam t...

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