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States May Get 15% More Soft Loans For Capex; Total Kitty May Swell To Rs 1.5 Trillion
NEW DELHI: The Centre is likely to top up the 50-year interest-free capex loans to states by 15% to Rs 1.5 trillion in 2024-25 from Rs 1.3 trillion provided in the interim Budget. This is because of the increased demand from states for the liberal loan facility aimed at...
India Not Reaping Benefits Of Democratic Dividend: Raghuram Rajan
WASHINGTON: India is not reaping the benefits of democratic dividends, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said Tuesday, emphasizing that there is need to focus on improving the human capital and enhancing their skill sets. “I think we are in the midst of it (democratic dividend), but the problem is...
India Power Consumption Rises To 70.66 Billion Units In First Half Of April
NEW DELHI: India’s power consumption grew nearly 10 per cent year-on-year to 70.66 billion units (BU) in the first half of April this year, showing improvement in economic activities and consumption patterns, according to the power ministry data. According to the data, power consumption in the country rose to...
Women Participation In Tech Roles In Non Tech Sectors To Grow By 2027: Report
MUMBAI: Women’s participation in technology roles in non-tech businesses is expected to grow by nearly a quarter by 2027 across all levels, including freshers, junior, mid-senior, leadership, and C-Suite levels, a report said on Wednesday. The tech women’s participation rate in non-tech industries stood at 19.4 lakh workforce in...
Funskool Seeks To Transform India Into Global Hub For Toy Manufacturing
CHENNAI: Toy manufacturer Funskool India, part of tyre major MRF Group, has taken up expansion at its manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu to make India a global hub for toy manufacturing. The expansion work at its premises in Ranipet, would effectively double the manufacturing capacities. The upgraded facilities in...
Daimler India To Foray Into Battery Electric Segment With New Gen eCanter
NEW DELHI: Daimler India Commercial Vehicles on Wednesday said it plans to foray into the domestic battery electric segment with the launch of the all-electric next-generation light duty truck eCanter in the next 6-12 months. The all-new next-generation eCanter had its world premiere in Japan and Europe in the...
INDIA Bloc Has An Edge Over NDA In First Phase Of Lok Sabha Election 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak On the day of closing of Election campaigns on April 17 for the first phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 scheduled to be held on April 19, INDIA bloc seems to have an edge over NDA, though BJP is set to win largest number of...
Oil Plays Hide And Seek With War Tensions Ahead Of Some Big Possible Moves
By K Raveendran Oil has spooked the market by registering a fall in prices when it was widely expected that Iran’s retaliatory strike on Israel over the weekend would lead to an instant spike. Not only that the spike did not materialise, but prices fell in a well-telegraphed response...
Supreme Court Favours EVM As Against Ballot Papers, Despite Scope For Manipulation
By Sushil Kutty The Supreme Court observed humans can manipulate electronic voting machines but is averse to the return of ballot papers. Also, trust in the Election Commission is not 100 percent. The word used was “manipulate”. But ballot papers are a strict “no-no” as “India is not Germany”....
Congress Party’s Ghar Ghar Guarantee Programme Is Having Good Impact
By Harihar Swarup On April 3, when Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge walked into narrow lanes of Usmanpur in North Delhi to launch the party’s ‘Ghar Ghar Guarantee’ programme, it was also a trip down the memory lane. It was in this very area nearly five decades ago that the...
