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NITI Aayog Prescribes Policy Push, Sops For Electronics Growth
NEW DELHI: The NITI Aayog has proposed fiscal, financial, regulatory and infrastructure interventions to help scale up local production of electronics, including mobile phones, while stressing on the need to diversify into emerging areas such as wearables, IoT devices and automotive electronics. In a report titled ‘Electronics: Powering India’s...
DoT Will Be Creating Performance Monitoring Units For BSNL: Scindia
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is in the process of forming a performance monitoring unit (PMU) for state-run telco BSNL and its efforts to roll out 4G, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. “Along with Tejas, BSNL, TCS, and C-DOT, and all our players together, we...
NHAI To Charge Double Toll From Vehicles With Non-Affixed FASTag On Front
NEW DELHI: To deter National Highway users from deliberately not fixing FASTag on the windscreen of the vehicle, NHAI has issued guidelines to collect double user fee from such users entering the toll lane with non-affixed FASTag on the front windshield from the inside, an official release said on...
Tata Power, NHPC Arms Tie Up For Solar Projects
MUMBAI: Tata Power Renewable Energy, the renewable energy arm of Tata Power, on Thursday said that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NHPC Renewable Energy (NHPC REL) to lead the installation of rooftop solar projects across government buildings of central ministries, states and Union territories. This...
LNG Imports Up 11% In June On Higher Demand From Gas-Based Power Units
NEW DELHI: India’s import of Liquified Natural Gas in June rose by 11% to 2,648 mmscm (million standard cubic meter) as the country’s consumption of gas increased by 7% primarily due to the rising demand for power and increased utilisation of gas based power capacities, data from the Petroleum...
Nepal, India, Bangladesh To Sign Tripartite Power Trading Deal On July 28
KATHMANDU: Nepal will sign a tripartite power trading deal next week to export 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh via India, a senior official said on Thursday. This will be the first time in history that the Himalayan nation will sell electricity to a third country other than India....
Instead Of Gloating Over ‘Record’ Job Generation, Modi Govt Should Do Some Retrospection
By Krishna Jha In India today, the number of unemployed especially in the working age has gone up to more than forty crore out of the population of one billion. The demon of deprivation stares at every unit of families. With occasional employment, life is barely sustained. The ruling...
Imposition Of 2 Per Cent Tax On Super Rich Is Imperative For Finding Resources For Jobs Generation
By Nitya Chakraborty Only four days are left for the presentation of the first budget of the Narendra Modi 3.0 government on July 23. The fundamentals of the economy are currently strong, but the distress areas include the huge unemployment problem with the educated youth and the women feeling...
United States Does Not Care For Modi’s Doctrine Of ‘Strategic Autonomy’
By P. Sudhir Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow on July 9-10 saw the revival of the annual summit meetings between the leaders of India and Russia. The last summit had been held in 2021 when President Putin visited Delhi. The visit has resulted in further strengthening...
Yogi Adityanath Will Have To Undergo A Litmus Test
By Dr. Gyan Pathak By initiating a veiled attack on BJP’s central leadership and Uttar Pradesh party leaders of his opposing group on Sunday in BJP’s State Executive meet, Yogi Adityanath has himself unwittingly chosen with arrogance a path that will eventually cross through a litmus test soon, when...
Is Yogi Adityanath The Fall Guy Taking The Hit For Modi?
By Sushil Kutty Will the Bharatiya Janata Party recover in time for the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh? July 18’s morning news reports said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya have been convinced to stop the squabbling and get ready for the bypolls in 10...
India Should Deal With New Oli Govt Of Nepal With Open Mind Ignoring China Obsession
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav In Nepal, a new government under CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli has assumed power. Oli is set to seek a vote of confidence on July 21 in the parliament. Together, the coalition of CPN UML and Nepali Congress holds a comfortable majority with a combined...
Bengal BJP Meet Witnesses Bitter Factional Battle Between Adhikari And Majumdar
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: What was scheduled to be a brainstorming session of West Bengal BJP on July 17 to locate the lacuna which stands between it and electoral triumph in the state turned into a slugfest. Strong words were voiced which deviated from the party line laid down...
No Subordinate Judiciary Should Be Afraid Of Granting Bail After Hearing
By Bhaskar Upadhyay The subordinate judiciary established by the Constitution plays a crucial role in ensuring justice for all citizens and attaining the main objectives stated in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. The subordinate judiciary is indispensable as the primary fact-finder and essential component in the execution of...
Starmer Government’s First Policy Speech Welcomed By The Trade Unions
By Satyaki Chakraborty The first policy speech of the new Labour Government in Britain given by the King Charles in the Parliament on July 17 was welcomed by the powerful trade unions of the country which were eagerly waiting for the unfolding of the package for building a robust...
Selection Of PSUs For Listing In The Works To Unlock Value
NEW DELHI: The government has initiated a process to identify state-run companies that can be listed, as it seeks to unlock their potential value after increasing investor appetite for scrips of its listed firms drove up their market valuations to fresh highs, said people aware of the development. National...
Strong Fiscal Position Likely To Enhance India’s Growth, Says ADB
NEW DELHI: India’s stronger-than-expected fiscal position could provide a further boost to its growth, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday while keeping the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection for the current financial year (FY25) unchanged at 7 per cent. The Manila-based bank, however, said in its...
DVC To Be Corporatised, Divided Into Three Entities Keeping Ownership Intact
KOLKATA: The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India, will be corporatised, unbundling into at least three entities for transmission, generation, and distribution to achieve greater efficiency, an official said on Wednesday. Praising the corporation, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal asked it to...
