Inflation hits 17-month high at 5.2 percent
AMN / NEW DELHI India’s retail inflation hit a fresh high, growing 5.2 percent in December, mainly due to hardening housing, fuel and food prices, while inching towards RBI’s upper…
RBI not associated with Aadhaar security aspects
AMN / MUMBAI The Reserve Bank of India has clarified that neither the central bank nor its researcher was in any way connected to a study on security aspects of…
Telecom Commission approves measures to boost tele-communication services
AMN Telecom Commission has concurred with sectoral regulator TRAI’s suggestion to raise spectrum holding limit of mobile operators which will ease the exit route for operators under stress. Last month,…
SC asks JP Associate to submit details of ongoing housing projects
agencies/ NEW DELHI The Supreme Court today directed realtor Jaiprakash Associate Limited (JAL) to give details of its ongoing housing projects in the entire country while reiterating its direction that…
Govt approves number of amendments in FDI Policy
AMN / NEW DELHI Union Cabinet today gave its approval to a number of amendments in the Foreign Direct Investment Policy. These are intended to liberalize and simplify the FDI…
World Bank projects India’s growth rate at 7.3% in 2018
World Bank has projected India’s growth rate at 7(point)3 per cent in 2018 and 7(point)5 for the next two years. In its 2018 Global Economics Prospect released in Washington last…
Gujarat tops logistics performance index chart: Commerce ministry
AMN Gujarat has topped the logistics index chart, an indicator of the efficiency of logistical services necessary for promoting exports in particular and economic growth in general. Union Minister for…
Growth likely to be higher than CSO estimate: Agriculture ministry
AMN / NEW DELHI Agriculture Ministry has said the country’s agriculture sector is expected to grow higher than projected 2.1 per cent growth by the Central Statistical Office for the…
Indian ports are set to double profit this year: Gadkari
AMN /SINGAPORE Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that Indian ports are set to double their profit this year. Addressing delegates at the Asean-India Pravasi Bhartiya…
Parliamentary panel asks SAIL to improve performance
AMN / NEW DELHI A parliamentary panel has said, PSU steel giant Steel Authority of India Ltd, SAIL must adopt necessary measures to remove all bottlenecks and focus on overall…