New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) More than 27,000 additional institutions of higher learning would be required to meet the targeted Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 30 percent for 2020, Human Resource Development ...

Kolkata, Aug 31 (IBNS) International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will work with the government of Maldives to modernize the country’s solid-waste-management system to improve public health, ...

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court, while dismissing a public interest petition, Wednesday ruled that the collection of airport development fee (ADF) from passengers is not an irregularity on ...

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Delhi High Court, while dismissing a public interest petition, Wednesday ruled that the collection of airport development fee (ADF) from passengers is not an irregularity on ...

New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Harish Rawat has said that in order to meet the aspirations of large number of school drop outs, the ...

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) India is short by 10 million tonnes of cold storage capacity due to which over 30 percent of agricultural produce goes waste every year, according to ...

Lucknow, July 31 (IANS) Aiming to expedite the disinvestment of public sector undertakings under its policy of infrastructure development and divestment through public private partnership (PPP), the Uttar Pradesh government Friday decided ...

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Funding will not be a problem as India gets ready to execute over 150 projects worth some $70 billion to spruce up its network of highways and ...

By Ritu Sharma New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) India is expected to issue by the end of this year a notification to increase foreign equity in defence production to 49 percent from the ...

Chennai, July 13 (IANS) After attracting global automobile manufacturers to the state, Tamil Nadu is now targeting sectors like financial services and aviation with special schemes. Responding to the discussions for the ...

Chennai, July 13 (IANS) After attracting global automobile manufacturers to the state, Tamil Nadu is now planning a financial city, an aviation park and country-specific complexes to attract investment. Responding to the ...

New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday asked Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee "not to make Indian Railways an East India Company" and alleged that the United Progressive ...

New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The central government will set up more medical colleges through public-private participation to meet the shortage of skilled doctors in India, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad ...

Sindhudurg (Maharashtra), June 24 (IANS) In a major pre-election exercise, the Maharashtra government Wednesday announced a Rs.5,000 crore (Rs.50 billion) package to develop and modernise the backward Konkan region. The package includes ...

New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The government will place the new national mining policy in parliament by the winter session which would allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the exploration of capital-intensive ...

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Speedy execution of pending projects, modernisation of stations and improvement of passenger amenities are among the suggestions the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) ...

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Tabling a regular national budget will top the economic agenda of the next government, with India Inc hoping for fair doses of policy reform since the ...

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) India's civil aviation suppliers market, including components and maintenance, is seen growing annually at 16.1 percent over the next five years to top $3.89 billion, says a ...

New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India, whose agricultural productivity is 35-50 percent lower than the world average, requires more private participation and investment in agricultural research and development (R&D), an industry lobby ...

Dhaka, March 29 (IANS) Bangladesh Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith has said the government would prefer giving subsidies instead of cash incentives as demanded by various sectors hit by global recession. It would be ...

New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) About 40 percent of the country's road projects put up for competitive bidding have found no takers due to the economic slowdown, a Planning Commission member said ...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 (IANS) HLL Lifecare Ltd, which is setting up an integrated vaccine complex (IVC) in Tamil Nadu's Chengalpattu, has denied allegations that the central government closed down three state-run vaccine ...

Bangalore, Feb 20 (IANS) The Karnataka government Friday allocated Rs.33 billion (Rs.3,300 crore) for the infrastructure development of India's IT hub in the state budget for the ensuing fiscal 2009-10. "Of the total ...

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The state-owned Nuclear Power Corp (NPCL) is in talks with US nuclear energy companies like GE Energy and Westinghouse Electric for supply of nuclear reactors, the government ...

Chandigarh, Nov 28 (IANS) The government has invested around Rs.250 billion this year in agriculture sector, 80 percent higher than the total agricultural spending last year, and is also encouraging enhanced private ...

Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) Wagon manufacturer Texmaco Ltd has posted net profit of Rs.201.6 million for the second quarter this fiscal as against Rs.126.5 million in the corresponding period last year, registering ...

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) After doing away with the license requirement for private players for manufacturing military hardware, Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday said the government would consider foreign investment of ...

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) India Inc. may be gung ho over the country joining the nuclear club but experts say some key policy issues need to be addressed before domestic firms ...

Greater Noida, Aug 23 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Saturday blamed her predecessor Mulayam Singh Yadav for the plight of farmers here who were demanding better compensation for their land, with ...

New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The concept of awarding well-performing private industries that manufacture military hardware has become redundant with the defence ministry saying they don't require a licence from it to ...