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The railways plans to win back the customers it has lost to economic air travel. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Railway ministry working with companies like Apple on train speeds

NITI Aayog approved the ministry's Rs 18,000 crore proposal to increase speeds of the Gatiman Express.

21 July 2017 2:27 PM IST

Many farmers switched to new genetically-engineered cotton seeds which are resistant to a deadly pest called bollworm and produced far higher yields and healthier crops with less use of pesticides.

Bitter harvest for small farmers

Despite the fact that agriculture is their primary source of livelihood, small farmers have little access to technology...

21 July 2017 1:53 AM IST

S&P corporates and banks are likely to face short-term downside risk as the demonetisation-induced cash crunch will curtail GDP growth.

Parl panel may finalise report on note ban on Thursday

Panel has called representatives of IT industry body Nasscom for a presentation on digital payments.

19 July 2017 3:38 PM IST

The officials briefed the Prime Minister on progress in various areas of scientific research. (Photo: PTI)

Science, technology, innovation keys to India's progress: Modi

Modi said that the government's priority in the science and technology sector is to apply science to solve our country's...

19 July 2017 3:01 PM IST

Dr Arvind Panagariya

Niti Aayog's Panagariya expects Indian GDP to hit USD 8 trillion in 15...

anagariya added that currently Indian economy is on a much more stable path than it was between 2004-2014.

18 July 2017 5:36 PM IST

In 2008, Buldhana district, which had witnessed a huge number of farmers suicides, received only Rs 3 crore.

Draw up strategy for doubling farmers' income: Centre to states

Average monthly income per agricultural household from various sources is estimated to be Rs 6,426.

18 July 2017 3:56 PM IST

The government may shortly include Aadhaar card as a valid document for filing income tax returns. (Photo: PTI/File)

New Aadhaar-linked registry to fight benami

A software to facilitate this kind of database has been prepared and a pilot scheme has been launched in Rajasthan,...

6 March 2017 6:38 AM IST

Metrinos, pod taxis, hyperloops may soon be a reality as Niti Aayog has given clearance for 6 transport proposals exploring new-age travel technologies.

Pod taxis, hyerloops, soon to be reality as Niti Aayog clears...

Niti Aayog has mandated that transport ministry conduct trial runs of all these technologies before launching them.

27 July 2017 4:11 PM IST

Niti Aayog had earlier proposed doing away with the distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure.

Schemes for women in minority sections must: Niti Aayog

The NDA government's Nai Roshni' scheme should be spread to all districts with large minority population.

22 May 2017 6:14 AM IST

GST reform process would lead to a move from the regime of tax exemptions in various sectors of economy to a regime of seamless flow of credit and payment of tax.

Work begins toadopt January fiscal

Centre to align fiscal with agri cycle.

22 May 2017 1:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP govt scores high on hype, low on delivery

The failure to create jobs is another example of the yawning gap between promise and delivery.

21 May 2017 12:09 AM IST

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt working on new industrial policy for North East: Nirmala

Ministry had approved a package of fiscal incentives to promote industrialisation and investments in this region under...

20 May 2017 5:08 PM IST