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To improve ease of doing business, a new scheme of self-assessment-based duty-free procurement of inputs required for exports has been introduced.

Ease of doing biz: Get the right indexes right

In the real India, it still takes 156 days to get a building plan sanctioned, and 1,445 days in court to get a judicial...

2 Nov 2018 12:20 AM IST

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

Expand gender budget, it's time to end neglect

Higher Budget allocations could be used to grab media headlines, but it's the utilisation that matters.

31 Jan 2018 1:26 AM IST

US President Donald Trump, addresses a plenary session during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos. (Photo: AP)

Trump wins over Davos

Free trade in the increasingly interconnected global scenario would appear to be something all countries would actively...

28 Jan 2018 12:09 AM IST

P Chidambaram said, privacy was at the core of personal liberty and an inalienable part of life itself. (Photo: PTI)

Chidambaram slams PM for Guj violence, UP moral policing

The Congress has been critical of the violent protests taking place against the movie Padmaavat.

26 Jan 2018 5:54 AM IST

'Name and shame' has helped improve states' biz rankings: Kant

Government is using indices to achieve development goals and making states compete with one another.

25 Jan 2018 9:37 AM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at PM Modi over Davos meet

The Prime Minister was in Davos addressing the World Economic Forum.

25 Jan 2018 2:53 AM IST

Air pollution a growing concern in India. (Photo: AP)

Steep fall in Green Index: India 177th in a list of 180

While India is at the bottom of the list in the environmental health category, it ranks 178 out of 180 as far as air...

25 Jan 2018 2:52 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Vikas is there, but not sabka saath'

More reason to cheer the IMF forecasts that India will grow at a projected 7.8 per cent growth rate in 2019.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

India-ASEAN commemorative summit will mark 25 years of Indias ties with the Southeast Asian bloc. (Photo: PTI)

Transforming Asia sets new challenge for India

The East Asia Summit, created in 2005, replicates the ADMM membership.

25 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

If you want to be successful then you should learn from others mistakes rather than their successes, the Alibaba group founder and chairman said. (Photo: AFP)

Globalisation can't be stopped; if trade halts, war will follow: Jack...

The billionaire businessman emphasised that no one can stop globalisation and said that trade sanctions are like bombs.

24 Jan 2018 8:38 PM IST

PM Modi delivers his speech as Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum listens during the opening session of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: AFP)

China welcomes Modi's speech at Davos, says will jointly fight...

Modi is the first Indian PM to address the WEF annual summit in Davos in two decades.

24 Jan 2018 6:49 PM IST

Infosys has said that its Rs 13,000-crore buyback offer will open on November 30 and end on December 14. (Photo: AFP)

Infosys, TCS join global tech-reskilling drive for 1 mn workers

The coalition has created a free platform of online tools to streamline the process of reskilling adults.

24 Jan 2018 11:17 AM IST