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Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi government will soon begin clearing pending electric vehicle (EV) subsidy dues amounting to about ₹140 crore, officials said on Monday as per PTI. Transport Minister Pankaj Singh confirmed that the department will verify all subsidy applications to resolve the backlog, which has piled up over the past two years. "The process of identifying eligible beneficiaries has already started," an official said. A dedicated portal for clearing dues is also being prepared. The develop ...Read More >
Shimla, Sep 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Cabinet on Monday approved the engagement of 1,602 Bijli Upbhogta Mitras in Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd to overcome the shortage of field staff. The Cabinet also gave its approval to fill 645 posts of patwaris on a trainee basis under the state cadre. It sanctioned the filling of 400 posts of staff nurses as job Trainees in medical colleges across the state, an official statement said. Additionally, the Cabinet approved the engagement of 30 ...Read More >
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh cabinet, led by chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, has approved the creation and filling of more than 4,200 govt posts across various departments. The move aims to strengthen key sectors, including power, health, and law enforcement.The newly approved positions include Bijli Upbhogta Mitras and technical mates for the state electricity board, trainee patwaris for land administration, trainee staff nurses and trainee medical officers for the health department, tra ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: To drive self-sufficiency, the commerce department is identifying 100-odd products for a local manufacturing push where domestic players depend on imports currently, a top official said Monday.The swadeshi initiative is expected to see products from across sectors - engineering goods, chemicals, plastics and pharma - being identified for possible import substitution. "We have identified around 100 products with large imports that also have large domestic capacity. We want to see if ca ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has sought a moratorium on loan and interest repayments for aqua sector companies, financial support for exporters, a Rs 100-crore corpus fund, and cold storage facilities to help the sector cushion the blow from the steep rise in US tariffs on Indian imports. Highlighting the loss from increase in US tariffs, Naidu said India's shrimp exports have taken a hit of about Rs 25,000 crore with about 50% of export orders cancelled. Furthe ...Read More >
Vijayawada, Sep 15 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today announced incentives to those farmers who minimise urea usage. The Chief Minister announced a Rs 800 incentive per bag of urea and directed the officials to distribute the subsidy under the PM Pranam scheme to farmers directly to encourage reducing urea usage. He stated that there is no dearth of urea supply and officials should have planned early for the supply of urea in advance. Addressing the Collectors confer ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday launched the Anbu Karangal Scheme, which provides Rs 2,000 per month to children who have lost their parents. Stalin launched the scheme at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai, on behalf of the Social Welfare and Women's Rights Department and distributed identity cards to the beneficiaries. The initiative falls under the broader Thayumanavar scheme, designed by the state government to identify families living in extreme poverty and provide the ...Read More >
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to the Union Government to come to the rescue of aqua farmers in the State, who are under severe distress due to the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs by the United States. He asked the Government to consider announcing a 240-day moratorium on loan and interest repayments, interest subsidies, and a temporary waiver of the 5 per cent GST on frozen shrimp. Calling for a national policy to protect the interests of aqua farmers, Naidu ...Read More >
Vijayawada, Sep 15 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to the Centre to support aqua farmers in Andhra Pradesh who are facing severe distress due to US-imposed tariffs. The Chief Minister urged the union Government to take decisions at the national level to protect aqua farmers from losses and requested measures to increase domestic consumption of aqua products. To this end, he has written separate letters to union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): By 2050, natural gas will be the only fossil fuel to see an increase in the energy mix of the United States, China, and India, even as coal and oil decline globally, according to a sector update by Nuvama Institutional Equities, citing S&P Global Commodity Insights. 'By 2050, gas shall be the only fossil fuel with a potential increase in the energy mix for the US, China, and India," noted the report Also Read | National IT Professionals Day 2025 Wishes an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 15 (ANI): By 2050, natural gas will be the only fossil fuel to see an increase in the energy mix of the United States, China, and India, even as coal and oil decline globally, according to a sector update by Nuvama Institutional Equities, citing S&P Global Commodity Insights. 'By 2050, gas shall be the only fossil fuel with a potential increase in the energy mix for the US, China, and India," noted the report The report noted that despite the sharp rise in renewabl ...Read More >
Kakinada: Tourism Minister Kandula Durgesh has said Andhra Pradesh would become a world famous tourism centre also as the grant of industrial status to the tourism sector gave a boost to the state's tourism sector. The minister told the media at Rajamahendravaram on Sunday that the state government signed several MoUs for projects that promised investments of Rs.10,644 crore in the tourism sector, of which 88 projects have been launched with an investment of '698 crore. The tourism and hospital ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: Despite being a leader in renewable energy, Gujarat has been slow to adopt electric vehicles (EVs). The opposition Congress has reported that the state currently operates 942 electric buses. From 2015 to 2021, subsidies were provided to 7,923 students for electric two-wheelers and 87 buyers of electric three-wheelers."The national EV registration figures in the same period stand at over 1.75 crore electric two-wheelers and more than 11 lakh electric three-wheelers," said Congress sp ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Haryana Assembly Leader of Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, on Friday slammed the state government over the recent compensation announcement over crop losses and termed it a matter of "rubbing salt into the wounds of the farmers." In an 'X' post, Hooda noted that compensation of just Rs 7,000 to Rs 15,000 is an injustice to the farmers if the cost is Rs 30,000 to Rs 35,000 per acre and the annual lease is Rs 70,000 per acre. "The state government is rub ...Read More >
NALGONDA: To reduce farmers' dependence on seed companies for cultivation, the district agriculture department has come out with a plan to distribute seeds of paddy and other crops with regeneration capacity. Farmers will be encouraged to use these seeds and share them with fellow farmers for the next season's cultivation. Before seed companies entered the market, farmers traditionally used good quality produce as seed for the next crop season. Other farmers often purchased the best quality pro ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 12 (ANI): Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupendra Singh Hooda on Friday slammed the state government over the inadequate compensation for crop losses caused by flooding in the Yamuna river due to illegal mining. "Due to illegal mining, the Yamuna River water entered the fields in Haryana. This has caused huge damage to the fields... The compensation announced by the state government is very little, 7,000-15,000 is the compensation for ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): The All India LPG Distributors Federation has appealed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on LPG Suraksha Hoses (LPG pipes) from 18 per cent to 5 per cent. In the run up to the two-day GST Council meeting that started today, the Federation had written to the Union minister Also Read | Tamil Nadu Power Cut on September 4: TANGEDCO Maintenance to Hit Chennai Along With Parts of Thanjavur and Coimbatore; Know Timing ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered the Delhi government to take immediate steps to disburse the subsidies promised to customers for buying electric vehicles and said procedural hurdles cannot be used as a pretext to delay payments. A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhayaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted the government cannot hide behind the fact that the Delhi Electric Vehicles Policy of 2020 does not prescribe any timeline to disburse the amount. "T ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): The All India LPG Distributors Federation has appealed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on LPG Suraksha Hoses (LPG pipes) from 18 per cent to 5 per cent. In the run up to the two-day GST Council meeting that started today, the Federation had written to the Union minister In the letter, the Federation had stressed that the LPG Suraksha Hose is not a luxury product but a mandatory safety component essential for t ...Read More >
Bhopal: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing from September 23, an all-party meeting was hosted by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday at his official residence, where a formal resolution to ensure the full 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has been unanimously adopted, marking a decisive shift in the state's legal and administrative posture. Backed by all major parties, the resolution affirms that the remaining 13% of the quota, on top of the 14% already impleme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) There is a need to introduce small cars entailing a lower tax slab to offer an alternative to consumers at the lower end of the pyramid to shift from "risky" two-wheelers to passenger vehicles, Maruti Suzuki India Chairman RC Bhargava said on Thursday. Speaking at Maruti Suzuki's 44th Annual General Meeting here, noted that with changes in emission and safety regulations over time, the cost of entry-level cars has increased, making them unaffordable for many prospective ...Read More >
Lucknow, Aug 28 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Transport Department has introduced a new helpline were citizens can seek information regarding transport and vehicle-related matters, including driving licence and registration certificate, a statement said on Thursday. Transport Commissioner Brajesh Narayan Singh said that the state government had sought a short and easy-to-remember helpline, which has been approved and implemented by the Union Ministry of Telecommunications. Along with the existing to ...Read More >
The reciprocal tariff does pose challenges, but the overlooked transshipment clause alters the competitive landscape, blunting some of the damage and might even create opportunities in some areas The ongoing trade conflict between the United States and India has escalated with Washington's decision to levy a 25 per cent reciprocal tariff on Indian exports effective August 7, followed by an additional 25 per cent tariff linked to India's purchases of Russian oil, effective August 27. The tariffs ...Read More >
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Indian exporters are bracing for disruptions after a U.S. Homeland Security notification confirmed Washington would impose an additional 25% tariff on all Indian-origin goods from Wednesday, ramping up trade pressure on the Asian nation. Indian exports will face U.S. duties of up to 50% - among the highest imposed by Washington - after President Donald Trump announced extra tariffs as punishment for New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil. The new duties will ...Read More >
Apex exporters body FIEO raises alarm over rising US tariffs. Indian goods face increased duties from August 27, 2025. Textile manufacturers in Tirupur, Noida, and Surat have stopped production. Cost competitiveness is worsening. FIEO urges government support. They seek interest subvention schemes and export credit. Focus is on MSMEs. Diplomatic engagement with the US is crucial. Apex exporters body FIEO on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over high US tariffs on Indian goods and said that te ...Read More >
Surat (Gujarat) [India], August 21: KP Group, a leading name in India's renewable energy sector, is stepping up its expansion with a clear goal of reaching 10 GW capacity by 2030. With projects already underway in Gujarat, the Group is working on projects in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, supported by a strong order book and government partnerships. KP Group has signed memoranda of understanding with Gujarat, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh for over 2.6 ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The LPG under-recovery of state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) saw a sharp 35% reduction -from Rs 220 a cylinder to Rs 160 in the first quarter totalling Rs 7,940 crore from the previous quarter, essentially due to the Rs 50 per cylinder price hike announced in April coupled with some moderation in the sourcing cost, says a report. OMCs faced significantly high LPG under-recoveries to the extent of Rs 220/cylinder in FY25 to Rs 160, as the higher sourcing cost could not be passed ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 26: The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) on Thursday expressed grave concern over the US government's imposition of an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian-origin goods, raising total duties on many export categories up to 50 per cent, with effect from Friday. FIEO President S.C. Ralhan described the development as a "setback". He said that the duty hike can severely impact India's exports to the US, with approximately 55 per cent of India's US-bound shipment ...Read More >
Bhopal, August 25: Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said that the government did not allow the import of farm goods from the US, as it considers the interest and welfare of India's farmers as paramount. Addressing the convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Science, Education, and Research (IISER) here, Chouhan said that "the new Bharat is full of confidence and does not fear anyone when it comes to safeguarding the interests of its own peop ...Read More >
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