Web Exclusive Dec 04, 2020 RBI keeps key rates unchanged amid inflationary concerns The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) voted unanimously to leave the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. At the same time, the marginal standing facility and bank rate also remained unchanged at 4.25 per cent, while the reverse repo rate too remained unchanged at 3.35 per cent.
Web Exclusive Nov 26, 2020 India to be self-reliant in development, mass production of COVID-19 vaccine Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that as the world raced to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, India was looking to become self-reliant in both development of the vaccine and its mass production.
Web Exclusive Nov 26, 2020 Secondary steel sector to play key role in achieving NSP targets Minister of State for Steel, Faggan Singh Kulaste has said that the secondary steel sector will play an important role in achieving the 300 million tonne (MT) target of steel capacity by 2030-31, as laid out in the National Steel Policy-2017.
Web Exclusive Nov 13, 2020 New mining reforms to be announced shortly: Coal Secretary Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Anil Kumar Jain has indicated that as per the discussion report and recommendations made by a high-level committee, the ministry was likely to announce new mining reforms in the next few weeks.
Web Exclusive Nov 06, 2020 Government Issues Liberalised Guidelines for BPO & ITES Sectors With an eye on qualitatively improving the ease of doing business of the IT industry, particularly the business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT-enabled services (ITES) segments, the Central Government has drastically simplified the other service provider (OSP) guidelines of the Department of Telecom.
Web Exclusive Oct 09, 2020 Govt to soon launch one-stop-shop on agri data to benefit farmers and reduce costs: CEO PMFBY Dr. Ashish Kumar Bhutani, CEO, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Joint Secretary (Credit), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Thursday said that the government was putting up a common data infrastructure of all farmers in the country.
Web Exclusive Sep 29, 2020 Adopt data science more comprehensively to reduce inefficiencies in E&P sector: DGH Director-General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), SCL Das has urged the exploration & production (E&P) sector to mainstream the agenda of digitisation as part of their core corporate agenda.
Web Exclusive Sep 24, 2020 Increase production of value-added steel to reduce imports: MoS Steel Minister of State for Steel, Faggan Singh Kulaste on Thursday urged the industry to focus on increasing the production of value-added steel within the country to reduce import dependence.
Web Exclusive Sep 18, 2020 Govt keen on infrastructure investment for the revival of the economy: Secretary MoHUA Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, (MoHUA), Durga Shankar Mishra has said that the real estate sector was one of the most important sectors of the economy and the government is keen on infrastructure investment as it helps in the revival of the economy.
