Nirmala Sitharaman made important announcements about the education and skill development sectors in her budget speech on February 1, 2020. (Photos: India Today/Vikram Sharma and Lok Sabha TV) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 99,300 crore for the education sector and Rs 3000 crore for skill development ... Read More »
The Centre has come up with a ₹25,000 crore bailout package for the troubled real estate sector. The Centre will contribute ₹10,000 crore, while the rest is likely to come from banks and the Life Insurance Corporation of India. Will this fund help India? Mint takes a look. 1) What’s the idea behind the ... Read More »
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said the reforms like GST, the law on black money and insolvency code started by the Modi government are bringing desired results and asserted that India has got a bright future. Naidu further said that as more and more people are coming into the ... Read More »
The UGC panel was formed to probe the alleged irregularities in 10 central universities. New Delhi/Ahmedabad:A University Grants Commission (UGC) panel has recommended removal of words such as ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’ from the names of Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University even as Union human resource development (HRD) minister ... Read More »
India is looking to reduce the number of state-run banks to 10 to 15, more than what was envisaged earlier, through a series of mergers and acquisitions so that none of the banks become too big to fail, said Sanjeev Sanyal, principal economic adviser at the finance ministry. “Consolidation will ... Read More »
New Delhi: Questions on Goods and Services Tax (GST), benami transactions and schemes run by the Central government were asked in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) civil services preliminary examination held on Sunday. The aspirants were also asked questions related to National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF), Vidyanjali Yojana and ... Read More »
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government on Friday appointed additional chief secretary (ACS) of urban development and housing (UDH) department as the regulatory authority for real estate sector. The decision was taken as the central law empowers the state government to designate any officer as regulatory authority till a full-fledged regulatory authority ... Read More »
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government on Friday appointed additional chief secretary (ACS) of urban development and housing (UDH) department as the regulatory authority for real estate sector. The decision was taken as the central law empowers the state government to designate any officer as regulatory authority till a full-fledged regulatory authority ... Read More »
The government leeway to contain the fiscal deficit at 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) might be marginal, though the nominal economic growth is projected to be higher than estimated. India’s nominal GDP growth, according to the Advance Estimates released on Friday, was projected at 11.9 per ... Read More »
There are several reasons why black money exists within real estate, and some of these are natural consequences of legacy structural issues. The most complex issue is that of tax. Taxation in real estate is considerably regressive. The corrupting areas in real estate – land transactions, for the most part, ... Read More »
Crooks sabotaging the nation’s war on black money be warned. A series of investigative stories by India Today exposing the black-market trade of defunct currency has stimulated the Modi government to act tough on the rot. According to highly-placed official sources, the government has ordered a clampdown on touts, shadowy ... Read More »
New Delhi: The government plans to rank states on the basis of their performance in education—from the quality of their school infrastructure to learning outcomes. The idea is to instill a spirit of competition among states and get them to improve the quality of education that their students receive, two ... Read More »
