Goyal vows to make discom stress a 'thing of past'

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 13:35

The Centre is working in collaboration with states to find out a permanent solution to make stress of discoms a "thing of the past", Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said here Tuesday.

Coal scam: Supreme Court yet to name appropriate bench

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 11:16

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered deletion from its list of business on September 21 appeals filed by ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and others.

FM Jaitley exhorts US companies to invest more in infrastructure sector

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 11:55

Jaitley was addressing the 11th Indo-US Economic Summit, which among others was attended by the US Ambassador to India, Richard Verma.

Telephone Exchange Case: SC stays proceedings against Dayanidhi Maran till Oct 1

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 11:36

Maran had moved the Supreme Court and obtained a stay and sought more time to file response on the government's reply on his petition. The apex court has asked the Central government to submit its reply by October 1.

Our objective is to build on Indo-US bilateral relation: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Monday, September 14, 2015, 10:45

Both India and US have ambition to increase bilateral trade from existing $100 bn to $500 bn in next few years, Jaitley said.

Jayant Sinha pitches for lower rates, making exports more competitive

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 13:16

He also stressed on the need to make the Indian exports more competitive by bringing down the cost of capital as also the cost of manufacturing.

Food production will be higher this year: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 16:07

Buoyed by reports of 'reasonably good sowing', Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday expressed confidence that the country's food production this year would be much more than last year's despite less than normal rainfall.

Government retreats on parliament plan for GST

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 14:44

The government has given up plans to reconvene a parliament session to secure approval for a common goods and services tax (GST) because of lack of political support, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday, making it harder to meet an April 2016 deadline to implement the reform.

Govt won't go soft on pursuit of black money: Arun Jaitley

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 13:06

Refusing to relent on the pursuit of black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government will not "go soft" on bringing unaccounted wealth back into the formal system.

India should buy overseas assets aggressively: Pradhan

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 12:43

Opportunities emerging from low oil prices were discussed at a meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with business leaders, bankers and bureaucrats yesterday against the backdrop of global economic turmoil, he said.

List of tax exemptions to be phased out in few days: Arun Jaitley

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 11:49

The minister also said measures to protect domestic steel sector from dumping by overseas manufacturers are being examined.

Real economy will dictate Indian markets, not Yuan devaluation or Fed rate hike: Arun Jaitley

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 15:04

Factors like the Chinese devaluation of yuan and the US Fed's likely interest rate hike are "transient" and it will be only the real economy that will dictate the currency rate fluctuations and markets in India, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.