Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will chair a meeting of the reconstituted board of trade on Tuesday to discuss ways to boost the country’s manufacturing and exports. The meeting comes ahead of the government likely to announce the new Foreign Trade Policy later this month and the country’s merchandise exports shrinking 1.15% in August- … Read more
Jammu: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made Jammu and Kashmir a key priority area in his strategy for “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” and has put the union territory on a superhighway of growth. He also said that the union territory will soon emerge as an educational hub and will expand … Read more
NEW DELHI: The fresh stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to boost domestic demand will give a much-needed push to economic activity, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Monday. Sitharaman announced a Rs 73,000 crore package, including advance payment of a part of wages to central government employees and cash in lieu … Read more
Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on Wednesday said the government recognises the need for further stimulus at an appropriate time to perk up demand in the economy, hit by COVID-19. Addressing the 115th AGM of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he said there was space on the monetary and fiscal side to implement further … Read more
New Delhi: Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh bypoll, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday heaped praises on chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the state’s performance within two months under the SVANidhi scheme for street vendors. The Chouhan government picked three street vendors from Sanwer in Indore, Gwalior, and Sanchi in Raisen to interact with … Read more